This week is HOT. Sure, 25°C isn’t THAT hot when you consider what you’d enjoy on a foreign trip but in Scotland that’s hot and we certainly aren’t acclimatised to exerting ourselves in those temperatures. The hot weather may seem like the ideal time to go hillwalking but every year various Mountain Rescue Teams are called out to heat exhausted adventurers. A seriously hot day above Achnashellach Here are some tips for coping with the heat when you’re not accustomed to it… Ad

Over the past week, social media has been the platform for a number of very heated debates about the safety of women in the hills. The...