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Highland tourism will receive a £1.5m funding boost to improve roads, paths and signage and tackle visitor behaviour.

Police are appealing to the public to remain cautious if they choose to go walking or hiking in the Highlands given the early onset of darkness.

Police are appealing to the public to remain cautious if they choose to go walking or hiking in the Highlands given the early onset of darkness.

HIGHLIGHTING Scotland’s natural larder of wild food, Foraging Fortnight will place across the country from September 11 to 25.

How to hire a campervan and go on an open-road adventure Once the preserve of pensioners, van life is now the ideal British escape for everyone and its never too late to start 25 July 2021 • 5:00am Madeleine Howell and Constance, the 1966 cream Volkswagen Type 2 camper she hired for a weekend at Woodfire Camping in West Sussex ‘Glampervanning” is going mainstream, just as glamping did. The meteoric rise in campervanning has seen increasing numbers of Brits setting off on four wheels in ...

‘Stupid idiots’ dump smouldering BBQ at Scots beauty spot sparking massive forest blaze Dunecht Estate in Aberdeenshire have shared images of the damaged woodland after emergency services were called to tackle the fire as it ripped through woodland on Tuesday afternoon. More than 2.5 acres of woodland was damaged by the fire (Image: Dunecht Estate) Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please t...

Firefighters spent six hours battling the flames at Dunecht Estate on Wednesday after an unattended barbeque destroyed 2.5 acres of woodland.

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Code campaign from NatureScot appeals to nation’s better nature Pictured above, a family enjoying a walk by Loch Beannach on the Little Assynt estate near Lochinver ©Lorne Gill SNH As the potential end of lockdown promises to open up more opportunities to enjoy the great outdoors, NatureScot is urging all of us to act responsibly. At the heart of their new communications initiative is the Scottish Outdoor Access Code. By Andrew Collier The long, dark winter of Covid-19 lockdown is al...

© Supplied by Steven Sinclair Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Scotland should look abroad for measures to combat dirty camping, according to our readers. A number of well-travelled local residents spoke to us about their concerns, including the suggestion that Scotland could follow Portugal and ban wild camping if problems aren’t resolved. ‘In New Zealand it’s well-managed’ The trip of a lifetime to ...