Fife is an underrated region for exploring the outdoors. It's Scotland's 13th largest local authority area but it punches well above its weight for the number of beauty spots it is home to. The range of locations also makes Fife so unique - we have a...
During the initial lock down of March and April I walked and walked through the city streets, round, over, through Arthur' Seat and Holyrood park and along the miles and miles of old tow paths that secretly criss cross Edinburgh. Admittedly sometimes only because I...
When Munro baggers think of Scotland's finest mountains, for many the mind will drift to the gnarled peaks of Skye's Cuillin ridge, to the giants of the Nevis range, and the majestic fortresses of Torridon and Wester Ross - all situated in different parts of...
Fife is a peninsula with coastlines to the north, east and south, giving the region a distinctive identity which can be traced back hundreds of years to the time when Fife was a Pictish Kingdom - leading to its unofficial full title still used to...
It is undeniable that the summer just passed (yep, sorry to confirm it’s definitely over!) saw a noticeable spike in Scots exploring the outdoors. You only needed to take a drive through the likes of Glencoe or Glenmore or around Loch Lomond on a weekend...
All Aboard the Munro Train Just over a year and half ago I noticed the hashtag #microadventure while aimlessly scrolling through Instagram. With a little more research, this appeared to be a buzzword used by influencers to position a day out as something much more exciting....
This week I managed to summit a Munro I'd been dreading since the day I learned of it, called the 'In Pinn'. For me, the challenge was both a physical and mental challenge as I was doing a real rock climb for the first time,...
'Munro Moonwalker' Alan Rowan, who has written three books on his adventures over the years hiking Scotland's mountains during the night, has praised the hiking community for following the Scottish Government and Scottish Mountain Rescue's calls to stay off the hills during the lockdown. Scottish Mountain...
Jay Mistry from West Yorkshire, and a keen hiker of Britain's highest mountains, believes there is no longer a stigma attached to mental health issues and has encouraged anyone suffering in silence to speak out about it instead of bottling it up. The 33-year-old, who went...
While the country is in lockdown, we thought we would get you thinking about your first adventures when the hills are open again by showing you our top ten favourite Munro summit views. Number 10: Gairich ('The Roaring') The position of Gairich which rises above Loch Quoich,...