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Skiing basics for beginners

Skiing is a great sport to learn, whatever your age. It’s fun, exhilarating, skilful, burns […]

Fascinating stuff: The UK’s worst floods

Having witnessed devastating floods across the states of Texas and Florida in recent weeks, attention […]

Cyclists take part in first CrossduroScotland

Fifteen cyclists joined the first CrossduroScotland earlier this month. A mix of men and women […]

Cycling the epic Stelvio mountain pass in Italy

Of course, a cycling tour of the Italian mountains was going to include the epic […]

Glen Coe Skyline CP 11 and finish photos

I spectated at the Salomon Glen Coe Skyline Race 2017 at the weekend. You can […]

Glen Coe Skyline athletes – from first to fabulous

There were the awesome athletes who took the top places in the Salomon Glen Coe […]

Glen Coe Skyline CP 5 photos

I enjoyed spectating at the Salomon Glen Coe Skyline 2017 race at the weekend. Here […]

Scotland’s great outdoors volunteers

The July 2017 edition of The Scots Magazine ran my feature about Scottish outdoors volunteers. […]

Sponsored video: New Nikon Monarch HG binoculars

Too many times, while enjoying the great outdoors in Scotland, I have heard the roar […]

Ground-breaking project to create maps for trail runners

TrailFest and Harvey Maps have launched a new project that will create a series of […]

Top tips for skiing in Tignes, France

One of the most famous resorts in Europe, Tignes has a lot to offer skiers […]

Scotland voted world’s most beautiful country

Scotland’s fabulously diverse landscapes and wild and rugged beauty outranked every other destination to be […]