Aviemore & Badenoch covers the area sometimes known as Badenoch and Strathspey. Badenoch (from the Scottish Gaelic Bàideanach meaning drowned land) is often driven through or viewed from a train window and can look empty and wet as you pass by. The area has a lot more to it though. It includes a broad area
Police Scotland is running a year-long awareness-raising campaign (Operation Wingspan) to tackle wildlife crime across the country and is seeking the help of the canoeing and kayaking community. With wildlife crime on the increase (particularly poaching), the police welcome any help they can get from paddlers. You can find out more about the campaign and
Here at In Your Element, we’ve been providing amazing outdoor experiences since 2004, so we know a thing or two about exploring Scotland’s blue spaces and the amazing restorative qualities that comes with being near and experiencing water. Our outdoor activity bases are in some of the most wondrous places our country has to offer:
Since the turn of the year when we started our Trees for Life Corporate Grove, we have been receiving donations from customers when they book In Your Element activities online. The £2 or £6 donations have been mounting up and with some more donations added today, our total will be reaching 50 trees in the
As COVID restrictions start to lift across the UK, and everyone starts heading for our wonderful outdoor spaces, it’s so important that we all do our bit to help stop these places being damaged. Before you go, it’s really worthwhile having a quick look at the Leave No Trace 7 principles. Not rigid rules,
We’re very excited to announce that In Your Element has joined forces with both Trees for Life and the Leave No Trace organisation. As a company working across Scotland in the great outdoors, we have always been very conscious about the impact we have on the environment in our day to day operations. Although we
Given the rainy start to 2020, a lot of us may well have had enough water already this year. However, Scotland's abundance of water in its various forms provides some amazing landscapes and opportunities to explore. In 2020, Scotland celebrates its Coasts and Waters with a year-long programme of events and activities which will shine
White-water activity market expanding In recent years the UK has seen a huge increase in demand for activities that involve 'playing' in fast-moving, white-water. This is probably not suprising. As the soft-adventure market has expanded, offering opportunities to people that wouldn't normally do such outdoorsy activities, there has also been an increase in the more
With such a varied landscape of lochs, glens, hills, mountains and coast, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park is the perfect playground for all kinds of people! From outdoor enthusiasts, to artists, writers and poets, dog-walkers to those who just appreciate an awesome view or some peace and quiet! The National Park encompasses around
The latest edition of the Ocean Paddler magazine from Paddle Press Media, is now available for all you salty-paddlers out there. In this issue: 360˚• News • My Superior Summer • Making the shot 17 – photographing the same place • Barreling along • Starfish, Consciousness, and the BCU – through the study of echinoderms