Rennie McOwan was an esteemed outdoorsman, journalist, writer and broadcaster who was steeped in the history, folklore and culture of his native Scotland. Through his newspaper columns, books and television programmes, he shared his knowledge and views of the great outdoors. Above all, he played a key role in persuading the authorities to make freedom to roam in Scotland a legal right. As a young boy, his parents gave him his own personal freedom to roam the Ochil Hills around the village of Menstrie near Stirling where he was born in 1933. The hills, mountains, burns and braes became his…
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