Loch Lomond Water Safety Training

Water is everywhere in Scotland, and it is understandable why it draws so many of us to it, to play, swim, work, or experience it as visitors to the country. Despite the obvious attractions, it can be dangerous if not treated with the respect it deserves.   In...

Aviemore Bike Festival 2023

The Cairngorms National Park has some of the best biking in the world; gravel loops taking in spectacular scenery, climbs that make your legs burn, followed by swooping downhill single track that makes your heart sing…and sections of iconic routes, such as the...

Happy Tartan Day

Happy Tartan Day!   If you’ve been part of one of our Highland Games events as part of a family gathering, wedding, or corporate event, you’ll have seen our guys decked out in their kilts for the occasion. You may well have had your own kilt on that day...

Tree Time

Slowing down in nature can help take off the pressure. Find out about the science and research behind it all and why nature is so good for our mental health.   Join Cath Wright from Highland Quietlife as she shares her personal challenges with mental health and how...

Big Paddle Clean Up 2023

The Big Paddle Clean Up 2023   A national paddle cleanup fortnight (from 27th May to 11 June) is being scheduled for the whole paddling community to get involved, actively protecting their local environment.   The plan is to get as many of the paddling community...

International Day of Forests

Happy International Day of Forests.   As a nation, Scotland loves its forests, and we have plenty of them. We walk in them, camp in them, bike through them, forage in them, and work in them.   Forests give us so much. They purify our water, clean the air, capture...