Beauly–Denny power line upgrade given go-ahead ∞

Over a year after the public enquiry, it has been announced that the controversial upgrade to the Beauly—Denny transmission line has been given the go ahead. (BBC News...

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Posted: 6 January 2010, 21:17; tagged: a9, cairngorms national park, energy, engineering, environment, green, outdoors, politics, scotland.

Black Rock Gorge, Evanton ∞

I headed up to Evanton yesterday, to have a walk through the Black Rock Gorge, which I had heard was pretty impressive, but had never seem for myself.

Following the OS...

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Posted: 2 March 2009, 20:45; tagged: outdoors, photography.

Ben Loyal ∞

We walked up Ben Loyal, near Tongue in the north of Scotland, last weekend. It was another great walk, although the visibility was not great, and it was very windy!...

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Posted: 6 June 2007, 22:45; tagged: hillwalking, outdoors, video.

Bealach na Ba ∞

Yesterday we cycled over the Bealach na Ba, one of the highest hill passes in the UK. Spectacular scenery, good weather, some pain, and a well deserved late lunch at...

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Posted: 5 May 2007, 11:10; tagged: cycling, outdoors.

Quinag and Ben Avon ∞

We did a couple of really great walks the weekend before last, Quinag on the Saturday and Ben Avon on the Sunday.

Quinag

This is actually three Corbetts (hills between 2500...

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Posted: 27 April 2007, 21:37; tagged: cycling, hillwalking, outdoors, photography.