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October 10, 2020 - I'm very lucky to live at the foot of the Ochils Hills. As a result, I've been doing an awful lot of walking about them,...

May 11, 2019 - Until the age of seven, I lived in a wee cottage in the Highlands of Scotland. The house bordered woodlands, hills and a...

April 14, 2019 - I have looked upon Ben Shee in the Ochil Hills many a time from other hills, but I've never made it there. I've always w...

January 31, 2019 - I've produced a second video of a walk I took up Wood Hill in the Ochil Hills. This is one of my favourite walks and I d...

June 10, 2018 - My wife is frustrated... It is not for the reason that you (the reader) will have immediately thought, at least I hope n...

March 25, 2018 - Saline Hill is a small hill in Fife and it doesn't look much, but it is worth a visit as it commands excellent views of...

January 10, 2018 - "I fancy a walk tomorrow", Bob shouted over his garden to me. "Me too," I said, "have you seen the snow up the Ochils?"...

December 12, 2017 - "Whatever the question, the answer is always more booze". This was the reply from my friend Andy to my text about the...

June 03, 2017 - We have had a great spring but I have not been out and about much due to work and social commitments, with my backlog of...

February 19, 2017 - I really like trees. The older a tree gets the more individual it becomes, like us, shaped by their environment. The pic...

January 22, 2017 - It was lunchtime on Friday. I was on my lunch break at work and was contemplating what I could do on Saturday. I looked...

January 18, 2017 - The Ochil Hills are my local hills and I have developed a love of them for the exercise and solitude that they provide....

October 08, 2016 - I was walking on King's Seat Hill in the Ochil Hills a few weeks ago. I was heading up the hill, on the short grassy slo...

April 23, 2016 - I know I've had a good walk when I catch myself humming the song "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed near the end. This is what I...