Bike-run-bike to Loch Ness
I found myself with an all-too-rare day with nothing planned today, so decided to go for a nice little trail run down at Dores. And what’s the best way to…
John Davidson Empire Antarctica – an interview with Gavin Francis
Gavin Francis spent more than a year working as the base camp doctor at the Halley Research Station in Antarctica, cut off from the rest of the world – including…
Highland Cross 2014
The legs are slowly recovering after completing my second Highland Cross. I knocked around seven or eight minutes off my time from last year, coming into Beauly 5 hours, 22…
A successful spin around the Borders
There’s a fine art to cycle touring and I think I might just be getting the hang of it. The 250-mile Border Loop was my aim and I managed to…
Border Loop live tweets
The Border Loop is a 250-mile cycle route around the beautiful Scottish Borders. I’m loading up the panniers to do the route this week, starting and finishing in Berwick-upon-Tweed. You…
Final countdown to Highland Cross
It’s less than two weeks until I start my second Highland Cross, a 50-mile cross country duathlon. So I headed to Aviemore for a final long run that will hopefully…
Trail running in the sun – and rain
The joy of running is so much greater when you can escape the city streets and explore trails, whether they be gentle countryside paths or serious hill routes. Over the…