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Tour de Force becomes Le Loop – and partners with Tour de France

A Scottish cycling charity challenge has officially joined forces with professional cycling race, the Tour […]

Harry Potter 20th anniversary: Scotland’s hotspot locations

This summer marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of Harry Potter. Written in Scotland […]

Go! outdoors and make your own challenges

My Sunday Mail column on July 2 revealed some great ideas from a new book […]

Caroline swims Loch Lomond end to end

This weekend, another swimmer completed the full length of Loch Lomond. Here is Caroline Connor’s […]

Innovative ZipTrail launches at Foxlake Adventures

Foxlake Adventures in East Lothian is celebrating its firth anniversary with the launch of a fifth outdoor […]

Darrell swims length of Loch Lomond

It is great to hear about ordinary people doing extraordinary challenges in Scotland. Here is […]

Playing 5-to-9: The micro adventurers

What do you do after work? Like many people, you most likely commute home, perhaps […]

Ultra running tips from WHW Race women’s winner Lynne Allen

This year’s West Highland Way Race was remarkable for a number of reasons. First, Rob […]

Wilcox family challenge: 20 Munros in a month

An outdoors family has set themselves a superb – and some might say, daunting – […]

4 Munro bike and hike: Derry Cairngorm and neighbours

The weather was forecast to be wet on the west of Scotland and less so […]

Work starts on Fife outdoors cycle circuit

I have been hearing about plans to build Scotland’s cycle circuit track in Fife. Work […]

6 tips: Beginner’s guide to getting in shape

Desperate to get in shape? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. It’s said that about half […]