by Eleisha Fahy | 7 May 2024 | Path of the Month
Heritage Path of the Month. Enterkin Pass is our Heritage Path of the Month for May 2024, click here to view the details. More about Enterkin Pass: On the east side of Wanlockhead, a Southern Upland Way signpost indicates a route leading southeast round the west side...
by Richard Barron | 1 May 2024 | News
We are looking for people to join our Board of Directors. If you are interested in outdoor access and think that you could contribute positively to our activities, we would be pleased to hear from you. Board meetings are held in Edinburgh four or five times a...
by Richard Barron | 24 April 2024 | News
Today 24 April marks the 92nd anniversary of a landmark battle in outdoor access history – Kinder Scout. On that day in 1932, a group of around 500 people headed up to trespass on Kinder Scout demanding their right of access. It’s lauded as a landmark event,...
by Eleisha Fahy | 6 April 2024 | Path of the Month
Heritage Path of the Month. Boston Cottage Drove Road is our Heritage Path of the Month for April 2024, click here to view the details More about the Boston Cottage Drove Road From NS994524 (2km south of Auchengray) go east by Kings Inn Terrace and along the farm road...
by Richard Barron | 30 March 2024 | News
There’s an increasing trend where people tell you that you have a right of access to land under the Scottish Outdoor Access Code (SOAC), but it’s not true and never has been. Contrary to what you may read in the press, social media and on some signs, the SOAC...
by Eleisha Fahy | 18 March 2024 | Path of the Month
Heritage Path of the Month. Herring Road is our Heritage Path of the Month for March 2024, click here to view the details More about the Herring Road. From Halls (NT653727), head SSE in the direction of Hartside where a signposted track heads east for 300m before...
by Eleisha Fahy | 4 February 2024 | Path of the Month
Heritage Path of the Month. Minchmoor Track is our Heritage Path of the Month for February 2024, click here to view the details More about Minchmoor Track. At the junction of the A707 and A708, a roadside wooden post and sign, reading “Philiphaugh Walks”,...
by Eleisha Fahy | 2 January 2024 | Path of the Month
Heritage Path of the Month Muchty Road is our Heritage Path of the Month for January 2024, click here to view the details More about Muchty Road This old route leaves the B936 (Newburgh Road) in Auchtermuchty at NO235121, following a minor road Mourniepea northwest....
by Richard Barron | 11 December 2023 | News
Working with Ramblers Scotland, Cockburn Association, Edinburgh Geological Society and Mountaineering Scotland, we have launched an urgent petition calling on Historic Environment Scotland (HES) to reopen Edinburgh’s Radical Road, following a packed public meeting on...
by Alison Riddell | 20 November 2023 | News
Saturday 18 November, ScotWays members gathered in the impressive surroundings of The Merchants House of Glasgow for the 2023 ScotWays AGM. In response to members telling us they missed the social aspects of previous meetings, there was an optional light lunch before...
