John Davidson, author and journalist, shares his love of the great outdoors from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland
These two fine Munros in the Fannichs made a superb winter outing on Saturday. Peter and I had seen the ridge leading up Sgurr nan Clach Geala on a previous outing in these hills with Meg a few years back, and it looked dramatic enough in summer.
Continue reading ‘Sgurr nan Clach Geala and Sgurr nan Each’
This picture seems to have gone down well – see this week’s Active Outdoors to find out where it is and follow the great walk to get there!
Continue reading ‘A new year – time for new adventures!’
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What a weekend we had in Wester Ross! Peter was down to his last three Munros, and two were in the remote Fisherfield Forest – an 11-mile trek to the start of the climb from the nearest village, Poolewe.
Continue reading ‘Ruadh Stac Mor and A’ Mhaighdean’
Posted from Achnasheen, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Continue reading ‘An island hop and a great new cycle track’
Posted from Druimavuic, Scotland, United Kingdom.
I was pleased to finish this year’s River Ness 10K run in a decent time of 43.14 after being a long way off this for the last couple of years!
That meant I finished 189th (chip time) out of 2,372 finishers. Not a bad result!
Click here for the official results.
Continue reading to see a short video from the 10K…
Continue reading ‘River Ness 10K’
Posted from Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom.
I’ve never been on a mountain with so many people on it! To be honest, I was glad to get off the top of Ben Nevis and head down to the CMD Arete for the bit of the day we’d really come for – the scramble between the Ben and Carn Mor Dearg.
Continue reading ‘Ben Nevis and Carn Mor Dearg via the CMD Arete’
Posted from Fort William, Scotland, United Kingdom.
I had a lovely walk up Cnoc Fyrish near Alness this afternoon, with my wife Meg and baby Clara. It was a rainy start but after a heavy shower when we reached the monument the skies cleared and we enjoyed a sunny end to our little adventure.
Continue reading ‘Cnoc Fyrish’
The Gaick Pass is a remote spot rising to over 500m above sea level on rough tracks through wild country. So it came as a bit of a shock to me when I bumped into a friend in the middle of it!
I was out on the bike with my brother Iain yesterday, taking him on this fine route before he heads to sunnier climes (he’s moving to Australia soon…).
Continue reading ‘Drumochter and Gaick Passes by bike’
Loch Ness from Fair Haired Lads Pass above Inverfarigaig.
It’s been a soggy day to test out the trail but nevertheless I enjoyed some fine views of Loch Ness and some pretty exhilerating cycling, including finding some sections of existing tracks and paths that were new to me.
Continue reading ‘South Loch Ness Trail’
Had a long day in the saddle yesterday doing this fantastic ride from Helmsdale round to Lairg, getting the train to the start from Inverness then returning from Lairg.
Continue reading ‘Helmsdale to Lairg cycle ride’
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I'm a journalist in Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland who specialises in the great outdoors - including walking, cycling and mountaineering. I write a regular Active Outdoors feature for the Inverness Courier as well as contributing to other publications, including leading hillwalking magazine TGO.
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