One feature of New Zealand hiking (or tramping as it’s called there) is the Hut System they have. Most hiking routes have huts located at day walk intervals so we thought we had to try them out. We chose a short overnight trip to a Hut called the Woolshed Hut on Mount Somers in the […]
We’re not a family who gives any thought to New Years resolutions, but 2020 is a big year for us so it’s feeling a little different. Don’t shout it out loud but I’m 40 at the end of the year and have been mulling things over about how best to celebrate. Keith’s also 40 this […]
The Outdoors Fix is a podcast hosted by Liv Bolton, which, acoording to her website is “A podcast to inspire people wanting to make adventures outdoors a bigger part of their life”. We’re the first to admit, we were a bit shocked when we got a message from her asking if we could have a […]
When we had our son last summer, we decided to make use of shared parental leave, taking three months off at the start of this year. We were wanting to go on an adventure, take in the views, go on hikes, lounge on beaches and do a spot of wildlife watching while we were at […]
Getting outdoors here in Scotland is something we can’t get enough of as a family. We’ve had countless adventures wildcamping, getting away in our campervan, canoeing or challenging ourselves on some of Scotland’s best mountains. Munros are mountains in Scotland that are over 3000ft. There are 282 munros and people who climb them are called […]
*** A short blog by our son on a little walk near Gruinard bay towards An Teallach It was really hard first. There were lots of vines, even more bog! There was some stunning views of waterfalls. We didn’t manage to get to the end. There was a lot of rock climbing. It felt […]
We have been based in Scotland for around five years now and have to admit that despite all our outdoor adventures, we had not spent a night in a bothy. A bothy is a free basic shelter that is open to anyone. They are often old estate houses that have been left open and a […]
At the weekend we headed to Dunkeld to do something a bit different for us; we went on an archaeology dig on the battle site dated 1689 when the first Jacobite rebellion lost to the red coat soldiers. The event was organised by the National Trust for Scotland who had already set out the grid […]
We had plans for today… we’d been keeping an eye on the weather forecast which looked incredible for bagging a munro… low wind, great visibility, no rain forecast but very low temperatures. Nothing awful. So we packed our bags yesterday, all except the jackets we’d used in the snow as they were drying out. We […]
Iceland is one of those places which seems to seep into your mind as a destination for a holiday, with amazing images of glaciers, mountains, hot springs and volcanoes everywhere. There is also the possibility to journey to the centre to the Earth! We’ve been wanting to visit for a while, but have been put […]