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Gear review: Alpkit Presta 20l pack

John Burns

Land of Ghosts

Ben Dolphin

What does a ranger actually do?

Landowner told to remove track scarring Cairngorms hill

Berghaus Paclite Gore-Tex Overtrousers

12 islands at the edge of Scotland

Cameron McNeish

To Know Being, the Final Grace

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Charlie's Round

Walkhighlands regular contributor David Lintern has written the first complete guide to mainland Britain's big hill running Rounds -- part guidebook, part social history. Here, he focuses on the man and the story behind the Scottish Round.

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