Walkhighlands news
Last chance for Xmas gift offer
If you’re still stuck for want to buy anyone who loves the Scottish mountains, there is still time to take up the offer of gift membership of the MCofS. Membership of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland comes complete with a quality free gift (Harvey Map, DVD, Silva Compass, or Chalk Bag), quarterly magazine, discounts at many outdoor retailers and accommodation providers, and the warm glow you get from supporting an organisation that does loads of behind the scenes work on access and conservation issues, helping walking and climbing clubs, running climbing competitions for kids and much more. The MCofS is…
Walkhighlands’ members up for Highlands Tourism Awards
A bumper number of Walkhighlands business members have made it to the shortlist for this year’s Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards. The results will be announced at a ceremony in Inverness on Friday evening (18 Nov) – good luck to all the entrants. Walkhighlands’ members shortlisted for awards are: Highland Campervans – up for no less than three awards (Best Visitor Experience Small, Best Entrepreneurial Business in the Great Outdoors, and Best Leader) Gordon Pearson from Wow Scotland, providing great walking adventures in the Highlands – shortlisted for Young Ambassador Sands Caravan and Camping Park – shortlisted for Best in…
October Walk Report of the Month
Walkhighlands has announced the winners for the October Walk Report competition. Each month, two winners are chosen by the team at online retailer Webtogs, from all the trip reports submitted and published on the site in the last month. Gareth Jones from Webtogs said, “It’s been another hard month deciding who wins this months vouchers and there have been some stunning reports yet again as the days get shorter. “Runner up has to be Echoes of fire, water and a visionary – Liathach’s west end which has rightly been given 17 likes on the site, and we would heartily agree…
No shaggy dog story as second lost pet found
The BBC have reported how Sam the Springer Spaniel was found after 4 nights out in the wilds after becoming separated from his owner, hillwalker Dave Webb last week. Regular users of Walkhighlands will know that Dave reported that Sam went missing on the Munro Am Faochagach on the forum and was helped in the search by other users of the website, with one forum member driving all the way from Lanarkshire to help find Sam. A heart-warming story of folk helping each out others they have never met, and a happy ending – but the story has a remarkable…
Walkhighlands welcomes new Gear Editor
Walkhighlands is delighted to welcome Phil Turner as its Gear Editor. Phil is an outdoor enthusiast and writer and has already written a great many routes for Walkhighlands; he’s also an expert on lightweight backpacking and camping with a seemingly unquenchable thirst for trying new outdoors gear. Phil spends as much time as possible walking in Scotland and will be rigorously testing a wide range of gear to provide up to the minute comparison reviews on Walkhighlands over the coming months. Phil is also author of numerous magazine articles as well as his popular blog Lightweight Outdoors, and is currently working…
Win £100 of gear vouchers
Walkhighlands has teamed up with outdoor gear retailer OutdoorKit.co.uk and has £100 worth of vouchers to give away to a lucky winner. OutdoorKit is one of the UK’s leading online supplier of outdoor clothing and equipment. We’re 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. For a chance to win, enter the competition here.
Last chance to win Cairngorms book
Anyone wanting the chance to win copies of Chris Townsend’s photographic book about the Cairngorms needs to get their skates on. Walkhighlands has four copies of ‘a year in the life of the cairngorms’ to give away, but entries close on 31 August. The Cairngorms contain the greatest area of land over 4,000 feet above sea level, the largest Caledonian pine forests and the biggest national park in Britain. This spectacular land of mountains, lochs, rivers and woods is wild and beautiful. The mountains form a series of vast sub-arctic plateaux ringed by big granite cliffs, deep lake-filled corries and…
Last chance to win case of organic beer
Walkhighlands has a mixed case of 20x500ml bottles of organic beer to give away, to celebrate the opening of the brand new brewery building at the Black Isle Brewery. However you need to hurry to get your entry in as the competition ends on Sunday 31 July. The Black Isle Brewing Company is a small intensely independent organic brewery in the heart of the Scottish Highlands. Its mission is to produce a range of top quality organic beers packaged in recycled materials. The barley and hops used are grown on organic farms, without artificial fertilisers or herbicides. The folks at…
Walkhighlands members in Nature of Farming final
Walkhighlands self-catering advertising members, Somerset and Carolyne Charrington have reached the final shortlist of four farms competing for a prestigious environmental farming award. The RSPB Telegraph Nature of Farming Award celebrates the fantastic work farmers are already doing for wildlife, with a top prize of £1,000 for the very best. The Charringtons who run a 750ha upland livestock farm at Treshnish on the Isle of Mull have taken to heart the need to manage the land in tune with nature whilst ensuring it provides a sustainable business. Their farm lies on some of the most spectacular coastal scenery on Mull…