A renewed plea for help finding Stewart Sutherland, missing in the Kintail area since 20th September, has been made. Stewart’s car was left at the car park which used to be used for the Falls of Glomach, near Morvich. Stewart is 52 years old, six foot tall, of slender build with light brown, greying hair, and he may have been wearing dark blue waterproof and trousers. He is assumed to have been walking in the Beinn Fhada area or the Glen Affric hills. Police and Mountain Rescue searches have so far failed to find any sign of the missing man.…

This year’s Wainwright Memorial Lecture will be given by long-distance walker John Merrill – the first person to walk around the entire coastline of Britain, covering 6,824 miles in ten months. The lecture will be held at Rheged near Penrith, Cumbria, on Saturday 9 October 2010 at 6 pm. Tickets are available direct from Rheged (01768 868000) and cost £12 each (£8 to Wainwright Society members). A two course meal is also available before the lecture.

Nature-based tourism is worth at least £1.4bn a year to the Scottish economy and supports the equivalent of 39,000 full time jobs. Walking and landscape enjoyment nets £900 million for Scotland each year. These are some of the findings in a new report commissioned by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). Wildlife tourism brings in £127m and is the main driver behind more than one million trips to Scotland each year. Activities include bird watching, whale watching, guided walks and practical conservation holidays. Among the contributors is dolphin watching on the east coast, which generates at least £4m a year to the…

The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) has told sportscotland that it must value hillwalking and climbing and not ignore these activities in favour of competitive sports. The MCofS was responding to a consultation on the future strategy the sports body, sportscotland, which guides the development of sport in Scotland and is a major funder of clubs and societies, including the MCofS. In its response statement the MCofS said, “We agree that sport provides a valuable vehicle for bringing people together and empowering individuals and communities. However, we believe that sportscotland’s strategy should recognise and encourage the many clubs which are…

Northern Constabulary have confirmed that a man’s body was found last Thursday near the Cluanie dam following a large-scale search involving the Glenelg Mountain Rescue Team and SARDA dog handlers. Alexander Adam, 23, has been missing since leaving a party in Cluanie on Sunday, however police have yet to confirm the deceased’s identity. In the meantime searches are continuing in the Highlands for two other missing men. Three mountain rescue teams, SARDA dogs and an RAF helicopter have been searching Kintail for Stewart Sutherland, 52, from the Glasgow area. He was last seen in Glengarry more than a week ago.…