Scotland
Kelso Circular Route
Kelso Circular Route HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews Views, Viaducts and a Famous Junction. A lovely late winter morning saw us setting off for a trail run with a friend on this Kelso circular route. Once again we had seen the route in the “Borders 40 best walks” book, however we did it in the reverse…
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Greenlaw Circular Walk HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews Blackadder and a hillfort This splendid Greenlaw circular walk is the first walk we have done from Robbie Porteous’ “Scottish Borders 40 favourite walks” book – a very welcome Christmas gift from my sister. Of course, in true Sam and Peter style we didn’t follow the exact route…
Read MoreEarlston Circular Walk – Scottish Borders
Earlston Circular – a mixture of new and familiar So, I have been a bit quiet on the blog lately, because we have moved house, re-locating to Coldstream in the Scottish Borders. Coldstream is a lovely town on the borders between in England and Scotland. It is excellent for walking, with various easily accessible routes…
Read MoreStunning Loch Katrine Route
Stunning Loch Katrine Route HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews It was one of those gorgeous autumn days when we just had to make the most of the weather, so we left the office and set off for a return trip to Loch Katrine. Last time we had been there had been a drizzly, grey day in…
Read MoreCircular Walk by Loch Ard
Circular Walk by Loch Ard HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews When you live in Scotland you really have to make the most of the good weather, particularly at the end of September. So it was that we finished work at lunchtime and headed off down the road to Aberfoyle. A look at the map showed a…
Read MoreKippen Trail Race – Race Review
Kippen Trail Race – Race Review HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews Trail races are like buses – months without one and then two over consecutive weeks. Just a week after Arrochar 10k we were standing in beautiful sunshine on the playing field at Kippen for the Kippen Trail Race. Mingling at the start made us realise…
Read MoreArrochar 10k – Race Review
Arrochar 10k – Race Review HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews When we moved up to Scotland in early 2021, Arrochar 10k was the first race we entered and I am so pleased we did. This was a simply stunning course, starting at the head of the tidal Loch Long and then going up through forest tracks,…
Read MoreWalk in the Trossachs
Walk in the Trossachs HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews Back in March this year we decided to have a week off work and spend some time exploring the wonderful area we had moved to. One of the first walks we did was up from Lendrick Hill, close to Brig O’ Turk. We loved the route so…
Read MoreA Week of Wild Swimming
A Week of Wild Swimming HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews When the sun shines in Scotland you have to make the most of it, so when the sun came out in July we finished work early and set off for a wild swim. It was too good an opportunity to miss. As it turned out it…
Read MoreCircular Route near Stirling
Circular Route near Stirling HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews Sauchie Crags and North Third Reservoir. This is a short but spectacular circular route close to Stirling which has a variety of habitat, including spectacular cliffs, mixed woodland and banks of North Third Reservoir. It is one of the routes recommended in the book Scottish Trail Running,…
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