The National Trust for Scotland is calling for old hiking boots that are destined to be binned for a bold new billboard to promote its work to care for Scotland's mountains.
Ninety pairs of boots are going to be nailed to a huge billboard in Edinburgh in June, alongside a message encouraging commuters to support the Trust’s countryside.
Part of the One Wee Step campaign which launched in 2012, the outdoors advert is the latest to highlight the fact that the Trust cares for 76,000 ha of some of the wildest and most spectacular countryside in Scotland, encompassing 46 Munro mountains, 424 km of mountain footpaths, seven National Nature Reserves, 45 Sites of Special Scientific Interest, the UK’s only natural and cultural World Heritage Site (St Kilda), over 400 islands and islets, Scotland’s first voluntary marine reserve and the nest sites of over one million breeding seabirds.
Campaign Manager for the National Trust for Scotland Amy Gunn said: “We want your old boots to help us spread the message about our mountain and countryside work. Instead of binning your boots, send them to the Trust, freepost and play your part in helping to conserve some of Scotland’s most iconic mountain landscapes, including Glencoe, Torridon and Goatfell.”
Boots can be FREEPOST to the following address, before Friday 26 April:
FREEPOST RSLA-XEHR-BJHJ
National Trust for Scotland
5 Cultins Road
Edinburgh
EH11 4DF
Donors will get a special thank you on the website and a credit in a short film that will be made of the billboard’s installation. One Wee Step is supported by broadcaster and mountaineer Cameron McNeish.