Mountains Of The Moon
Fifth-time Lucky
Alan Rowan’s unlucky streak of overcast moonwalks was about to end My faith has been restored – the Pink Moon delivered in abundance. I had chosen Beinn Eighe for […]
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Jim Crumley
“The Scottish landscape is my bedrock. Almost everything I write begins with the landscape, and that becomes the stage set where the writer performs.” Introducing our Scottish wildlife expert, […]
Mountains Of The Moon
Bla Bheinn Under The Blue Moon
March 31 saw 2018’s second Blue Moon and a climb of the blue mountain for Alan Rowan, who was fairly blue with cold himself by the end of it! […]
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Tom Weir | The First “My Month”
After writing occasional freelance features for The Scots Magazine for several years, Tom Weir was finally given his own column in April 1956 The “My Month” series lasted for over […]
Mountains Of The Moon
The Early Bird Doesn’t Always Catch The Worm
“The Beast from the East” somewhat impeded Alan Rowan’s hiking plans to catch the Worm Moon in his Mountains of the Moon challenge I HAD always feared the third full […]
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Great Scottish Journeys Guide!
Twelve Routes to the Heart of Scotland Keith Fergus, with a little help from the team at The Scots Magazine, has turned his popular Great Scottish Journeys series into a […]
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Tom Weir | Countrywide (II)
An invasion of capercaillie causes excitement in Glen Lyon, but threats to Abernethy Forest worry Tom Weir Close to our house we had an unusual visitor, a hen capcrcaillie, which homed-in […]
Mountains Of The Moon
Blue Moon – Cairn Gorm
Blue Moon on the blue mountain I KNEW it wouldn’t be easy but this full moon chase is proving to be even trickier than I expected! It’s a lot […]
Mountains Of The Moon
Wolf Moon on Beinn Alligin
Howling at the first moon of 2018 Being Alligin was first up on my list of 2018 moonwalks, but the main objective was not the summit but the big […]
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Award for Cameron McNeish!
Well-deserved recognition for our top outdoor writer Cameron McNeish has won the 2018 Scottish Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture. The award will be presented to the outdoor writer […]
