by Richard Barron | 5 December 2022 | News
ScotWays will close for the festive season on Thursday 22 December 2022 and re-open on Wednesday 4 January 2023. It’s a great time of year to get out and about on a wintry walk to work off the Christmas calories. You can still get advice on outdoor access rights in...
by Richard Barron | 4 November 2022 | News
Aware of a conflict between the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 and the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 that sees certain rights of responsible access being denied, the National Access Forum has published Guidance on Roads and Access Legislation in Scotland for Roads,...
by Richard Barron | 24 July 2022 | News
Mountaineering Scotland, Ramblers Scotland, ScotWays and the Cockburn Association have pledged to keep working together towards the reopening of Edinburgh’s Radical Road and access to climbing on Salisbury Crags.In response to a joint letter from all four...
by Richard Barron | 13 July 2022 | News
The locking of the Ben Alder level crossing at Dalwhinnie has caused widespread consternation, and ScotWays is continuing its work to resolve the access problem created by Network Rail’s actions there. What is perhaps less well-known is that it is not at all unusual...
by Richard Barron | 23 May 2022 | News
We are appealing for information from people who have used the Ben Alder level crossing to access long-distance routes west of Dalwhinnie in the Highlands as part of continuing efforts to resolve the problems created by Network Rail’s closure of the level crossing....