Article · 26 Feb 2022
How to photograph the northern lights
Seeing the northern lights can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Photographing this spectacular, natural phenomenon is difficult, but James Rushforth has this advice.
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Article · 19 Feb 2022
A 2-week adventure on The Southern Upland Way
Kathryn Shore was looking for a walking adventure with minimal disruptions. With the route already defined and the accommodation flexible, walking a National Trail with a tent...
Article · 29 Jan 2022
Walking the Skye Trail during Covid
The Skye Trail is not as well trodden as the West Highland Way or Great Glen Way but, as Henry Clifford found out, this creates an even more magical route
Article · 18 Dec 2021
Winter walking on South Uist
In the Hebrides, snow is rare and fleeting. In 2021 the first real winter conditions arrived on South Uist in late January - worth getting out the boots for an excursion to Thacla.
Article · 21 Aug 2021
Discovering the Isle of Rum
Ester Carlomagno spent two months living on the Isle of Rum, volunteering at the Rum National Nature Reserve, where she went walking whenever the weather allowed
Article · 14 Aug 2021
6 Scottish routes to prepare you for high mountain treks
In terms of terrain, the Scottish mountains are a fantastic training ground when planning a trek or a climb overseas, says Sean McBride
Article · 3 Apr 2021
10 new UK staycation ideas for walkers
The Lake District, Snowdonia, the Peak District, Cairngorms... which of these busy honeypot destinations are you dreaming of? If you have jaded memories of overcrowded hillsides (particularly during the brief summer of 2020), then these suggestions...
Article · 11 Oct 2020
Mountain-biking Harris's Postman's Path
After years of thinking of excuses not to, Cicerone author Peter Edwards finally tackled the Postman’s Path on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides
Article · 16 Sept 2020
Fastpacking the Great Glen Way
In May 2017, Josephine Anselin set out on a three-day solo fastpacking trip from Fort William to Inverness, running 79 miles (121km) coast to coast through the Scottish Highlands. Usually treated as a long-distance hiking route, the Great Glen Way...
Article · 22 Aug 2020
Scottish Borders – attracting walkers for over 3000 years
Away from the crowds, the Scottish Borders offer a wide variety of walking, from gentle riverbanks to wild moorland above the 600m mark. Cicerone author Ronald Turnbull follows...
Article · 15 Jul 2020
This is NOT the West Highland Way...
Not the West Highland Way by Ronald Turnbull offers all the benefits of the West Highland Way trail with some additional tracks that are guaranteed to inspire the explorer within you
Article · 7 Jun 2020
The trials, tribulations, and joys of writing a guidebook to the West Highland Way
Terry Marsh reflects on the trials and tribulations – and joys – of writing and maintaining his guidebook to the West Highland Way.
Article · 1 Sept 2019
9 reasons why the Isle of Mull is the best place in Scotland for low-level walking
The Isle of Mull is part of the Inner Hebrides, the group of islands that run up the spectacular west coast of Scotland from Arran to Skye. It sits approximately half-way up,...
Article · 13 Jul 2019
Scotland south to north: Mull of Galloway Trail
Christine Gordon's latest challenge to walk the length of Scotland began with the Mull of Galloway Trail and the Loch Ryan Coastal Path. Well, actually, it began with tea and...
Article · 20 Feb 2019
The Great Outdoors Challenge: Prep and planning
Peter Aylmer prepares for the annual event that stretches coast-to-coast across the Scottish Highlands, where one of the first challenges is to make it into the ballot. Here he...
Article · 6 Feb 2019
Wondrous times on the frontier: A walk on the Borders Abbeys Way
Paul Boobyer takes a fascinating tour of Scotland’s ruined Borders abbeys: four ravaged Gothic masterpieces that sat on the front line in a series of devastating wars that...
Article · 9 Sept 2018
An intro to... the Southern Upland Way, Scotland’s Coast to Coast Walk
The 347km (215 mile) long Southern Upland Way from coast to coast, is Scotland’s longest Great Trail, and now, thanks to a new route through the Ettrick Hills, higher than...
Article · 15 Apr 2018
The Lochaber 4000s
There are only nine mountains over 4000ft in the UK, and they are all in Scotland. It’s a big but manageable day to walk the four in Lochaber in one go but Alex Kendall gives it a try.
Article · 21 Feb 2018
Walking on The Isle of Mull: A Sample Route
With a diversity of land forms unequalled by any other Scottish island, the third largest of the Hebrides, Mull is a place of wild beauty: untamed, rugged and never uninteresting...
Article · 2 Dec 2017
Falling in love with Arran - the so called Scotland in Miniature
Natalie explains how she fell in love with Arran - the so called Scotland in Miniature - when walking there with some friends.