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Take to the trails

Take to the trails

Take to the trails

31 March 2018

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…


Coastal highlights by the stackful

Coastal highlights by the stackful

Coastal highlights by the stackful

24 March 2018

IT wasn’t yet 7am and already I’d seen two things that lifted the spirits: first the sun rising into an almost cloudless March sky, then a…


Winds of change in Scottish winter

Winds of change in Scottish winter

Winds of change in Scottish winter

17 March 2018

It’s strange to be writing about this run while in the Mediterranean sun, thousands of miles away from a Scotland that is firmly in the grip of…


Making the white choice

Making the white choice

Making the white choice

10 March 2018

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…


Eskers and kettle holes

Eskers and kettle holes

Eskers and kettle holes

03 March 2018

THE last ice age is reckoned to have ended in Scotland around 14,000 years ago. It was responsible for sculpting the landscape, with giant glaciers gouging…


Going for gold

Going for gold

Going for gold

24 February 2018

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…


Tackling icy run on a wing and a prayer

Tackling icy run on a wing and a prayer

Tackling icy run on a wing and a prayer

17 February 2018

It’s always a good start to a run when even the car park boasts its own attractions. If you go through the gate on the opposite side of the road…


Roughing it

Roughing it

Roughing it

10 February 2018

EVERY now and then I like to test myself on difficult terrain where route finding and judgement are a bit more critical. It helps to keep the skill levels…


Olympic effort shines light on winter sports

Olympic effort shines light on winter sports

Olympic effort shines light on winter sports

03 February 2018

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,…


Bright idea to head for the hills

Bright idea to head for the hills

Bright idea to head for the hills

27 January 2018

After days of mist, damp and cold weather the skies finally cleared. OK, it was still only two degrees in the middle of the day, but the sun was out and…


In ship shape for hill walk

In ship shape for hill walk

In ship shape for hill walk

20 January 2018

ULLAPOOL always feels to me like the gateway to another world. The much wilder scenery of Coigach and Assynt lies beyond – wonderful sculpted mountains,…


A vole new experience

A vole new experience

A vole new experience

13 January 2018

Taking to the hills in winter requires a whole new skillset, as Nicole Webber discovers as she ventures out to climb her first winter Munro with her more…


Get a grip in Glenmore!

Get a grip in Glenmore!

Get a grip in Glenmore!

06 January 2018

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…


Ready for a new year of adventures

Ready for a new year of adventures

Ready for a new year of adventures

30 December 2017

Running up and down hills, cycling along country lanes, mountain biking on exhilarating off-road trails, taking a walk in the magnificent Highland scenery…


Slide away

Slide away

Slide away

23 December 2017

"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…


Walk on through to the other side

Walk on through to the other side

Walk on through to the other side

16 December 2017

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…


Something to grouse about

Something to grouse about

Something to grouse about

18 November 2017

You have to feel sorry for red grouse. They’re nurtured from young birds on managed grouse moors, then just when they think life is dandy and everything…


A noisy welcome to peaceful hills

A noisy welcome to peaceful hills

A noisy welcome to peaceful hills

11 November 2017

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,…


Getting into the spirit

Getting into the spirit

Getting into the spirit

04 November 2017

The water of life has never been so well earned, as Jenny Gillies discovered on her first endurance race


Never hurry de Moray

Never hurry de Moray

Never hurry de Moray

28 October 2017

ANDREW de Moray was a towering figure in Scottish history, so it seems fitting that his memorial should rise high above the surrounding Black Isle landscape.…


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