Confessions of a non runner

Posted on July 9, 2019 by David Lintern

It doesn’t matter how you get there or what you call yourself, the hills don’t care. David Lintern escapes the tyranny of team sports and goes for a jog up a ridge.

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Some lessons from Glen Etive

Posted on April 23, 2019 by David Lintern

“Fruitful glen of pools and fishes, Glen of hawks, blue eyed, crying” – Gleann Measach Iasgach Linneach – Deirdre of the Sorrows According to Irish mythology, Deirdre and her love Naoise founded Glen Etive after fleeing Ulster. What was a…

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Snow and Consequences

Posted on February 12, 2019 by David Lintern

Thinking about getting started on graded winter routes? David Lintern has a few suggestions. All we need now is the snow…

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John Allen – 35 years of mountain rescue

Posted on December 2, 2018 by David Lintern

David Lintern interviews John Allen to ask – what has changed for hillgoers and the civilian rescue service, and what is the same?

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Signs, sticks and stones

Posted on October 9, 2018 by David Lintern

When is a pile of stones a work of art, a historical monument or an act of vandalism, and how much signage do we want in the Scottish Hills? David Lintern considers cairns, signposts, interpretation and other human interventions, both…

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Looking after what we love?

Posted on August 9, 2018 by David Lintern

Scotland’s environmental record so far this year isn’t that easy to digest, but David Lintern has had a go… It’s 2018, and god knows there’s a lot of bad news competing for our attention. But in a slight change to…

Posted in Conservation, Magazine, Walking News