Happy Christmas to all from Walkhighlands – hope its a good one! We also wanted to say a big thank you to all the users of Walkhighlands and those who have contributed to the site, added trip reports and photos, or emailed us with information, suggestions and encouragement. We are always interested to hear how you use Walkhighlands and what we can do to improve the site, so keep your ideas rolling in. The last year has been great with over 960 walks now on the site and coverage expanded to include Aberdeenshire, Angus, Fife, Moray, the Isle of Eigg,…

Know your Marilyns from your Munros? Walkhighlands has now added all the Scottish Marilyns under 2000 feet so you can write trip reports and record them on your logger or bagger’s map. The Marilyns are the relative hills, those with 150 metres of descent all the way round and were devised by Alan Dawson. No one has yet claimed to have climbed them all. As well as plenty of popular hills such as Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh, the list also includes some difficult summits in St Kilda, such as Boreray, Stac Lee and Stac an Armin. Click here to go…

A stunning view over the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye has taken the top prize in this year’s search to find the ‘Landscape Photographer of the Year’. Parisian-born, Emmanuel Coupe becomes the third person to win this prestigious Award and the £10,000 prize. His picture was chosen, by the judges, from the thousands of entries that showcased the richly diverse landscape of the UK. From salt marshes, chalk cliffs and ancient woodland, to historic villages, parklands and cityscapes, the ‘Landscape Photographer of the Year’ Award aims to highlight the interaction between people and places that is…

Walkhighlands has made the shortlist for this years Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards.  Up for Most Entrepreneurial Business, this is a new award for 2009. Also shortlisted in the same category are two of our advertisers. Active Outdoor Pursuits have a base in Newtonmore and offer a great range of activities including mountain guiding and kayaking, whilst Sonas Hospitality is the group behind the Toravaig and Duisdale Hotels on Skye, famed for their boutique style and fabulous food.  The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Inverness on 20 November. Other businesses which advertise through Walkhighlands and have been nominated for an award are:…

We’ve launched our initial coverage of Aberdeenshire. This new area of the site at present covers 27 walks around the coast from Portsoy through Banff and Buchan to the outskirts of Aberdeen, together with further routes including two routes on the very popular hill Bennachie. Parts of Aberdeenshire – notably Deeside upriver from Aboyne – are already covered in the Cairngorms National Park section. Aberdeenshire has alot to offer for outdoor enthusiasts with miles and miles of superb sandy beaches and dunes. The north coast also has some of Scotland’s most picturesque fishing villages. We’ll be expanding further to cover…