At the start of the Easter holidays, John Davidson suggests some great traffic-free bike rides to get you and your family back on two wheels after a long…
Tentacles of interconnected ice crystals reach out from every point on each frozen rock, desperately clinging on in any sanctuary that offers even a hint…
It’s not every day you get the opportunity to be trained by an Olympic standard coach. I just hoped Alex Standen, a former GB skier and currently…
When Kristina comes up with a plan, you always know you’re going to be in for an epic. So when the phone rang at quarter past seven in the morning,…
Not everyone is a fan of the snow but there's no denying its transformational properties in the Highland landscape, and nowhere is that more apparent…
Running up and down hills, cycling along country lanes, mountain biking on exhilarating off-road trails, taking a walk in the magnificent Highland scenery…
"You’re making it hard for yourself,” she told me, and it was difficult to argue. Here I was, not much more than a couple of miles into what…
So it’s finally open, and people have been crossing the fourth road bridge over the River Ness since Monday, judging for themselves what difference…
Roaring stags greet us as we trample our way up the sodden hillside, already looking forward to the sanctity of the ridge above. We can hear them but,…
Just getting to the start line seemed like an achievement for me in this year’s Glencoe Marathon, an epic trail run over the pass of Glencoe over…
Bikepacking from Inverness to Ullapool, John Davidson concludes his coast-to-coast mountain bike trip, taking up the tale after an overnight stop at the…
Bikepacking is becoming a popular way to travel through the wilds with minimal gear. John Davidson heads for the hills in the first of this two-part mountain…
The unique landscape of the Flow Country is at the heart of this tour of the far north, which begins at the RSPB visitor centre at Forsinard. A short…
I’ve just put the date of next year’s Great Wilderness Challenge in my diary: Saturday, August 11, 2018. That’s when hundreds of walkers…
There can be few better places to spend a glorious summer’s day than on the plentiful trails that take you through some of the best scenery in Scotland.
Alfred Wainwright is more commonly associated with the Lake District but it is his description of the Dundonnell and Fisherfield forests that has given…
Motivation is the key to getting young children to be enthusiastic about what us grown-ups boringly refer to as "going for a walk". That, and ice cream.
No matter how many times you’ve done the Highland Cross, it never seems to get any easier. Conditions were favourable this year, with a strong westerly…
A COUPLE of summers ago I took my two young children on this off-road cycle ride by myself – this time I had parental back-up!
Cycling was top of the agenda over the weekend as Inverness hosted two events that put two-wheeled transport in the spotlight.
