Start the New Year on a high
To start the New Year (or indeed end the old one) on a high, there are few summits in this part of the country more prominent and accessible than East Lomond in Fife.
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A Christmas trail to Neverland
Playwright J M Barrie’s classic story about the little boy who never grew up – Peter Pan – has captivated and enthralled generations of children and adults.
Feline the love for this hill
Recumbent Hill of Cat rises lazily from Glen Esk but the ascent, via the historic Firmounth Road, is anything but restful. It is a long and arduous hike, sweat and toil eventually rewarded with panoramas over Angus, to the south, and Deeside and the mountains of the Cairngorms, to the north.
To a top tinged with tragedy
Rising above the 15th century stronghold of Castle Campbell, King’s Seat Hill is one of the high points of the Ochils, a range of peaks that stretches from Stirling, in the west, to the Firth of Tay, in the east.
A pilgrimage to Jerusalem
Glentarken Wood, St Fillans, Perth & Kinross
A hill of two halves
Craig Hill, Kenmore, Perth & Kinross
Discover a river of change
The Waterfront, Dundee
Behold this rural backwater
Backwater Reservoir, Glen Isla, Angus
Discover a tower amid the trees
Deuchny Wood, Perth, Perth & Kinross
Hiking through holy history
St Andrews is perhaps best known as the home of golf, but it is also a town with a turbulent history, one of religious persecution, murder and execution and the historic sites that bore witness to these troubled times offer a fascinating insight into the past.