Chance meeting with pine martens
John Davidson On a walk at the weekend I had an unbelievable wildlife experience when I saw a couple of pine martens literally within a couple of yards of me. One ran…
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Monster climb has its rewards
I’ve just tackled a mountain biking route that’s been in my mind for years – and found it was well worth the wait. The weather was perfect and I am…
Get set for the Highland Cross
I’m taking part in the Highland Cross – a 50-mile duathlon (20 miles running off road and up hill followed by 30 miles road cycling) going coast to coast across…
Running through glorious Glen Affric
With less than four weeks to go until I take on the challenge of my first Highland Cross, I headed down to Glen Affric today to put in some serious…
One day of rest
This is the first day in a long while I’ve not done any running, cycling, kayaking or other activity – because I’ve just completed this year’s 5×50 Challenge. The unusual…
Going off-road
I think I might have found a new favourite pastime… trail running. Partly as a consequence of entering this year’s Highland Cross and partly inspired by Susie Allison’s book on…
Highland cyclists call for ‘culture change’
The following is a press release sent to local papers on behalf of a group of cycling campaigners/interest groups which met recently in Inverness: Cyclists from across the Highlands and…