Active Outdoors
Features and routes from my Active Outdoors work for SPP Media
Mountain Leader assessment week in the Cairngorms
It’s pitch black, windy and pouring with rain, and we’re at 1150m above sea level wandering through thick cloud on
Highland Cross
A 50-mile coast-to-coast duathlon in mid-summer
More to the Highland Cross than a race through the hills
The more times you do the Highland Cross, the more you understand the community behind this huge annual effort. Turning up on the day to run and cycle 50 miles across the Highlands is probably the easy bit – and certainly the most fun.
Active Travel
Campaigning news and views for #activetravel
Plans to improve walking and cycling along the A82 in Inverness lack ambition
My response to Bear Scotland’s proposals to ‘improve’ walking and cycling facilities along the A82 in Inverness.
Scottish Cycling
Some of the cycle routes I've written for Scottish Cycling magazine (routes will be added here soon)
Caol runnings – the Great Glen Way on the Caledonian Canal at Fort William
In the shadow of Britain’s highest mountain, it seems somewhat incongruous to find a flat, family-friendly route where you can let the children loose to explore.