A huge amount of work goes into maintaining and repairing mountain paths in some of the Highlands’ most popular walking areas, as John Davidson…
I KNEW what I was letting myself in for this time yet I still didn’t hesitate when I sent off our team application for the 32nd Highland Cross.…
With just two weeks to go until the Highland Cross, I’ve been trying to squeeze in as much off-road running as I can. I spotted the potential for…
Forget free-flowing trails – there’s a different type of mountain biking that’s more about the mountains than the biking. We knew progress…
REMINDERS of the last battle to be fought on British soil are not confined to the battlefield at Culloden. Dotted around the area are names, places…
Being one of hundreds of cyclists streaming down the side of Loch Ness on a road most of us normally steer clear of was a superb and somewhat surreal…
TODDLERS and trailers were the focus of our attention as a group of mums and children got together to enjoy a gentle cycle in Strathglass last weekend.
More and more people in Scotland are taking to the water to enjoy activities in the outdoors, and the majority of them are “casual” participants,…
The Badenoch Way is a great little route that passes through some wonderful stretches of native woodland, offers fine views to the mountains and rivers…
When we set off on our short hill walk from a quiet Inverness-shire glen we could hardly have imagined the mini winter mountaineering challenge we would…
I’M often saying how lucky we are to live in such a great place for cycling and this was one of those days that reaffirmed that feeling.
A SMALL wooden sign across the road from the Aultguish Inn on the road between Inverness and Ullapool says “Drove Road to Strathgarve”. The…
The giants of Torridon act as a magnet to hill walkers and mountaineers from far afield, so much so that smaller hills like this one are often bypassed…
Following the opening of a new mountain bike centre at Glenlivet, John Davidson took to one of the easier trails to see what the venue offers
Rain definitely didn’t stop play on this lovely little walk in the Cairngorms National Park. With family visiting for the week, we didn’t…
A DEEP layer of fresh snow lay on the ground when I awoke and the thermometer read minus 2C – the perfect day for a run like this.
Riches aplenty can be found on The Silver Peak, Sgurr an Airgid, a relatively small mountain among the giants of Kintail. A clear path weaves its way…
IN the shadow of the Five Sisters of Kintail, a hardy bunch of souls merrily works away, stripping back the drystone dyke before methodically, piece by…
After riding through Glen Tilt and over the Bedford Bridge at the Falls of Tarf in last week’s Active Outdoors, John Davidson continues his biking…
"The interesting bike routes are the ones that you can barely manage on a bike,” Harry Henniker says in his excellent collection of 101 Mountain…