Archives for May, 2009

Virtual Highlands goes Hi-Res

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Walkhighlands’ Virtual Highlands is now available in high resolution for most of Scotland. This is possible as Google has updated its satellite imagery of the Scottish Highlands, making programs such as Google Maps, Google Earth et al. show the area in high resolution for the first time. Virtual Highlands allows you to see an interactive [...]

Scotland’s longest walk opens up…

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

The Cowal Way has recently been extended and now runs all the way from Portavadie to Inveruglas on Loch Lomond. As there is a ferry service from Inveruglas across to Inversnaid, making it possible to join with the West Highland Way, this new extension completes a missing link making possible Scotland’s longest official long distance [...]

Gaelic mountain recordings completed

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

A series of podcasts giving the pronunciaton of all the mountains of Scotland have been completed and are now online. Walkhighlands, which has been making the recordings to help non-Gaelic speakers to learn how to say the names, has just made available the recordings for all of the Grahams, the Scottish peaks between 2000 and [...]

Celebrate Whisky Month with Walkhighlands

Friday, May 1st, 2009

As part of Whisky Month, Walkhighlands has teamed up with Ian Macleod Distillers to offer the chance to win a six bottle case of Isle of Skye Blended Scotch Whisky. For competition details and to enter click here. During May’s Whisky Month you can enjoy a huge range of Whisky events and experiences. The month [...]


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