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Have you heard about ParkLives?

Walking is easy, right? And so is popping to the local park to play tennis, […]

New Gaelic place names guide for Skye

Earlier this year I attended a Gaelic place names lecture, led by Hebrides-born Cailean Maclean, […]

Traffic-free first for Pedal for Scotland event

The popular Pedal for Scotland sportive has just announced that the Glasgow to Edinburgh Classic […]

Possibly my worst day of cycling ever

It rained but not the normal on-off rain. This was non-stop monsoon style rain like […]

Top tips for bike packing success

After almost two weeks of bike packing in northern France there are a few tips […]

Bike packing through Portugal and Spain

Keen Scottish cyclist Nick green, who runs mobile bike mechanic business Hammer & Cycle, decided […]

Great places to stay (and eat) while riding La Sarthe a Velo

During my two weeks of cycling in France, I spent four days riding some of the […]

Ruth runs off half her body weight

I heard about Ruth Howie from a friend. I was so impressed with her story […]

Why not bag the Archies?

Have you heard about a new category of Scottish mountains called the Archies? Find out […]

Gift your Outdoor Gear in September

Every outdoors enthusiast will have spare or unused kit lying round. Now a campaign is […]

Hunt on for bee keepers of the future

This article appeared in the Sunday Mail. There is a need for new bee keepers […]

Have you tried?: Wild food foraging

Here is my Sunday Mail It’s Great Outdoors article about wild food foraging. Autumn is […]