Ramblers Scotland and Stirling Council have been successful in the latest attempt to keep walkers out of the Boquhan Estate near Kippen. Landowners Euan and Claire Snowie had sought to exclude walkers, cyclists and horseriders from 40 acres of their…
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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Ramblers Scotland victorious in Snowie access case
Posted in Access issues
Eigg is Big Green Challenge winner
The Isle of Eigg is set to receive £300,000 from the Big Green Challenge Fund as one of four winners in a competition to reduce CO2 emmissions. The Eigg community has managed to reduce their carbon emmissions by 32% in…
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Posted in Conservation
JMT launches campaign to protect wild land
The John Muir Trust today launched a campaign calling for improved statutory wild land protection of the UK’s last remaining unspoilt landscapes. The campaign is being launched in the week following the Scottish Governments approval of the Beauly-Denny Line though…
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Posted in Conservation
New blood and cakes for Canna
The New Year has brought a radical life change for one Scottish-based couple. Amanda McFadden and Aart Lastdrager have this week started a new life on the tiny Island of Canna. The couple has been selected to run the café…
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Beauly – Denny line approved
The Scottish Government today approved the Beauly to Denny 400kV electricity transmission. The decision follows a multi-million pound Public Local Inquiry that due to the way the planning system works, did not properly consider alternatives. “Marching a 220km mega pylon…
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Avalanche warning for Scottish Hills
The Mountaineering Council of Scotland have issued a warning about Avalanches. Scottish mountains are experiencing unprecidented amounts of snowfall, more is expected over the following few days. Ski touring conditions have been awesome and many low level ice routes have…
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