31 things I learned on a cycling holiday in Mallorca
I am just back form a fantastic week of road cycling in Mallorca. Here are some of the things I discovered. 1) The island has a heavenly amount of smooth tarmac. In fact,...
Category: Inspiration
Have you tried?: Swimming with sharks in Scotland
Amazingly, one of the best places in the world to see – and swim with – basking sharks is in Scotland. A company called Basking Shark Scotland leads intrepid adventurers on snorkelling swims in...
Win a man’s vivimoss t-shirt
New Scottish fitness wear brand vivimoss is calling for men to enter a competition to suggest an addition or an improvement to their range of men’s clothing. The person who comes up with best...
Great stats news for my blog
I am excited by this recent development and please don’t think I am usually this showy-offy. Anyway, a PR emailed me this week to tell me thatCisionPoint, a much-referred-to PR and media data base company,...
On test: A2B electric bike
My views on e-bikes have been turned on their head after taking an A2B Obree electric bicycle for a test-ride. When A2B asked if I would like to test-ride one of their e-bikes I...
Have you tried?: Trig bagging
In my Sunday Mail outdoors column this week I wrote about Trig Bagging. This is the pursuit of ticking off trig points that you find on the tops of many hills. Trigs – or...
Enter a friend to win #defineFEMININE competition
Outdoors clothing brand Arc’teryx is giving away a Canadian West Coast Adventure to four outdoors women who best #defineFEMININE The competition is open for friends to nominate their favourite outdoors girl pal. This is...
The Snails Nails: Running North
In June, two women, aka The Snails Nails, plan to run 700 miles off-road from the most westerly point of the UK at Ardnamurchan point to the most northerly point at John o’ Groats. Their...
What is a bivvy bag and should I buy one?
A bivvy bag is a basic form of tent. It is really just a waterproof bag into which your sleeping bag (and you) slot inside. Some bivvy bags have a small pole that creates...
Missing Munro dog reunited with owners
Many of you will have seen the appeal earlier this week from a worried dog owner. Ashley Tolmie posted on Facebook, via Scottish Hill Walking & Wild Camping. The post went viral and was...
