Derry Lodge
The pay phone at Derry Lodge, in the Cairngorms (NO 041 934) will cease to be operational from the end of this month. Calls have dwindled from the pay phone as a result of the increased use of mobile phones by the walking and mountaineering community and the age of the line is showing by the frequency of faults.
Braemar Mountain Rescue Team was instrumental in getting the payphone installed at Derry Lodge in an era before mobile phones and when the long walk out to the Linn of Dee or even Braemar might have caused serious delays to the start of a rescue.
