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Tom Watson | Farewell To A Golfing Great
As golfing champions go, few can beat Tom Watson. The old magic might not all be there and the succinct touch that labelled him one of the best links golfers […]
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Tom Weir | Back To The Hostels
In June, 1976, Tom Weir, a lover of bothys and wild camping, had a change of heart about Youth Hostels. After their warm welcome on a few wild and dreich […]
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Mission To… Langholm?
Neil Armstrong delivered one of the most famous sentences in history 47 years ago… but it seems that the first man on the Moon was almost lost for words the […]
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Tom Weir | A Spring Morning, Tales of the Drovers, and The Carron Valley
In his column for our March, 1976 edition of The Scots Magazine, Tom Weir considers the delights and dangers of the Scottish mountains, and explores he history behind the old drover’s roads […]
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Scottish Wine Wizard of Oz
Australians are serious about their wine. Scots are pretty serious about Australian wine too, but as we’re warming a winter night with a Margaret River Merlot or enjoying a glass […]
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Tom Weir | Stravaiging The Tops
Stravaig is a great Scots word. You can occasionally hear landowners use it negatively to refer to the “stravaigers” who trample through their fields, but for most – and certainly […]
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From Tom’s Archives . . .
Tom Weir was a world-renowned adventurer, climber, broadcaster, and naturalist – and it was our privilege to have his column in the magazine for over 50 years.
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Karen Matheson | The Golden Voice
Few singers can list Sudan, Iraq and the Brazilian rainforests as performing venues, but few singers are like Karen Matheson. Lead singer with Capercaillie, whose travels have taken in such […]
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Simply Hike Finalist!
One of our contributors has been selected for the final of this year’s Simply Hike Blogger Awards Keith Fergus, whose feature on Dams to Darnley is in this month’s issue, […]
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Tom Weir | A Spectacular Climb, A Changing Glen & A Climber Extraordinary
Tom Weir had just turned 62 when he wrote his monthly column for our January 1976 issue – and did the piece see him winding down with slippers by the […]
