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Ideas week for businesses in Scottish Highlands

Lochaber Ideas Week 2019 returns in November with the chance to join a range of […]

Henry’s Avalanche Talk launches ORTOVOX Off-Piste Awareness Tour 2019

Winter outdoors fans are encouraged to sign up to attend the Henry’s Avalanche Talk (HAT) […]

Downhill running race returns to Austrian ski slope

Runners will be launching themselves down near-vertical gradients in a race on one of the […]

Runner experience: Petra Desert Half Marathon 2019

I first met Örjan Magnusson while running the Half Dramathon on Speyside in Scotland in […]

First Brit to complete list of Core European Ultras

Richard Mclellan has become the first Brit – and only the second person in the […]

Sponsor backing for IRONMAN world champs podium contender Corinne

I met the lovely triathlete Corinne Clark by chance at a friend’s hen do this […]

Glen Affric, an eco-hostel and wonderful Munro bagging

Information notes for the Glen Affric Youth Hostel state:  “Your accommodation is in a very […]

Solo Munro bagging: Spidean Mialach and Gleouraich

Looking out of the windows of my campervan early on Sunday morning, I was sad […]

Life on the Ice talk in Glasgow

Three of Scotland’s top explorers, Craig Mathieson, Richard Smith and Mollie Hughes, will share the […]

The Fara: In search of the ‘real’ summit

This weekend, I returned The Fara, a Corbett that I had ticked off earlier this […]

New 800-mile Great North Trail for cyclists and walkers

National cycling charity, Cycling UK, has launched the Great North Trail, which extends from the […]

14 things I learned about walking in Scotland this weekend

It was a “will we, won’t we?” sort of weekend in Scotland thanks to widely […]