I have been testing the new and updated inov-8 TERRAULTRA G 270 shoe. inov-8 have taken the award-winning TERRAULTRA G 260 and made what they are say are “several small, but crucially, detailed improvements...
BBC Scotland will air a film about blind climber Red Széll, Shared Vision: An Adventure Beyond Sight, on Friday (August 14) at 8.30pm. The story of Red As a teenager in the mid-1980s, Red...
After the big outing of six Munros summits in the Cairngorms, I fancied something a little less full on the next day. Cam Chreag, Innerwick in Glen Lyon looked like a great choice. It...
Ben Vorlich, near Loch Lomond, is a favourite Munro fairly close to home. I don’t know how many times I have summitted this 943m mountain but the push up the steep slope never seems...
Glen Devon is located near Dollar and Gleneagles in central Scotland. This walk of 10 miles takes in Tarmangie Hill and Innerdowie, which are classified as Donalds, as well as Ben Shee hill. The...
It might be only 6.5 miles and some 680m of ascent, but the circuit to the summit of the Corbett Beinn a’Chuallaich (891m), near Trinafour in Perthshire, was surprising rough and tiring. The views...
The Munros of the Lawers range in Perthshire are a good example of a route that allows walkers and runners to bag multiple summits in one outing. I ran-walked to seven Munros in the...
There are so many outdoor sports to chose from and this post reveals five popular activities. They take in land and water sports, as well as covering winter and summer. Running Running is very...
What is a sports massage? Sports massage is a manipulation of the soft tissue to promote healing. Soft tissues are the muscles, tendons and ligaments that surround just about every bone in our body,...
Adventure film-maker Ellie Green is running 180 miles in August for The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust. Eight weeks ago, Ellie and her husband Matt, faced the devastating news of an ectopic pregnancy. They lost their...
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