In Your Element Blog
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Planning A Canoe Camping Expedition In Scotland
The Canadian Canoe - Your Perfect Travel Partner The open canoe is a remarkably versatile craft and it can open the door to a variety of great adventures. Load it up with the family and a picnic...
Great Glen Canoe Trail – Expedition Report
Tim Peal and Nikki Woodroffe recently undertook a charity challenge on the Great Glen Canoe Trail and this is how it went... In an effort to raise money for Cancer Research UK and The British Heart...
The River Spey
We know the River Spey pretty well give how important it is to our business, however, there's so much more to the River Spey that most people probably don't realise, and to be honest that I didn't...
Scottish Geo-parks: what are they?
Geoparks Come and explore Scotland's rocky foundations on its journey through time and around the world. See the remains of deserts, seas, volcanoes and glaciers, which have all left their mark on...
Mountain Rescue Scotland
It's February and the days are starting to stretch out again and many of us will be thinking about where we'll be going walking over the Spring and Summer months. However, although Mountain Rescue...
Glenfiddich Challenge
If you've not heard of it before, The Glenfiddich Challenge is an exciting adventure in which 6 Dutch contestants are taken to the Scottish Highlands for a multi-day outdoor challenge. The Dutch...
Keeping in Touch
Our latest newsletter is now available for all to read. With news about expansion into the Scottish Central Belt, a 5* award for TreeZone, Off-road Segways, and a canoe expedition with the...
River Spey Adventure
Boots N Paddles recently ran a 3-day expedition for the Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society as a way of raising some much needed funds for this worthy charity. One of our guides Ross Boardman...
Whitewater sledging
After waiting for what has seemed like an eternity, the latest addition to our list of exciting activities is almost ready to go. From the end of August, when water levels are most likely to be...
Canoe sailing
Canoe sailing brings a new dimension to canoeing and is FUN! Having recently tried canoe sailing for the first time in May this year, I enjoyed it so much that I've just gone out and bought one....
Find the weather
If you're into the outdoors and need to know when to avoid the wind or indeed if you're actively looking for windy conditions, then this website could be what you're looking for. XCWeather.co.uk...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Scottish Fossil Code
Ok, so unless you're talking about some of our staff, we can't claim to be experts on fossils. However, that's not to say that we, as outdoorsy-type people won't come across them while out and...
Ticks…look out!
It is anticipated that 2012 could be the year of the tick. Recent news reveals that the ticks are coming… and this year they will be more prominent than ever in Scotland. This is not good news for...
Custom OS maps
If you've ever done a walk that spans more than one map sheet then the faff will be familiar; and it's usually raining and windy when it comes to the swap, too. More and more people are using...
