Map 63: Isle of Bute – The West Island Way
21-22 August 2023 I spent the evening before my journey to Bute, plotting the route on my SatMap. The Ordnance … Continue reading Map 63: Isle of Bute – The West Island Way
21-22 August 2023 I spent the evening before my journey to Bute, plotting the route on my SatMap. The Ordnance … Continue reading Map 63: Isle of Bute – The West Island Way
20 August 2023 The Kilpatrick Hills are under thirty minutes by train from the centre of Glasgow but despite being … Continue reading Map 64: Kilpatrick Hills
19 August 2023 Falkirk High station is conveniently located to explore the canal system adjacent to the Edinburgh and Glasgow … Continue reading Map 65: Falkirk: canals, Archimedes, kelpies and Romans
18 August 2023 Small wonder that Edinburgh was so expensive and I had opted to stay in Glasgow instead – … Continue reading Map 66: The Royal Mile, Arthur’s Seat and more!
17 August 2023 I had an amazing experience, visiting this island which is only 1.5km long and 0.5km wide, lying … Continue reading Map 59: Isle of May
15 August 2023 I used the superb Sallochy campsite on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond within an ancient woodland … Continue reading Map 56: Ben Lomond circular
8-13 August 2023 Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734) was a Scottish outlaw who later became a folk hero (the “Robin Hood” … Continue reading Maps 51, 52 and 57: The Rob Roy Way (with the “wild” variant)
2-3 August 2023 I planned this adventure as a fairly short walk on the South West Coast Path near Trevone … Continue reading Map 200: Some wild weather and roller-coaster paths
26 July 2023 It’s under an hour’s drive from Colchester and twenty minutes’ walk from the busy Promenade Park in … Continue reading Map 168: Remote Essex – Northey Island
25 July 2023 It was a privilege to be able to book a visit to this unique site. Access is … Continue reading Map 169: Orford Ness – A site of unique geomorphology, ecology and history