I STEPPED gingerly across the stones over the burn, got to the far side then saw the bridge, hidden behind some foliage. At least I managed to stop a…
MANY of the old stalking paths that seam Scotland’s hills are falling into disrepair. All-terrain vehicles have taken the place of human effort,…
THE ascent looked incredibly steep. We had just parked at Loch na Gainmhich on the road between Skiag Bridge and Unapool in Assynt. Cloud swirled around…
THE serried rank of concrete blocks stretching along the shingle beach looks almost artistic. Along with pillboxes and observation towers, they form part…
PASSING round Sail Mhor on the way in to Beinn Eighe’s magnificent Coire Mhic Fhearchair, a huge gully comes into view cleaving the buttress in…
THEY are seventh heaven for cyclists. Quiet roads mean you can bowl along without having to worry about impatient drivers. Fortunately, here in the…
TOM wouldn’t think of himself as being disabled. He’s one of those people who’s always had a glass half full outlook on life. He and…
THERE’S a hill near Ullapool that’s masquerading as a Munro. I know because I’ve climbed it and had an easier time on actual Munros.…
FLOODS are nothing new. While Britain has been wracked by storms for weeks there are historical precedents for events like these. Back in August 1829…
THERE’S been a big push for some years now to encourage more people to exercise by creating community path networks.
DUNGLASS Island, sitting in the middle of two arms of the River Conon, is one of Scotland’s largest freshwater islands. Once the site of an Iron…
IT'S one of the longest, coldest and snowiest winters in Scotland and the weather is closing in on the Cairngorms. The ski runs on Cairn Gorm are being…
THE jewel of Torridon, Beinn Alligin is well named and equal in stature, for me at least, to any diamond tiara. It was my hundredth Munro and its…
PORTSOY is best known these days for hosting the annual Scottish Traditional Boat Festival. Founded in 1993 and based in Portsoy’s ancient harbour,…
"THOUGH cataracts roar ’stead of smooth flowing fountains, I sigh for the valley of dark Lochnagar.”
YOU don’t have to travel far out of Inverness to be in beautiful countryside, and I’m lucky enough to live on the edge of a very rural area.
Justly regarded as one of Scotland’s finest mountains, a traverse of An Teallach provides one of the most amazing days out you can get. Its two…
THE mist was clearing just as I approached the long ridge up Meall Fuar-mhonaidh, with blue holes appearing in the cloud.
THE Rough Bounds of Knoydart – it’s a phrase that has always fascinated me since the first time I came across it in The Big Walks –…
BUYING a new bike always has that element of excitement, even for someone of my vintage. I’d had my mind set on getting a road bike to complement…
