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Scotlands best Highland bothy weekend adventures

23/04/202009/07/2020 MaxEddiAdventure travel, Camping holidays, Highlands holidays, Life and style, Scotland holidays, travel, United Kingdom holidays, Walking, Walking holidays

Explore some of the most stunning scenery in Scotland with this pick of wilderness walks from a new guide to routes that take in free bothies Eastern Highlands Lochnagar and Gelder Shiel Stable bothy from Balmoral Why do it? An adventurous round of Lochnagars awe-inspiring north-east corrie from Gelder Shiel Stable, with grandstand views of the crags towering over the loch that gives the mountain its nameDistance 13 miles; 6.5-8 hours over two days (in summer conditions)Grade Straightforward Rising nobly above Royal Deeside, on the edge of the sprawling Mounth…

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One step ahead: how walking opens new horizons

15/04/201915/04/2019 MaxEddiHealth & wellbeing, Life and style, Psychology, Science, Walking

Whether its to the North Pole or across LA, walking is the fastest way to make more time for life As a child growing up in 1970s Norway, with parents who didnt own a car and loved to hike, Erling Kagge believes one of his first full sentences was: How much further is it? By his late teens, though, hed begun to embrace his parents ethos. By then, for me, walking wasnt just getting from A to B, he says. It had a value in itself. So much so that…