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.
10 June 2017
After years of saying I wanted to go to Knoydart I was surprised that it was hooves rather than hill running that finally got me over the sea to Inverie.
03 June 2017
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!
27 May 2017
Scotland’s youth hostels provide affordable accommodation for travellers in cities and rural areas. John Davidson visited two remote Highland hostels…
20 May 2017
THE area north of Ben Wyvis is wild and largely pathless, so you need to keep your navigation skills up to scratch if you venture there. The reward is…
13 May 2017
The Braes of Abernethy are typical of the rolling grouse moors of the north-eastern edge of the Cairngorms but the Corbett of Gael Charn has one major…
06 May 2017
NEIL Gunn’s river was my starting point for an enjoyable morning among the brochs and standing stones of south-east Caithness. Along the way I discovered…
29 April 2017
Cycling was top of the agenda over the weekend as Inverness hosted two events that put two-wheeled transport in the spotlight.
08 April 2017
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…
01 April 2017
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…
18 March 2017
A CHANGE of job, from sub-editor on Scottish Provincial Press’s titles based in Inverness to reporting on the Ross-shire Journal, means my cycle…
11 March 2017
Not everybody wants to run, trek, climb or kayak their way through the wilderness (apparently) so Jenny Gillies took a slower-paced view of the outdoors…
04 March 2017
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…
25 February 2017
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…
18 February 2017
THERE can be few more dramatic views in the Cairngorms than that from the summit of Sgor Gaoith.
10 February 2017
