AFTER its grand opening, Tom Weir was one of the first to walk the West Highland Way   Read Part One on the Opening Ceremony, here.   As you approach the […]

In the final update from this series, Tom Weir drives the Caithness coast road and finally reaches John O’Groats   Part One    Part Two   Part Three   Part Four    Part Five […]

Tom Weir considers man’s changes to Scotland’s coast from Nigg Bay to the Dornoch Firth   Part One    Part Two   Part Three   Part Four   I went next to Nigg Bay […]

Part Four: Tom Weir’s thoughts on the new A9, and proposals for ski slopes in Lurcher’s Gully in 1980     I’ve been doing plenty journeying myself lately, literally from John o’ […]

Part Three: Along the Waters of Unich     I could have done with a lot more of the gorge which ended suddenly on undulating moorland, the kind of country you […]

Part Two: Along the Waters of Unich     The favourite walk from Glen Esk is to Loch Lee. In fact, I had never been beyond this point, so it was […]