FionaOutdoors

One minute the sun is out, the next it’s hidden behind a cloud. Five minutes later I feel spots of rain and then nothing but a cool breeze. If you spend any time in Scotland’s hills you’ll know just how changeable the weather and temperatures can be. But I’m only happy when I feel medium-warm [...]

One weekend I’m ploughing through leg-slashing heather, knee-deep peat bogs and algae-swollen burns during my first ever mountain marathon on a remote mountainous plateau near Inverness, the next weekend I’m learning more than I ever could have imagined about sparkly eye shadow and bra fittings on a girls-only outing to Glasgow’s finest shops. While both [...]