John Davidson These boots were made for walking…
It’s been a long relationship but it had to end sometime. This weekend I gave my trusty Scarpa Manta’s one last outing on the hills. My new three-season boots won’t…
Rights and responsibilities at Ledgowan
Scotland enjoys some of the best access laws in the world, rightly based on a right to roam idea tied to responsibilities that respect land management and the environment. In…
Tilt & Feshie mountain bike expedition
I finally got around to doing this mountain bike route I’ve been planning for some time and it was worth the wait! The route from Blair Atholl to Kincraig (more…
Active Outdoors magazine
You can now read the latest edition of Active Outdoors magazine online, for those of you who are miles out of its circulation area! Click here to read it Our…
River Ness 10k
Today is Loch Ness Marathon day in Inverness and, as usual, I’ve been running the 10k – the sixth year in a row I’ve done it since we moved here.…
Pedal on UK
As a volunteer for Sustrans, I was invited on the final stage of Pedal on UK, a national celebration cycle marking the completion of 84 new walking and cycling links…
Sandwood Bay, Durness and Cape Wrath
Here’s a selection of photos from a couple of days I spent this week in the far north-west of Scotland, camping at Durness and running out to Sandwood Bay from…