Category: Activity

Articles written by Fiona Russell about a range of adventure events

Cycle Routes / Cycling / Inspiration / Outdoors & adventure / Road cycling

2020/09/25

Josh Quigley sets new NC500 cycling record

Scottish cyclist Josh Quigley has shaved just minutes off the record for the North Coast 500 route. In a nail-biting finish, the 28-year-old rode the 516-mile Inverness-to-Inverness road circuit in north-west Scotland in 31...

Fit over 50 / Inspiration / Outdoors & adventure / Walking

2020/09/24

Walking above the clouds on the Corbett Beinn a’Choin

I got lucky with the weather at the weekend during a run-hike of the Corbett Beinn a’Choin, from Inversnaid, in Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park. But things did not look so hopeful...

Sabrina Verjee's record run on the Pennine Way.

Inspiration / Outdoors & adventure / Running / Ultra running / Walking

2020/09/23

Sabrina Verjee sets new female record on the Pennine Way

Runner Sabrina Verjee has broken her own female record for the 268-mile Pennine Way. She ran from Kirk Yetholm to Edale in 74 hours, 28 minutes and 19 seconds, finishing on Tuesday September 15....

Activity / Outdoors & adventure

2020/09/23

How time outside is good for your health

Spending time outside is good for your health and it doesn’t require you to go far, run fast or climb a mountain. Simply sitting on a garden bench and being outside can be very...

Cycling

2020/09/21

The top 7 benefits of riding a tricycle

A tricycle can be the perfect piece of equipment to get you out and about and enjoying the outdoors in a safe and comfortable way. The history of the tricycle reaches back a long...

Inspiration / My fit at 50 / Outdoors & adventure / Running / Walking

2020/09/15

Cairngorms run: Six of the tallest mountains in Scotland

My account of a run-walk with friends to reach six of the tallest mountains in Scotland, located in the Cairngorms. Two summits into a 25-mile six mountains challenge in the Cairngorms and I began...

Run-walk of the Lairig Ghru with friends. Credit: Graham Kelly

Inspiration / Outdoors & adventure / Running / Walking

2020/09/09

Lairig Ghru: Run-walk from Braemar to Aviemore

The mountain pass, the Lairig Ghru (Gaelic: Làirig Dhrù), cuts a stunning route through the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands, with various different start and finish points. Historically, the Lairig Ghru was used as...

James Forrest on his Wainwrights adventure.

Inspiration / Outdoors & adventure / Walking

2020/09/08

James Forrest sets self-supported record for Wainwrights Round

James Forrest has walked 525km (328 miles) carrying all his own kit to set a new record for the Wainwrights Round. He completed the self-supported feat, visiting Alfred Wainwright’s 214 Lake District peaks, in...

Inspiration / Munro Bagging / Outdoors & adventure / Walking

2020/09/08

Couple are Skye high after summit proposal

For most people, climbing the much feared and exposed Inaccessible Pinnacle on the Isle of Skye is enough of a nerve-racking ordeal. But it was the thought of asking his partner to marry him...

Nicola Dunan sets FKT on Fife Coastal Path.

Cycling / Inspiration / Outdoors & adventure / Running / Ultra running

2020/09/07

Nicola runs Fife Coastal Path to raise funds for paralysed friend

Edinburgh-based runner Nicola Duncan completed the Fife Coastal Path non-stop – and set a new Fastest Known Time (FKT) – in a bid to help a friend to buy a new bike. Nicola, 38,...