The End of the Less Travelled Roads
AS many of you will know by now the BBC is launching a new Scottish channel later this month and after a great deal of thought I've...
Bidean
The peaks of Glen Coe act as a magnet for hillwalkers and a fine way to experience them is a round of Stob Coire nan Lochan, Bidean nam...
HIGH ABOVE THE MOOR
The Buachaille Etive Mor from the Rannoch Moor SCOTLAND sparkled in a late winter high-pressure system. I felt as though I’d be waiting...
Rennie McOwan
RENNIE McOwan was one of the foundation blocks of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, the legislation which gave Scotland some of the...
Climb it again Sam
Another summit bagged (Photo: Richard Else) IT was still dark as we left the car park, head torches shining pools of light onto the...
BIDEAN
On the Bidean ridge heading towards Stob Coire Sgreamhach AS a youngster I remember spotting a couple of climbers arriving at the...
Editing TGO Magazine - in the beginning
I was the editor of The Great Outdoors Magazine, or TGO as it was known for most of my time, between 1990 and 2010. On this, the 40th...
Accidents - an extract from There's Always the Hills
A wintry Loch Avon in the Cairngorms DURING the winter of 1979/80 I was avalanched in Coire Laogh Mor in the Cairngorms. I came down...
Learning About Risk - and how to manage it.
THE River White Cart flowed through the city from its source high in the Lanarkshire hills. By the time it reached Cardonald it was...
