There is more to a tree than leaves and branches
The Edinburgh Natural History Society were recently kind enough to ask me to guide them on a walk around 38 hectares very close to my home, and my heart. The biodiverse site on the edge of Linlithgow links heath land, woodland, a large pond (known locally as The...
As the Scottish Government cuts nature funding again, it looks like we have to save the environment ourselves
The Scottish Government has slashed spending on the environment, again (it always seems that when money is tight the environment suffers first). This time it is the very important Nature Restoration Fund that has gone. This fund, worth £29.2m, is used by councils and...
Where is the middle of nowhere? It seems it is just outside my door
I have written before about how and myself and a friend are trying to protect an area of great biodiversity very close to my home in Linlithgow. And, how I have realised am now a (very peaceful) eco-warrior read more here. The area we are trying to save from...
Being an eco-warrior is great – and posters are the best bit
I have always been concerned about the need to protect the environment and preserve nature for the benefit of plants and wildlife, and sometimes humans. But I never thought of myself as an eco-warrior, until now. About 18 months ago my friend and I decided to launch a...
Sir Chris Bonington on one of THE best climbs
Sir Chris Bonington. Credit - thecreativegrid, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A version of this article appeared in The Scots Magazine in March 2022 After more than a year of waiting for the right conditions, Sir Chris Bonington and his partner Ian Clough...
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I am a journalist whose love of the outdoors and all things rural has seen me walking the highest Munros, eating Scottish seafood in Singapore, stalking deer with a camera and just about everything imaginable in between... Find out more...
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