According to reports in the Guardian and on the BBC, international tycoon Donald Trump has written to Alex Salmond to accuse him of being ‘hell-bent on destroying Scotland’s coastline’ with off-shore wind farm developments. In his letter Trump claimed that ‘with the reckless installation of these monsters, you will single-handedly have done more damage to [...]
Forestry Commission Scotland is appealing to people across the area for help in tracing anyone who might have a connection with memorial plaques at Glencoe Lochan. The plea comes as the Commission’s Lochaber team prepare to carry out upgrade work to the Glencoe Lochan trails. This will include replacing some of the benches and picnic [...]
Anyone looking for a stunning way to get over the January blues is invited to join one of a series of night time trips to Galloway Dark Sky Park and be star-struck. Forestry Commission Scotland’s Galloway team says that although we’re half way through the 2011/12 observing season (October to April), it’s not yet too [...]
The contents of a mailboat launched from St Kilda on 29 July 2011 have been discovered on the Norwegian island of Frøya. The postcards were found by local farmer Knut Wågø, as he walked his dogs on the beach on 2 January 2012. The cards, which had been placed in a traditional St Kildan mailboat, [...]
Highland Council’s planning committee members today deferred their decision on the controversial Allt Duine wind farm and will carry out a site visit in the New Year. Supporters of the Save the Monadhliath Mountains (SMM) campaign who have fought the plans welcomed the pause, although they stressed that this would not distract them from their [...]
BBC Alba’s outdoors series, Into the Wild, will feature Walkhighlands’ Gear Editor Phil Turner next week. The Gaelic language programme (shown with English subtitles) followed Phil as he researched walks on Arran for Walkhighlands and Pocket Mountains guidebooks. The series explores the benefits of getting back in touch with the natural landscape and the lure [...]