“It’s a joy to help care for the Cairngorms herd of reindeer”

I used to go hill walking regularly in the Cairngorms National Park, where they roam freely, whenever my work allowed. I had seen herds many times but on this occasion, one spring, I was in the car park at the Reindeer Company’s main base, near the village of Glenmore, in Aviemore. Suddenly three