THE Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) is urging hill walkers and climbers to take particular care with preparation when heading out to the hills during the winter months.
Their ten point winter check list comes as shorter days and adverse weather conditions require preparation for the potential problems that can arise on a winter day or night spent on the Scottish hills.
WRITING this in the third weekend of the year, I might be excused for feeling a little beaten-up by the weather.The thought of doing a bit of light country walking and garden birdwatching is rather
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RELAXING in our Jacuzzi mulling last week's newspaper, our attention was drawn to a photograph at the bottom of the last page but one which we took to be Willie McKenna, Cairngorms National Park
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From "The Strathspey and Badenoch Herald"
of Thursday, February 19, 1987.
LANDMARK Centre at Carrbridge is set to achieve another first with the construction of Britain's first forestry heritage park.
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