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Heritage Path for September 2022: Herring Road
Heritage Path of the month Herring Road is our Heritage Path of the month for September 2022, click here to view the details More about Herring Road From Dunbar, a direct route by road runs by Spott and Spott Mill to Halls (NT653727). However, if...
Heritage Path for August 2022: The Cauldstane Slap and Cross Borders Drove Road
Heritage Path of the month The Cauldstane Slap and Cross Borders Drove Road is our Heritage Path of the month for August 2022, click here to view the details More about The Cauldstane Slap and Cross Borders Drove Road Southwest of Little Vantage* (A70), a...
Radical Road and Salisbury Crag Access update – Issued jointly by Mountaineering Scotland, Ramblers Scotland, ScotWays and the Cockburn Association
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...
In Fife, Network Rail is again demonstrating its poor attitude to public access
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...
It’s Time to Renew Your membership
As our summer newsletter hits your door mat, you will find a reminder to renew your membership with us. You can do that right here on our website by heading over to our membership page, choosing your type of membership and completing the appropriate form. Remember to...
Have you used the long-distance rights of way west of Dalwhinnie?
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....
Calls for Strategic Management Plan for Holyrood Park
In 2018 Historic Environment Scotland closed the Radical Road that runs around the base of Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh on safety grounds following a 50-tonne rockfall. The road is a popular route that was surfaced by ‘radical’ weavers from the west of...
Ben Alder Level Crossing, Dalwhinnie.
Network Rail unilaterally closed this important level crossing in July 2021, negatively impacting local residents and visitors alike. As a result, Dalwhinnie community council, the local estate, other local groups and businesses, and national outdoor recreation...
Core Path Plan Court Case at Gartmore
During the review of their core paths plan, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park proposed a change to the core paths at Gartmore. The landowners Gartmore House were unhappy with what was going on and instigated a judicial review of the process. Gartmore House v...
Review of Capercaillie Conservation and Management
In April the Cairngorms Capercaillie Project at the Cairngorms National Park Authority invited views on taking forward the advice in the February NatureScot Review of Capercaillie Conservation and Management - Report to the Scientific Advisory Committee. ScotWays...
Not Many Scottish Hill Tracks Left …
… to update that is! There are only a few routes still needing to be surveyed as part of our updating of Scottish Hill Tracks. First published in 1947 the book contains 344 routes through hilly or remote terrain that vary from short day walks to long ones, with a few...
Public access overlooked?
We have just contributed to the recent consultation on the draft National Planning Framework 4. The National Planning Framework (NPF) is a long-term plan for Scotland last updated in 2014 that sets out where development and infrastructure is needed. Statutory...
