Mountains Mend Minds

    Getting active in the outdoors is not only good for your physical health but has been shown to be good for your mental wellbeing, and is prescribed by health services around the world to help tackle depression and anxiety. 

    Let this website inspire you to pull on some hiking boots and use exploring nature to improve your mental health.

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    Adventures - latest

    I recently gave up my very comfortable life in Edinburgh, packed up all my possessions, and moved in...

    26th May 2022

    I’m not sure where I’d be if it wasn’t for mountains, the outdoors, walking and running. They...

    3rd May 2022

    A mental health and outdoors advocate has called on political parties fielding candidates in May’s...

    18th January 2022

    After just over four years walking in the hills most weekends, I’m finally in the closing stag...

    4th October 2021

    Mountains Mend Minds, a website dedicated to promoting the mental health benefits of hillwalking, is...

    21st June 2021

    Whether you have summited a handful of Munros or have ‘compleated’ them all you will pro...

    9th May 2021

    Scotland will enter its second national lockdown on Tuesday 5th January in an effort to prevent furt...

    4th January 2021

    The Kingdom of Fife is a fantastic introduction to hillwalking with summits providing views just as ...

    3rd January 2021

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