What parents need to know about CBD
With the surging popularity of CBD products, it can be challenging to separate fact from fiction. If you’re a parent, the pressure to choose the right course of action for your child is high....
Category: Activity
Sign up for ALTRA Virtual West Highland Way Race
The sell-out annual West Highland Way Race will take place as a virtual event in 2020. The virtual event starts at midnight on Thursday June 11 and challenges people to run or walk 95 miles...
Mountain bike route: West Highland Way – Dumgoyne – Pipe Track circuit
This is a great cross-country route for mountain bikers, or cyclists who ride gravel bikes, cyclocross bikes or hybrid bikes with grippy tyres. The route starts in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire. See below for my...
Why the outdoors should be used as part of your exercise routine
No matter how hectic our lives are, we should all have some kind of exercise routine that we follow, so why not use the outdoors? Outdoor exercise is a combination of two activities that...
#postboxrun for lockdown motivation
The aim of #postboxrun is to visit all of the Royal Mail post boxes in your area on a run. I spotted the idea on social media after a friend, Nikki Sommers, did a #postboxrun where...
Scottish mountains in lockdown: Phase 1 advice from MRTs
Since the Scottish Government announced Scotland’s four phases for coming out of lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, there have been plenty of discussions on-line about what this means for walkers, mountain bikers and climbers...
Free: 50-plus hours of cycling TV released
While there are signs of lockdown around the world easing, the reality of cycling events starting up is still a way off. To inspire and motivate riders around the world, endurance sports TV is releasing...
UK car insurer offers cyclists a better deal
A UK car insurance provider aims to reward customers who are cyclists with better deals. Specialist broker, carinsurance4cyclists.com (Ci4C), is the first in the UK to observe the relationship between road cycling and a...
Lockdown challenges: #birthday3peaks running and walking
A birthday lockdown is tough when you like spending time with people, especially time outdoors. Instead, I decided to come up with an idea to get friends together, while staying apart. After the #goatfelling...
Birthday adventure: Bike & hike to see the Auld Wives Lifts
Well, I suppose I am the Auld Wife, which made a mountain biking and walking birthday adventure to visit an Ancient Scotland site, the Auld Wives Lifts, both poignant and inspired. The background to...
