24hr canoe challenge

Our very own Mike (Dunthorne) has just volunteered to step-in as a last minute replacement for a rather onerous challenge.  Mike will join Chris Ostler and attempt to paddle the full 96km of the Great Glen Canoe Trail, non-stop within 24 hours!!  Why would any sane...

Love an Islabike

This is for all you parents out there with wee ones growing into big ones that are just desperate to get on a bike. I’m a parent of 5-year old, into everything, twins who just love what the outdoors has to offer. While researching how to get them started on a...

Keeping in Touch

Our latest newsletter for Summer 2012 is now available. In this issue: – The Segways have arrived – Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society take on the Spey – ‘Fiona Outdoors’ joins us on the Great Glen – In Your Element joins...

Hillwalking and stalking

With ever increasing numbers of people heading for the hills and mountains of Scotland to enjoy what the landscape has to offer, it’s important to remember that walkers aren’t the only people that make use of the land.  For many it provides a livelihood...

Reporting rubbish!

As the nice weather is (hopefully) approaching and more of us will be out on the water I thought it would be a good opportunity to share some information about reporting any litter/ pollution related problems we encounter while out paddling in canoes or kayaks....

New Scottish National Trail

One of the country’s leading outdoors writers and broadcasters revealed he will be working with the BBC this year to film a project that will follow a route from Scotland’s border to its north-west extremity. Cameron McNeish will start at Kirk Yetholm in the Borders...