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Muir Cottage
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The Club hut, known as Muir of Inverey, is
situated on the north side of the Linn of Dee road, some 8
kilometres West of Braemar, about 200 metres beyond the Inverey
Youth Hostel and shortly before the road comes to the river (OS
grid reference
076896). It is available for use by Club members and guests
accompanying them and also by members of other recognised
mountaineering clubs, with whom it is much in demand throughout
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Enquiries and booking applications must be made to David Kirk, the Muir
Booking Secretary:
Email:
muir-booking@cairngormclub.org.uk
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The Club has had the use of Muir Cottage for over fifty years,
beginning with a lease of the original stone cottage. In 1971 it
became possible to purchase the feu through the generosity of a
distinguished former Club member, Dr. George A. Taylor, who on
his death in 1965 had bequeathed to the Club a quarter of the
residue of his estate, amounting to about £4,000. The cottage
was then considerably expanded by the construction of a
substantial timber extension to replace the former outbuildings.
In 2004, with funding from Cairngorm Leader Plus, Aberdeenshire
and Aberdeen City Councils, Awards for All, the Scottish
Mountaineering Trust and other donors including Club members,
alterations were undertaken to allow use of the cottage by
disabled persons and to form a new kitchen.
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The accommodation comprises a common room and
kitchen in the original stone building and four bedrooms, two
washrooms, a member's room and a drying room in the wooden
extension. The bedrooms are for 6, 6, 4 and 2 persons in
double-tiered bunks, and each washroom has a shower cubicle. The
member's room contains four beds reserved for
use by members when the 18 bedroom places have been booked by
non-members. The bunks are equipped with mattresses, pillows and
ample blankets, but these must be used with sleeping bags or
sheets and pillowcases. The kitchen is equipped with an electric
cooker, a 4-ring hob with oven below, two microwaves, kettles
and toasters, a plumbed-in hot water dispenser, and a wide range
of utensils, crockery and cutlery. Space heating, water
heating and cooking is by electricity. For the bedroom heating
20p coins are needed for the prepayment meters.
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An innovation this summer (2008) is the provision of a
“Midgeater” which ought to reduce the impact of midges during
the midge season. It may take us most of the season to see if
there are aspects to its use that we can improve on. Comments
from users of Muir will be welcomed, but users are asked please
not to interfere with the unit. Later in the summer we should
have new freestanding bunks to replace the built-in ones which
have served us well for some 35 years and will be renewing the
floorings of the bedrooms.
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Charges are £4.00 a night for Club members
and £8.00 a night for others. Charges for children under 16 are
half these amounts. Before leaving the cottage, members should
complete a payment slip in the book provided and forward it to
the Muir Booking Secretary. Keys will be sent by, or should be
collected from, the Muir Booking Secretary.
The cottage is also available for day use to members and their
guests accompanying them, the charge being £2.00 per person. Day
use should be booked in the same way as overnight use. The use
of tents and dormobile-type accommodation within the precincts
or on nearby ground is not permitted. Animals are not permitted
within the building. During the shooting season, mid-August to
mid-October, walkers should before venturing onto the hills
check with the local keepers - Mr. Ian Campbell, Pinewood,
Inverey (01339 741368) for the Mar Estate; Mr. Stuart Cumming,
Loin na Veaich, Glen Ey (01339 741349) for the Mar Lodge Estate.
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Not all mobile telephone networks reach Muir Cottage. There is a
public telephone (coin-operated) just over one kilometre away,
close to the bridge over the Ey.
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