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...
by Richard Barron | 20 November 2023 | News
PUBLIC MEETING. The Radical Road in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park has been a much-loved walking route since 1822. In 2018, Historic Environment Scotland closed the route due to fears of rockfall. This public event will explore the history and use of the Radical Road, and...
by Eleisha Fahy | 5 November 2023 | Path of the Month
Heritage Path of the Month. The Steplar is our Heritage Path of the Month for November 2023, click here to view the details. More about The Steplar: “Here is one great loneliness, low rolling hills and bare moorlands, with not a scrap of wood or green ground in...
by Richard Barron | 29 October 2023 | News
As the nights draw in, it’s time for the ScotWays AGM and this year we’re going back to Glasgow. Saturday 18 November 2022 from 13:45The Merchants’ House of Glasgow, 7 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1BA The AGM will be in a hybrid format allowing you to...
by Richard Barron | 2 October 2023 | Path of the Month
Heritage Path of the month Glen Tilt is our Heritage Path of the month for October 2023, click here to view the details More about Glen Tilt For those who walk in from Braemar to the Linn of Dee, the public road could be taken, but our surveyor recommends that instead...
by Richard Barron | 14 September 2023 | News
A wooden walkway forms the eastern approach to the Bedford Memorial Bridge. In 2020, we received reports that the stonework supporting the walkway was being eroded. There was a risk that a future flood could sweep the walkway away, leaving the path impassable....