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.
It’s been great to be back on the bike for more than just the few miles to and from work recently, and this route to the west of Inverness was right…
Glen Affric is a place to get away from it all and soak up nature at nature’s pace, appreciating all that is around you. My spur-of-the-moment visit…
The popular walk around Loch an Eilein in Rothiemurchus forest was our plan for a wet afternoon. It’s a straightforward plod, with a waymarked trail…
In the shadow of Britain’s highest mountain, I guess it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that there was a fair bit of climbing to start as…
In search of a walk into the wilds while the clouds hung low on the mountains and the wind would be blasting over the high tops, I found the perfect escape.
Pushing my bike down a steep, rough path which is wet and slippery with the ongoing downpours that have been a feature of the last few hours, I know I…
All is still on the surface of the loch until tiny circular ripples show where a fish has just surfaced momentarily, hundreds of metres below where I…
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen said that an adventure is just a badly planned journey. His trips to the poles – he was the first person to reach…
A TWIST of fate could have made this cycle around Loch Ness a very different affair. Just hours after most of us had crossed the finish line in Inverness,…
A DINOSAUR attracted us to this peak, the final Munro on a long ridge leading from the edge of Knoydart to here above the head of Loch Quoich. This huge…