Walkhighlands news

Walkhighlands’ members up for Highlands Tourism Awards

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

A bumper number of Walkhighlands business members have made it to the shortlist for this year’s Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards. The results will be announced at a ceremony in Inverness on Friday evening (18 Nov) – good luck to all the entrants. Walkhighlands’ members shortlisted for awards are: Highland Campervans – up for no [...]

October Walk Report of the Month

Friday, November 4th, 2011

Walkhighlands has announced the winners for the October Walk Report competition. Each month, two winners are chosen by the team at online retailer Webtogs, from all the trip reports submitted and published on the site in the last month. Gareth Jones from Webtogs said, “It’s been another hard month deciding who wins this months vouchers [...]

No shaggy dog story as second lost pet found

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

The BBC have reported how Sam the Springer Spaniel was found after 4 nights out in the wilds after becoming separated from his owner, hillwalker Dave Webb last week. Regular users of Walkhighlands will know that Dave reported that Sam went missing on the Munro Am Faochagach on the forum and was helped in the [...]

Walkhighlands welcomes new Gear Editor

Friday, September 9th, 2011

Walkhighlands is delighted to welcome Phil Turner as its Gear Editor. Phil is an outdoor enthusiast and writer and has already written a great many routes for Walkhighlands; he’s also an expert on lightweight backpacking and camping with a seemingly unquenchable thirst for trying new outdoors gear. Phil spends as much time as possible walking [...]

Win £100 of gear vouchers

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

Walkhighlands has teamed up with outdoor gear retailer OutdoorKit.co.uk and has £100 worth of vouchers to give away to a lucky winner. OutdoorKit is one of the UK’s leading online supplier of outdoor clothing and equipment. We’re based in a warehouse in Luton, Bedfordshire which stocks over 2,900 outdoor products. The company also have an [...]

Last chance to win Cairngorms book

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Anyone wanting the chance to win copies of Chris Townsend’s photographic book about the Cairngorms needs to get their skates on. Walkhighlands has four copies of ‘a year in the life of the cairngorms’ to give away, but entries close on 31 August. The Cairngorms contain the greatest area of land over 4,000 feet above [...]


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