09 December 2024
Heading for a quick trip to the hills, John Davidson ventures to a bealach below the silver peak to enjoy magnificent views across Kintail
02 December 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Even in the winter, there are ways of enjoying the dark evenings, John Davidson finds as he heads to the Cairngorms National Park
01 December 2024
Making Space for Nature by Andy Summers: The barn owl is one of the most iconic and hauntingly beautiful birds of the British countryside.
01 December 2024
John Davidson picks out some of his favourite routes from a new Ordnance Survey book, Outstanding Walks Scotland, featuring some classic outings
25 November 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: From erratic boulders to kettle hole lochans, John Davidson explores the glacial deposits left behind in Strathnairn on a forest walk
24 November 2024
Hundreds head to school on a Sunday to relive memories and share stories from their time at Lochardil Primary 60 years after it was officially opened.
18 November 2024
John Davidson headed to the Cairngorms - before the recent snowfall struck - to complete a long circuit on the excellent trails into the Lairig Ghru
18 November 2024
Four charities benefitting from the 2024 Highland Cross received their donations at a celebration event. John Davidson reports on a landmark year
14 November 2024
The 40th staging of the Highland Cross has seen the fundraising total from the event exceed £6 million after another record figure was raised.
11 November 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: A community forest in the heart of Strathglass makes for a peaceful walk in the woods, John Davidson discovers
04 November 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: With the shorter daytime hours, a late afternoon stroll turns into a battle to beat the clock on a walk on the shores of Loch Ness
28 October 2024
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: John Davidson heads west to explore a wonderful woodland walk that offers a glimpse to the dramatic Cuillin mountains
28 October 2024
Is this the return of the Friar’s Bridge artist which impressed locals a year ago?
21 October 2024
Mike Merritt lets the train from Inverness take the strain on his way to the start of a walking holiday in the north-east of England
14 October 2024
Peter Evans returns to Glen Torridon to climb one of those ‘missing’ hills that got away
07 October 2024
John Davidson enjoys a weekend of mountain bike leadership learning in Pitlochry as he hones his riding for the future
05 October 2024
The leaves may have started falling and the temperature is getting cooler, but there’s still plenty to do around the Highlands during the autumn.
30 September 2024
John Davidson steps up for 26.2-miler after watching wife and others complete challenge close to home
23 September 2024
John Davidson explores the peninsular at Noss Head and visits the lighthouse and 15th-century Castle Sinclair-Girnigoe
16 September 2024
Colin Cadden committed to surveying all the Cairngorms routes in a new guide to Scotland’s rights of way. John Davidson spoke to him in Glen Feshie