Islands
The Isle of Skye: A Winter Wonderland
Why Skye should be your top holiday destination this winter! The Isle of Skye is spectacular at any time of year but when the cold weather hits, snowcapped mountains, […]
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News & Views November 27 contd 2
Emeli Supports Nordoff Robbins In the run up to the Nordoff Robbin’s Music Therapy’s annual Scottish Music Awards, Scottish soul-pop sensation Emeli Sandé has announced her support of the charity’s […]
Outdoor Scotland
20th Anniversary for Loch Earn Tourism Initiative
Twenty and counting! November 2014 marks 20 years since Loch Earn Tourism Initiative (LETI) was formed to promote the area as an all-year-round destination. To do this, tourism business around […]
Outdoor Scotland
The John Muir Trust: Giving A Voice To The UK’s Wild Places
The John Muir Trust is the UK’s leading wild land conservation charity. Supported in its work by 10,500 members, the Trust is dedicated to protecting and restoring wild places for people […]
Outdoor Scotland
News & Views October 30
Glasgow To Host BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014 The BBC’s star-studded Sports Personality of the Year 2014 is to take place at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on […]
Outdoor Scotland
A Ferry Good Job!
Dave Wheeler has the sort of job boys (of all ages!) dream about – he’s in charge of The Hjaltland, the massive NorthLink ferry which sails between Scotland, Orkney and […]
Outdoor Scotland
The Forth Road Bridge
After a sudden closure, it has been announced today that the Forth Road Bridge will be reopening before Christmas! The bridge has been closed to all vehicular traffic, pedestrians and cyclists […]
Outdoor Scotland
B is For Buachaille
They are not quite the Pollux and Castor of the Scottish hills. That Alpine sobriquet is probably more suited to Ben More and Stobinian further to the south. But gaze on […]
Culture
Scotland’s Kelpies
The Kelpies – two gigantic steel statues at the side of the M9, in the heart of industrial Scotland. It’s a place where giant pylons, chimneys belching white smoke and […]
Outdoor Scotland
Livingstone Centre
Explorer, missionary, anti-slavery campaigner, miller, doctor – David Livingstone was all of these things and more. A man possessing rare dynamism and breadth of skill, Livingstone would, one might imagine, […]
