It’s always calming to find an oasis of relative peace in the bustle of any city. Glasgow, Scotland, is no exception. There are many parks scattered around its sprawling interior. After all, Scotland’s largest city isn’t known as the “Green … Continue reading → “Park Life: A Spring Walk Around Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens”

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Glasgow, Scotland, is one of the easiest cities to get away from, and I don’t mean that in any negative sense. Whichever point of the compass you choose, you’re never far from the great outdoors. Head northwards, around 19 … Continue reading → “Around The Campsie Fells In Spring: A Walk On The Wild Side”

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Glasgow, Scotland, has an abundance of greenery and parks if you know where to look. In the shadow of Glasgow University, you’ll discover the 85 acres of Kelvingrove, a park that can be enjoyed in all seasons. The park … Continue reading → “Park Life In Kelvingrove: Glasgow’s Historical Urban Haven”

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Record levels of snowfall in the Highlands of Scotland over the last two winters – depths of more than 250cm earlier in the season easily exceeded those at the recent Sochi Olympics – have boosted Scotland’s snow sports’ sector and … Continue reading → “Snowshoeing in Lochaber, Scotland”

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It was an unseasonably warm February morning when I set off with Jamie, fellow snow-hunter, in search of a mountain that still had a reasonable covering of the white stuff. Just a couple of months earlier, there had been so much snow that I had snowshoed around central Edinburgh, but since then, warmer weather had descended upon Scotland, and the snowline had rapidly retreated back up the mountains.

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