Mhor Outdoor has launched a new project in Summer 2021 to improve access to the outdoors for people who are socially or financially excluded from the Scottish Outdoors. The project has been made possible with support from the National Lottery Community Fund and the Scottish Mountaineering Trust. Mhor Outdoor will partner with two organisations; Street […]
Street Fit Scotland Climb Dumyat Hill
Text by Sam Hamilton-Martin, Street Fit Scotland StreetFit Scotland are undertaking an exciting and ambitious new hiking challenge. The goal is to train our modest StreetFit group and gain experience that will eventually take us to the summit of a Munro. Our first challenge was Dumyat, a hill at the western extremity of the Ochil […]
Right of Way in Scotland
In Scotland, a right of way is a route over which the public has been able to pass unhindered for at least 20 years. The route must link two “public places”, such as villages, churches or roads. Unlike in England and Wales there is no obligation on Scottish local authorities to signpost rights of way. […]
Mountains and Hills of Scotland
Scotland is the most mountainous country in the United Kingdom. Scotland’s mountain ranges can be divided, in a roughly north to south direction, into: the Scottish Highlands and the Central Belt and Southern Uplands in the Scottish Lowlands. The highlands contains the country’s main mountain ranges, but many hills and mountains are to be found […]
Scottish Outdoor Access Code
The Scottish Outdoor Access Code provides detailed guidance on the exercise of the ancient tradition of universal access to land in Scotland, which was formally codified by the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. Under Scots law everyone has the right to be on most land and inland water for recreation, education and going from place […]
Mountains and Hills of Scotland
Scotland is the most mountainous country in the United Kingdom. Scotland’s mountain ranges can be divided, in a roughly north to south direction, into: the Scottish Highlands and the Central Belt and Southern Uplands in the Scottish Lowlands. The highlands contains the country’s main mountain ranges, but many hills and mountains are to be found […]
