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John Davidson


Content and Commercial Editor

John Davidson is a content editor covering our north Highland patch including the John O'Groat Journal, Caithness Courier and Northern Times titles. He is also responsible for commercial editorial content across the company, contributes to other titles including the Inverness Courier and also looks after the regular Active Outdoors features which he instigated in 2008. John has over 20 years' experience in the industry, and has worked across news, features and sport as well as having expertise in the production of print and digital products. He joined the company in 2007 as a sub-editor, later becoming production editor and then editorial services manager before taking up his current role.

John Davidson

Last chance to get priority entry for 2025 Etape Loch Ness cycling sportive

28 October 2024
Last chance to get priority entry for 2025 Etape Loch Ness cycling sportive

Last chance to get priority entry for 2025 Etape Loch Ness cycling sportive

28 October 2024

Tickets for next year’s Etape Loch Ness are expected to sell out within a couple of days as priority entry is due to open on Tuesday morning.


Skye views add drama to autumn forest walk

28 October 2024
Skye views add drama to autumn forest walk

Skye views add drama to autumn forest walk

28 October 2024

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: John Davidson heads west to explore a wonderful woodland walk that offers a glimpse to the dramatic Cuillin mountains


Rapist (71) who poses ‘significant danger to children and young girls’ jailed for decades of abuse

28 October 2024
Rapist (71) who poses ‘significant danger to children and young girls’ jailed for decades of abuse

Rapist (71) who poses ‘significant danger to children and young girls’ jailed for decades of abuse

28 October 2024

A rapist who abused children and young girls in the Highlands over the course of more than four decades has been jailed.


ACTIVE OUTDOORS: MTB course takes a step up in riding skills

07 October 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: MTB course takes a step up in riding skills

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: MTB course takes a step up in riding skills

07 October 2024

John Davidson enjoys a weekend of mountain bike leadership learning in Pitlochry as he hones his riding for the future


Ladies who lunch celebrate combined age of 335 at Loch Ness venue

05 October 2024
Ladies who lunch celebrate combined age of 335 at Loch Ness venue

Ladies who lunch celebrate combined age of 335 at Loch Ness venue

05 October 2024

Four fabulous ladies with a combined age of 335 got together to celebrate their autumn birthdays on South Loch Ness-side.


10 quirky Highland adventures to try this autumn!

05 October 2024
10 quirky Highland adventures to try this autumn!

10 quirky Highland adventures to try this autumn!

05 October 2024

The leaves may have started falling and the temperature is getting cooler, but there’s still plenty to do around the Highlands during the autumn.


ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Loch Ness Marathon is in the diary for 2025 after inspiring event

30 September 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Loch Ness Marathon is in the diary for 2025 after inspiring event

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Loch Ness Marathon is in the diary for 2025 after inspiring event

30 September 2024

John Davidson steps up for 26.2-miler after watching wife and others complete challenge close to home


North Coast 500: New toilets planned at Stac Pollaidh as car park extension work begins

29 September 2024
North Coast 500: New toilets planned at Stac Pollaidh as car park extension work begins

North Coast 500: New toilets planned at Stac Pollaidh as car park extension work begins

29 September 2024

A four-fold increase in parking capacity at an under-pressure beauty spot in the north-west Highlands is expected to ease congestion at the location.


ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Caithness coastal walk offers a lighter look at medieval castle

23 September 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Caithness coastal walk offers a lighter look at medieval castle

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Caithness coastal walk offers a lighter look at medieval castle

23 September 2024

John Davidson explores the peninsular at Noss Head and visits the lighthouse and 15th-century Castle Sinclair-Girnigoe


ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Highland volunteer helped check 7500km of routes featured in new Scottish Hill Tracks book

16 September 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Highland volunteer helped check 7500km of routes featured in new Scottish Hill Tracks book

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Highland volunteer helped check 7500km of routes featured in new Scottish Hill Tracks book

16 September 2024

Colin Cadden committed to surveying all the Cairngorms routes in a new guide to Scotland’s rights of way. John Davidson spoke to him in Glen Feshie


WATCH: Highland volunteers maintain paths in Cairngorms with Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland

09 September 2024
WATCH: Highland volunteers maintain paths in Cairngorms with Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland

WATCH: Highland volunteers maintain paths in Cairngorms with Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland

09 September 2024

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: John Davidson joins volunteers in the Cairngorms National Park as they help keep mountain paths in good working order


Loch Ness bike park team invites community and businesses to learn more about plans

07 September 2024
Loch Ness bike park team invites community and businesses to learn more about plans

Loch Ness bike park team invites community and businesses to learn more about plans

07 September 2024

The team behind a planned bike park near Fort Augustus are hoping that local people can help them create a world-class facility.


Popular trail needs proper plan for future, community group says

03 September 2024
Popular trail needs proper plan for future, community group says

Popular trail needs proper plan for future, community group says

03 September 2024

Calls have been made for the South Loch Ness Trail – part of the Loch Ness 360 – to have a maintenance plan in place after bridge is washed away.


ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Cairngorms pine forests are backdrop to short mountain bike journey

02 September 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Cairngorms pine forests are backdrop to short mountain bike journey

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Cairngorms pine forests are backdrop to short mountain bike journey

02 September 2024

John Davidson finds time for a nice circuit on the mountain bike, visiting some fine features of the national park


ACTIVE OUTDOORS: What it’s like to run through the night at the Loch Ness 24

26 August 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: What it’s like to run through the night at the Loch Ness 24

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: What it’s like to run through the night at the Loch Ness 24

26 August 2024

John Davidson and his wife Meg took on the 24-hour running challenge for the first time - and came out smiling


WATCH: The 2024 Loch Ness 24 – in pictures

26 August 2024
WATCH: The 2024 Loch Ness 24 – in pictures

WATCH: The 2024 Loch Ness 24 – in pictures

26 August 2024

Hundreds of runners donned head-torches as they ran through the night in a 24-hour challenge on the shores of Loch Ness at the weekend.


ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Strathpuffer in summer is in lap of the dogs

19 August 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Strathpuffer in summer is in lap of the dogs

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Strathpuffer in summer is in lap of the dogs

19 August 2024

John Davidson heads to the forests of Ross-shire to reacquaint himself with the ups and downs of the Strathpuffer course ahead of the 24-hour event


ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Small hill leaves a big impression

12 August 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Small hill leaves a big impression

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Small hill leaves a big impression

12 August 2024

John Davidson takes a summer stroll up Creag Bheag at Kingussie with the family and finds plenty to keep the children entertained


LISTEN: Meet the Nairn mapmaker taking his passion in a new direction

09 August 2024
LISTEN: Meet the Nairn mapmaker taking his passion in a new direction

LISTEN: Meet the Nairn mapmaker taking his passion in a new direction

09 August 2024

John Davidson speaks to Steve Smirthwaite, whose Trailmaps offer great ideas for mountain bikers and others, in the new podcast from Active Outdoors


Olympic hopeful Megan Keith pointed in right direction by orienteering successes

07 August 2024
Olympic hopeful Megan Keith pointed in right direction by orienteering successes

Olympic hopeful Megan Keith pointed in right direction by orienteering successes

07 August 2024

Orienteering set Olympic hopeful Megan Keith on the right path for success, according to the Inverness club where she started out.


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