Steve Smirthwaite: Mountain biking maps of the Highlands
John Davidson speaks to mapmaker Steve Smirthwaite about bikes, maps and all things outdoors in the latest episode of the Active Outdoors podcast
John Davidson PHOTOS: Megan Keith supports junior parkrun in Inverness ahead of Olympic 10,000m final
Olympic 10,000 metre finalist Megan Keith from the Inverness Harriers was a surprise visitor at Torvean junior parkrun on Sunday. The 22-year-old is heading to Paris for the Olympic Games…
Corrieshalloch Gorge: Celebrating 150 years of engineering heritage at geological wonder
This year the suspension bridge across Corrieshalloch Gorge in the Highlands will be a remarkable 150 years old. John Davidson visits this extraordinary National Nature Reserve to learn the story…
Fighting for the right to roam on Kinder Scout – 92 years after mass trespass
The author contrasts the access rights to land in Scotland and England, highlighting the expansive freedoms granted by the Scottish Land Reform Act (2003) compared to the limitations set by…
Being part of something special at the 40th Highland Cross
The 40th staging of the Highland Cross took place on Saturday, June 22, 2024 – and I was among the 750 or so people lined up at the start in…
PHOTOS: Scottish Orienteering Championships 2024 – hosted by INVOC
Saturday, May 25, 2024 saw the Scottish Orienteering Championships individual races come to Inverness when INVOC hosted the event at Creag Leach. Around 450 competitors ranging in age from around…
A historic Border route to the Wallaceneuk parkrun in Kelso
A railway once branched off the Edinburgh-Carlisle Waverley line at St Boswells in the Borders and led the ten-and-a-half miles to Kelso. Like so many of these once vital lines,…