Gear review: Alpkit Presta 20l pack

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Paul Webster

Recommended Price: £44.99Weight: 645g (as reviewed) This small pack from Alpkit is just the size for a day hike when you have compact kit and don’t need any winter gear. Despite the diminutive dimensions, the pack is actually pretty fully…

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Land of Ghosts

Posted on October 14, 2019 by John Burns

John D. Burns is an award-winning writer who has spent over forty years exploring Britain’s mountains. A past member of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team, he has walked and climbed in the American and Canadian Rockies, Kenya, the Alps and the…

Posted in Conservation, Magazine

What does a ranger actually do?

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Ben Dolphin

I’m currently in my seventh ranger season. I say ‘season’ because I’m a seasonal ranger. We get employed during the busier, warmer months when more folk are flocking to the great outdoors, whether that’s urban green spaces, Country Parks, or…

Posted in Access issues, Conservation, Magazine

Landowner told to remove track scarring Cairngorms hill

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Paul Webster

A landowner in the Cairngorms National Park has been ordered to remove a controversial vehicle track that is visible from miles around in scenic Glen Clova, Angus. Campaigners have welcomed Cairngorms National Park Authority’s enforcement notice against the ugly vehicle…

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Berghaus Paclite Gore-Tex Overtrousers

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Helen Webster

Recommended Price: £110Weight: 226g (Men’s M, Regular length) Walking in the rain is pretty impossible to avoid in Scotland, even for the most fair weather of walkers. Waterproof overtrousers are in my pack all year round and for the last…

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12 islands at the edge of Scotland

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Paul Webster

Do you ever have the feeling that you really want to get away from it all? Here’s our pick of some of Scotland’s furthest flung island locations… Foula The incredibly remote outpost of Foula is particularly chancy to reach –…

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