10.Conserve the Cairngorms Campaign
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Increasing numbers of people are looking for respite from hectic urban living and want a chance to escape and find serenity within these beautiful landscapes. People have long argued that an essential component of this wilderness is freedom; freedom to go where and when you like and freedom from all the rules and regulation that govern much of our urban living. Days in the wilderness help restore some calm into your life - it's a way of slowing down, unwinding and throwing off many of the stresses of modern life. Isn't it ironic then that wilderness country is becoming scarcer at a time when it is increasingly needed and our elected representatives are doing so little to protect these areas. I also have reservations about the type of tourist the operators of the funicular railway are trying to attract. When asked why they wanted a funicular railway, a representative from Cairngorm Mountain Ltd replied "it's for the zimmer brigade". |
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the funicular for the older generation only?
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