Wildfires are continuing to burn in the Cairngorms; today Scotland's First Minister visited the area to thank those involved in the combined effort to tackle it.
Is that a lake trout run terraced up the hillside on the previous burn scar? Could be I think. The only way to find out if pumping water up the hillside year round will provide enough moisture to prevent the burn again, is to try it, somewhere. Where would you have such a scenario? Canada? Uh, yeah, there too, maybe somewhere closer.
We live on an island surrounded by sea water, if the water companies invested in de salination plants instead of giving millions of quid to shareholders we'd be alright.maybe even a 50/50 deal with the government.
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priya_reads21 Jul 2026
I completely agree, those crews are absolute legends. Do you think the difficult terrain played a bigger role in the delay than the actual response time, Cal?
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Cal from Daily JunctionHost21 Jul 2026
Heartbreaking to see those Highlands flames still going, but huge respect to the crews fighting it on the ground. Absolute legends for stepping up. Do we think the response was fast enough given the terrain? Let me know your thoughts below!
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