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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.


‘There was genuine concern we would capsize’: Wick rowers share the highs and lows of their round-Britain journey so far

05 August 2024
‘There was genuine concern we would capsize’: Wick rowers share the highs and lows of their round-Britain journey so far

‘There was genuine concern we would capsize’: Wick rowers share the highs and lows of their round-Britain journey so far

05 August 2024

Wick RNLI volunteers Allan Lipp and Mhairi Ross say they have been blown away by the support during their journey. Here they answer our questions


ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Putting in the miles on the Great Glen Way

05 August 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Putting in the miles on the Great Glen Way

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Putting in the miles on the Great Glen Way

05 August 2024

John Davidson runs a familiar, if testing, route from Inverness to Drumnadrochit, which offers some spectacular trail running and excellent views


Vital role in keeping mountain footpaths on right track

03 August 2024
Vital role in keeping mountain footpaths on right track

Vital role in keeping mountain footpaths on right track

03 August 2024

Hill walkers are being encouraged to help out by volunteering to rebuild and maintain paths on mountains across the Highlands.


Mass skinny dip in Loch Ness will end new Inverness outdoor festival

01 August 2024
Mass skinny dip in Loch Ness will end new Inverness outdoor festival

Mass skinny dip in Loch Ness will end new Inverness outdoor festival

01 August 2024

A new festival aimed at showcasing the great outdoors around Inverness and Loch Ness will close with a mass skinny dip in Loch Ness.


ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Cycling through Scotland’s newest World Heritage Site – experience the Flow Country from the saddle

29 July 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Cycling through Scotland’s newest World Heritage Site – experience the Flow Country from the saddle

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Cycling through Scotland’s newest World Heritage Site – experience the Flow Country from the saddle

29 July 2024

John Davidson looks back on a road ride through the heart of what is now a designated Unesco World Heritage Site


Highland path repairs needed after increase in visitors to National Trust for Scotland land

27 July 2024
Highland path repairs needed after increase in visitors to National Trust for Scotland land

Highland path repairs needed after increase in visitors to National Trust for Scotland land

27 July 2024

The National Trust for Scotland has launched its annual appeal to raise funds to help repair and maintain footpaths in the Highlands and beyond.


Flow Country joins Great Barrier Reef and Grand Canyon among Unesco World Heritage sites

26 July 2024
Flow Country joins Great Barrier Reef and Grand Canyon among Unesco World Heritage sites

Flow Country joins Great Barrier Reef and Grand Canyon among Unesco World Heritage sites

26 July 2024

Unesco World Heritage Site status for the Flow Country will unlock a raft of economic, environmental and social opportunities, it has been predicted.


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