Active Outdoors

Families enjoyed sunshine and some well-known faces as they returned for the first Kidical Mass campaigning ride since the summer holidays.

An events organiser who took up paddleboarding ahead of a hip replacement has circumnavigated Loch Ness to raise funds for lifeboat services.

Mike Merritt gets a closer inspection of the 80-mile Hadrian's Wall on a walking holiday in northern England

Crew and volunteers from the North Kessock lifeboat were among hundreds of runners who took on a gruelling 24-hour challenge on the edge of Loch Ness.

Campaigners are marking the second anniversary of the Kidical Mass children’s bike ride in Inverness this weekend

A vitrified hill fort at Knockfarrel and the Eagle Stone in Strathpeffer are visited by John Davidson on this walk in Ross-shire

Runners returning for the second Loch Ness 24 challenge at the weekend endured contrasting conditions to the inaugural event last year.

Over a third of Brits say they do not do enough with their free time

Runners from around the world are set to descend on Loch Ness this weekend for the return of a 24-hour endurance race.

Greens are urging members of Highland Council's Inverness area committee to approve plans for altering the layout of the main city street.

Megan Keith's former orienteering club in Inverness has sent a message of support to the track star ahead of the World Athletics Championships.

John Davidson takes his young son on a mountain bike adventure – only to be battered by torrential rain – making for a memorable outing

Making Space for Nature by Jenny Grant

The latest launch of a RNLI lifeboat sparked a plea to paddle boarders to ensure they take check equipment before heading out into open water.

THE newest link in Inverness's active travel network has been welcoming its first users.

Businesses in the Cairngorms are hoping to take advantage of a boom in cycling following the UCI Cycling World Championships this summer.

Hopes easier route will appeal to less experienced and younger riders

On his way to Orkney, Moray content editor Chris Saunderson was stranded for 36 hours – and discovered some of the wonders of the far north

A LINK for a Nairn footpath at the harbour will be developed on Common Good land, it has been agreed.

Inverness orienteers enjoyed a string of successes at the 2023 Scottish 6 Days event held in Moray.