FionaOutdoors

Bungee jumping would be enough of a thrill for most people, but now a Scottish outdoors company is launching a bungee jump at night. According to Highland Fling Bungee, the Hallowe’en  Night Bungee Jump event is the first of a its kind in Europe. On Saturday (Oct 29) dozens of adrenaline seekers will hurl themselves [...]

I have a massive fondness for rucksacks. There, I’ve outed myself as a Rucksack Lover. If I’m going to be absolutely truthful I own a wardrobe of rucksacks and not a single handbag. I have rucksacks for almost every occasion, from a short run to a multi-day hike, to a two-week holiday and back to [...]

It was wet. Very wet. The views were almost non-existent. But the day of walking was one of the best ever. Accompanied by 25 friends and family, the G-Force bagged the  final Munro of his first full Munro round. In contrast to the rather deflated Munro bagger a few weeks ago, his mood could not [...]

Stunning weather, superb views, a total transport cost of £8.50 and a fabulous day of solo cycling. Don’t you just love it when a day of adventure turns out to be utterly perfect? I had a whole day to myself and bizarrely(for Scotland in September) the weather forecast was predicting blue skies and sunshine. So [...]

To buy or not to buy ski and snowboarding equipment Last year’s snowboarding holiday saw me ditching my snowboard of 10 years (bought from top snowboarder Lesley McKenna after I was lucky enough to be given a few first lessons on the board) to try another, more modern board. But within 30 minutes I realised [...]

It’s raining, it’s windy, it looks like the summer (if you could call it summer) is over and we’re heading full tilt into winter. But this doesn’t mean us outdoorsy folk do not have something to look forward to. I’m not thinking about the forthcoming skiing and snowboarding season. Wooohoo! For the past decade or [...]

I “met” Peter Syme on LinkedIn. He started a discussion thread on Social Media: My next start-up has no search volume so there is no need to work the SEO. The number of potential clients and geographical location of them make print advertising a waste of money so that leaves SM as the route to [...]

Forty minutes of sunshine, one helper, a nosey whippety pup and some lessons learned from previous experiences and I had the Freedom Trail Airedale 4 family tent up and ready for use. And I like the look of it! I’ve owned a few tents (and I have several two and one-man tents in the cupboard [...]

I’ve always loved the Isle of Arran. It has that get-away from it all atmosphere of a holiday isle, even though it’s just a short ferry ride from the west coast of Scotland. I’ve walked to the highest point, Goat Fell, several times. I’ve cycled around the island, and across it, and covered many miles [...]

The Scotsman recently published a travel and things-to-do guide to Perthshire. I was asked to write about the great outdoors in the region. It’s a brilliant destination for cycling, walking and a wide range of adventure activities. Take a look at the guide here: Perthshire Escape Related Websites A Review of the TRX Suspension Trainer [...]