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Heritage Path for November 2024: Thieves Road.

Heritage Path for November 2024: Thieves Road.

Heritage Path of the Month. The Thieves Road (Dalwhinnie to Fort William) is our Heritage Path of the Month for November 2024, click here to view the details More about the Thieves Road: Starting in Dalwhinnie*, follow the road beside Loch Ericht to Ben Alder Lodge....

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ScotWays AGM 2024

ScotWays AGM 2024

With the clocks going back, it’s nearly time for the ScotWays AGM and this year we’re going to Stirling.  Saturday 16 November 2024 at 2.30pm at The British Horse Society, Suite A3, Stirling Agricultural Centre, Stirling FK9 4RN.   The AGM will be in a...

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Heritage Path for October 2024: Rannoch Drove Road.

Heritage Path for October 2024: Rannoch Drove Road.

Heritage Path of the Month. Rannoch Drove Road is our Heritage Path of the Month for October 2024, click here to view the details More about Rannoch Drove Road: This was once an important drove road, but today it gives the walker a fairly hard outing although there...

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Heritage Path for September 2024: Devil’s Staircase

Heritage Path for September 2024: Devil’s Staircase

Heritage Path of the Month. Devil's Staircase is our Heritage Path of the Month for September 2024, click here to view the details More about Devil's Staircase: Leaving the Kingshouse, cross the River Etive by the old bridge and head north then west to within 300m of...

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Heritage Path for August 2024: The Wallace Road

Heritage Path for August 2024: The Wallace Road

Heritage Path of the Month. The Wallace Road is our Heritage Path of the Month for August 2024, click here to view the details More about The Wallace Road: Starting from Glenfarg, head north along the B996, then take the left up the Wicks O' Baiglie road. After about...

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ScotWays Helps Preserve Key Short Cut into Ayr Town Centre

ScotWays Helps Preserve Key Short Cut into Ayr Town Centre

In mid-February, ScotWays was informed by a member of the public about a proposal to install security shutters across the interior of a shopping arcade in Ayr town centre, which would be locked at night. In its planning application to South Ayrshire Council, the Lorne...

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Heritage Path for July 2024: Comrie to Callander Hill Track

Heritage Path for July 2024: Comrie to Callander Hill Track

Heritage Path of the month. Comrie to Callander Hill Track is our Heritage Path of the month for July 2024, click here to view the details. More about Comrie to Callander Hill Track Here the route is described from Callander to Comrie: From Callander take the narrow...

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Network Rail and level crossings

Network Rail and level crossings

Our attention was recently drawn to an article in the Spring 2024 issue of Land Business, the Scottish Land & Estates magazine. The article, placed by Network Rail, was entitled “A 200-year-old concept that still exists on Scotland’s Railway” and set out Network...

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Heritage Path for June 2024: Midmuir Drove Road

Heritage Path for June 2024: Midmuir Drove Road

Heritage Path of the Month. Midmuir Drove Road is our Heritage Path of the Month for June 2024, click here to view the details. More about Midmuir Drove Road: From Kilmore take the rough road which heads generally ESE towards Musdale. At NM927234, near Creag Mhor, the...

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Heritage Path for May 2024: Enterkin Pass

Heritage Path for May 2024: Enterkin Pass

Heritage Path of the Month. Enterkin Pass is our Heritage Path of the Month for May 2024, click here to view the details. More about Enterkin Pass: On the east side of Wanlockhead, a Southern Upland Way signpost indicates a route leading southeast round the west side...

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Join our Board of Directors

Join our Board of Directors

We are looking for people to join our Board of Directors. If you are interested in outdoor access and think that you could contribute positively to our activities, we would be pleased to hear from you.  Board meetings are held in Edinburgh four or five times a...

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The Power of the People

The Power of the People

Today 24 April marks the 92nd anniversary of a landmark battle in outdoor access history - Kinder Scout.  On that day in 1932, a group of around 500 people headed up to trespass on Kinder Scout demanding their right of access.  It’s lauded as a landmark event, and...

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