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.…
21 October 2017
I WAS heading to Fort William to support friends racing, but as the event started in the afternoon I figured I had time to get in a run of my own before…
14 October 2017
THE bonnie purple heather is at its best from late summer into autumn and there was acres of it on this great ride around the Cromdale hills.
07 October 2017
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…
30 September 2017
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…
23 September 2017
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…
16 September 2017
The old packhorse bridge at Carrbridge – the oldest stone bridge in Scotland and a “must see” for any tourist venturing near the village…
09 September 2017
The Gaelic translation of Moruisg is “big water” so it wasn’t surprising that my feet were soaked within 15 minutes of starting the…
02 September 2017
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…
26 August 2017
ONE of my favourite occupations is looking at OS maps to find new cycling routes. Some people might, with a degree of justification, call it nerdy. But…
19 August 2017
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…
12 August 2017
We’d decided to head east to get the best of the weather, but watching the showers lashing the windows of the Glenshee ski centre café wasn’t…
05 August 2017
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.
29 July 2017
Alfred Wainwright is more commonly associated with the Lake District but it is his description of the Dundonnell and Fisherfield forests that has given…
22 July 2017
I HAD in mind a jaunt round the northern corries of the Cairngorms, but with a forecast of wind gusts up to 40mph I was a little apprehensive.
15 July 2017
Head down one of the side streets away from Rothes’ industrious main street and you are soon either walking along the grass banks of the Spey or,…
08 July 2017
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.
01 July 2017
I HAD often gazed across the Pentland Firth at the low-lying island of Stroma and been met by the blank stare of its windowless, long-abandoned cottages.…
24 June 2017
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…
17 June 2017
IT ranks as one of the finest scrambles in the Cairngorms and the rock scenery is dramatic indeed.
