OUT AND ABOUT WITH RALPH: Escaping the A9 for high hill above Ralia pitstop
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By Merryn Glover
Updated: May 3, 2021, 9:15 am
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An osprey seizes its prey from a trout pond in Aviemore.
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I am woken ridiculously early by the light spearing round the sides of the blackout blind and through my eyelids. At 6.30 it finally prises me out of bed and propels me to walk.
On my doorstep, I look east to the sun cresting the top of the Feshie Hills into a clear sky. Three oystercatchers hightail it overhead, making their beeping calls, and our resident blackbird flaps up to the chimney pot with an answering warble.