David Marshall Lodge, just outside Aberfoyle in the Trossachs, and the starting point for a number of forest walks, will be closing next week (from 24 September) for major repair work. Throughout the work, which is expected to last all winter, the forest paths will remain open and toilets and a temporary cafe facility will be available for visitors after the first week. Susan Nash, who is the Forestry Commission Scotland’s project manager said: “We’ll be moving into some on-site temporary accommodation (port-a-cabins) on the 24th, so that we can still be on-hand to manage the trails – and the…

Police have named the hillwalker whose body was recovered from Stob Dubh, Glen Etive on Friday as James Baillie, aged 74 yrs from Balerno, Edinburgh. Mr Baillie had been reported overdue from a walking trip in the Glen Etive area the previous Wednesday. The search for the missing man commenced involved Northern Constabulary, Strathclyde Police, Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team, Oban Mountain Rescue Team, RAF Mountain Rescue Team and Rescue 177 and SARDA dogs.

Police have appealed to anyone walking in the Glen Etive area recently to get in touch if they have any information about a hillwalker who has been missing since Wednesday. The Police are currently co-ordinating several mountain rescue teams who are conducting an extensive search in the Glen Etive vicinity. The hillwalker who has been missing since midday on Wednesday 12 September 2012 is described as a Scottish male in his 70s, slim build, short white hair, approximately 5’8″ in height and wears glasses. He is believed to be walking alone and was carrying a large green and maroon hiking…

The body of a hill walker who had been reported missing overnight on Ben Cruachan has been found. The 74 year old man was reported missing around 9:30pm on Saturday having become separated from his companions. Mountain rescue teams and an RAF helicopter searched the vicinity of the Munro until the early hours. The search was resumed at the man’s body was found around 9:30am on Sunday. Police said further details would not be released until next of kin had been informed. UPDATE: Police have now named the dead man as Alexander Sproule, aged 74, from Edinburgh.