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Tom Weir | Dear Tom…
ONE of the most pleasant things about travelling around Scotland as much as I do, is the number of Scots Magazine readers I meet. This has given me a chance […]
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Tom Weir | Pine Martens
Part 2 of Tom’s column from February 1980 on the surprising boldness of pine martens Animal behaviour is a very strange thing, as Scots Magazine readers Mr and Mrs James […]
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Tom Weir | Memorable Days
Mountains are great for cutting you down to size whatever your experience Len and I thought we knew everything that the Buachaille Etive Mòr can produce, but our old friend […]
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Tom Weir | Loch Lomond Glories
The changing seasons and colours around Loch Lomond still amazed Tom Weir, even after 20 years living on its shore IF you were to ask me what has been my […]
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Fine Walks and Fine Weather
Despite a wet and windy forecast there was sunshine on the rusting bracken and a glow on the alders of the Glen Ample burn roaring among its gloomy “pots” in […]
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Land Of Hope And… Golly
“For me it had been a good summer. To be truthful, I can’t really remember a bad one, not in a country like ours that has so many places that […]
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Tom Weir | Isles of Inspiration
In a trip to the Orkney Isles, Tom Weir clambers around the Old Man of Hoy, and visits a very special resident on North Ronaldsay I have a confession to […]
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Tom Weir | Old Friends And New Islands
Back on board the trusty Mysie, Tom Weir, Iain Smart and Graham Tiso took a trip round the lesser-known islands of the Inner Hebrides To a yachtsman a first-time landing on an […]
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Tom Weir | The Big Ben
Ben Nevis is the highest and most sought-after mountain in Britain, and here Tom Weir gives us an insight into its climbing history, the first assent by wheelbarrow, and some tips for […]
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Tom Weir | The Wonder of Wildlife
Regular readers of mine will know that I take a walk every morning, and recently I’ve been taking a female companion along— little Nell, a young semi-collie who gives me […]
