Six advertising members of Walkhighlands have made it to the finals of this year’s prestigious Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards. Recognised for their delicious locally-sourced food, friendly service and willingness to go the extra mile, The Glenview on Skye is nominated for Best Bar, Cafe or Restaurant. Co-owner Kirsty Faulds commented, “It is a real boost and fantastic for our team… I think there will be a skip in our step in service tonight as there are an amazing amount of truly inspirational restaurants in the Highlands, we are chuffed to be included. It’s between us and two others so…

Stuart Murdoch, of Speyside Sculpture, is a talented sculptor working in wood and stone who brings to life his love of nature and the great outdoors in his individual artworks. Stuart is a keen walker and has teamed up with Walkhighlands to offer other walkers the chance to win a bespoke piece of sculpture. Stuart is offering the chance to win a personalised letter carving worth between £350 and £500, or a voucher towards a larger piece of sculpture. There are also second and third prizes up for grabs. Stuart says, “I was recently asked to carve a large house…

Gareth from Webtogs had a hard time choosing the winners from April's selection of walk reports submitted to Walkhighlands. Here’s what he wrote. “Both the runner up and winner were hard to choose. From a short list of nine though I'm down to two with the runner up Michael Thompson’s Not so grey in the grey Corries. I know Mikes a pro-photographer so I marked him down a little bit on his photos to give everyone a chance :). You can’t take away from the fact though that the photos are drop dead gorgeous! What really impressed me however was…

With the addition of route descriptions for a handful of walks at the north end of the Isle of Lewis, walker's website, Walkhighlands, has reached the milestone of 1,500 walking routes. The site now covers the whole of Scotland with current projects including adding more walks in Lewis, Harris, Orkney and the Borders. All the routes are walked and researched on the ground and GPS recordings taken so that the routes can be accurately mapped. The routes range from short family rambles to epic long distance multi-day walks and include descriptions of all the Munros as well as many Corbetts…

Walkhighlands has teamed up with online gear retailer OutdoorKit.co.uk to give away £100 worth of vouchers to spend on outdoor equipment. The free prize draw will run for the month of February and as 2012 is a leap year there’s an extra day to get your entry in! OutdoorKit is one of the UK’s leading online supplier of outdoor clothing and equipment. Based in a warehouse in Luton, Bedfordshire which stocks over 2,900 outdoor products, the company also have an established shop in St. Albans high street. Entry is simple, just visit Walkhighlands and answer a simple question about OutdoorKit…

ViewRanger has chosen Walkhighlands as its Branded Publisher of the Year in the mobile phone mapping app’s annual awards.  Walkhighlands also had the Most Popular Route of the Year (by Value) with its Ben Nevis by the Mountain Track route. On making the award ViewRanger said, “Walkhighlands publish more than 1,400 of the best trails across Scotland through the ViewRanger platform.  What stands out about the Walkhighlands trails is the information that is provided along with the GPS route – including audio files that help explain the pronunciation of those tricky gaelic hill names!” ViewRanger also awarded two “Community Publisher of the Year”…

Each month two outstanding walk reports submitted to Walkhighlands are awarded prizes. The competition is sponsored by online retailer Webtogs, who choose the winners and donate the prizes. Commenting on the December walk reports, Gareth from Webtogs writes “Well the Festive season has finished and although feeling little flat, plans to head in to the hills have gathered pace and sparked a few excited grins here at Webtogs. Not sure about you good folk, but I personally find the hills in winter to be the most beautiful and exciting for walking. As a result I was really looking forward to…

To celebrate the start of 2012, Walkhighlands is giving away a rucksack and sleeping bag worth £100 to one lucky visitor. The Echo 400+ sleeping bag is rated at 4+ seasons, whilst the Summit 25 rucksack has been designed for the hillwalker. The prize has been provided by Highlander, a Scottish based company specialising in the manufacture and design of camping and outdoor equipment. With over 25 years experience, the company is still a family owned business with products ranging from sleeping bags, tents, camping furniture & accessories to waterproofs, walking poles,gaiters, socks and footwear to lightweight sleeping bags, insect…