Review: Olight M1T Raider torch
11th October 2018
Alex Roddie reviews a simple but rugged torch for outdoor use.
Articles
10 top tips for designing a long-distance walk by Sue Oxley and Ali Ogden
11th October 2018
Every year, 350 keen backpackers plot and walk their own routes across Scotland as part of The Great Outdoors Challenge. We invited the Challenge coordinators, Sue Oxley and Ali Ogden, to share their advice for anyone looking to create their own long-distance walk.
Events news: Mountain Aid Winter Safety Talks 2018
10th October 2018
Mountain Rescue legend Dave 'Heavy' Whalley presents a series of free illustrated winter mountain safety talks at venues across Scotland.
Cairngorms Connect project aims to restore Caledonian Forest
10th October 2018
£23m Endangered Landscapes Programme selects Caledonian Forest to be the focus of a key rewilding project – the biggest habitat restoration project in Britain.
Visitor facilities for Bla Bheinn, Skye, get an upgrade
10th October 2018
Strathaird set for visitor facilities upgrade with expanded car parking and two new toilets.
Nature to be prescribed on Shetland to help health and wellbeing
9th October 2018
Thanks to a pioneering partnership with RSPB Scotland, GPs in Shetland are now able to prescribe nature to their patients.
Mend Our Mountains campaign helps fund a new path on Snowdon’s highest slopes
9th October 2018
Thanks to funds raised through a crowdfunding campaign back in 2016, the first phase of footpath construction work on the upper section of the Watkin Path, Snowdon, has been completed.
Opinion: Hill tracks on Scotland’s hills – stopping the bulldozers
9th October 2018
A path is a conversation between walker and landscape, says outdoor writer John Burns, but bulldozed hill tracks disrupt that unique relationship.