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Not sure how this got nicknamed but I guess someone found some mushrooms at some point!
I had this on my radar for a while, but didn't quite manage to get there before the tour bus, so apologies if you've seen this location a few times already.
I was in Aviemore for the weekend with the wife so only managed a few hours in here.
Don't know much of the history and despite the pretty good condition there weren't many personal items to get a story from. If anything, it looks like the owner moved out just taking the essentials and leaving the rest. There was no mains gas or electricity in the house which might explain one reason it was abandoned, winters half way up a hill in the Cairngorms would be pretty tough. Strange to look at the ceilings and see no lighting, or mains sockets in the kitchen.
Some of the portable gas lights still worked, and were surprisingly bright for old technology. Being a bit of a geek I was facinated by these. Doing some research showed they don't seem to be available new or second hand so must be pretty rare. Reminded me of my childhood in the tenements of Glasgow where the stair lights were gas and the gaslighter would walk round every evening to light them all.
I had this on my radar for a while, but didn't quite manage to get there before the tour bus, so apologies if you've seen this location a few times already.
I was in Aviemore for the weekend with the wife so only managed a few hours in here.
Don't know much of the history and despite the pretty good condition there weren't many personal items to get a story from. If anything, it looks like the owner moved out just taking the essentials and leaving the rest. There was no mains gas or electricity in the house which might explain one reason it was abandoned, winters half way up a hill in the Cairngorms would be pretty tough. Strange to look at the ceilings and see no lighting, or mains sockets in the kitchen.
Some of the portable gas lights still worked, and were surprisingly bright for old technology. Being a bit of a geek I was facinated by these. Doing some research showed they don't seem to be available new or second hand so must be pretty rare. Reminded me of my childhood in the tenements of Glasgow where the stair lights were gas and the gaslighter would walk round every evening to light them all.
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