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Tom Weir | Trossachs To Kintyre
There is a very special kind of winter day when suddenly the countryside has a spring look. Everything seems to have a shine on it: beech bark, silver birch, […]
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Tom Weir | In Winter Hills
The radio news sounded grim for travellers; warnings of black ice in the Lowlands ; Highland roads difficult with overnight snow and drifting expected… Sitting at home looking […]
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Tom Weir | Ailnack Gorges and Beyond
In his first article of 1979, Tom Weir hikes through the Gorges of the Ailnack, gets caught up in controversy surrounding the Lochnagar corrie, and discovers a very unusual cairn… IT […]
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Branching Out
There are few people I find as awe inspiring as Alan Watson Featherstone, founder of Trees for Life… Having visited him in early 2015 and seen just a fraction of their […]
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Tom Weir | Island of Looms
In his last column from 1978, Tom Weir follows the history of Harris Tweed and supported the creation of the Friends of Loch Lomond group… It’s many a year […]
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Tom Weir’s 1977 Archives
January 1977: Rob Roy Country February 1977: Days I Won’t Forget March 1977: Murray’s Way April 1977: A Clifftop Walk, The Helicopter Threat, A Village with a Past May […]
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Fraserburgh’s Amazing Arctic Circle Cyclist
A remarkable Fraserburgh cyclist’s 3,000 mile Arctic adventure has been celebrated in a new limited edition book – the revived and revised edition of ‘I Cycled Into The Arctic Circle’. […]
Islands
Tom Weir | On Top Of The Bass
A visit to the Bass Rock for Tom Weir was full of the tales of witches and escaped prisoners – and, of course, the cries of gannets… To make a landing on […]
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Tom Weir | Off The Beaten Track
Waking up on Loch Tayside and looking on Ben Lawers pin-sharp under crisp billows of white clouds moving over its grey top was to have an immediate feeling of wellbeing, especially […]
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Tom Weir | Islands and Highlands
No matter even if it was a dreary day, chilly and with grey clouds solidly down on the hills of Harris, Iain and I were having the pleasure of sailing […]
