The joy of running and increasing my cardio fitness

It's been pretty awful for me and my hillwalking friends, having one of the longest, sunniest, driest spells since records began in Scotland, and not being able to enjoy it in our favourite place – the

Spooky Scottish castle with a connection to Rudolf Hess.

When I heard that my brother-in-law was involved in running a local food bank, I immediately volunteered to help, partly because it gets me out of the house and gives me a focus. I can't say that I've

I've been doing a lot more cycling during "lockdown". In Scotland we are allowed to take as much outdoor exercise as we want now, as long as we observe social distancing rules. So I've been out

Main photo: a hill runner on Beinn Alligin in Torridon, Scotland I could not live without exercise, and as my usual pursuits of hillwalking and climbing are forbidden in the current crisis, I decided to

Coronavirus has affected people in very different ways. For me, life just came to a halt at a very awkward time. I was moving out of my flat, intending to buy land and build my own home. My mum had a stroke

I thought I'd lost access to my Hive account.

Has my account been frozen? Unable to transfer 20 Hive.

I took time out from Steemit due to major life events. Can anyone help me find my way around Hive?

This year has been a tough one, and I've been unable to get away to the hills as much as I'd like. But just over a week ago, I got the opportunity to take a few days' holiday in the Highlands, and luckily

Viewed from the east, Tryfan looks like a silvery-grey porcupine. This very rocky mountain in north Wales is renowned for its scrambling opportunities. It's a mountain I'd wanted to climb for a couple

I love mountain ridge walks, and I love scrambling on rocks. But Crib Goch, one of the UK's narrowest ridge walks, has always seemed a bit too much of a knife edge for me. Crib Goch, Welsh for "red route",

My first experience of "trad" climbing, last week, was utterly exhilarating. I had climbed outdoors a few times before, but maybe I hadn't stepped outside my comfort zone in quite the same way

Could any hills be less appropriately named? The "Little Hills" of Arrochar are rough, rocky and not little at all! At altitudes of 793m and 808m, the only thing "little" about these

The South Glen Shiel Ridge covers a distance of almost 24km and takes in seven "Munro" (mountains with an altitude of at least 3,000 feet) summits. I had been looking forward to climbing it for

I returned to the beautiful, remote area of Kintail a couple of weeks ago, to do a walk I've been planning for most of this year. Coincidentally, it brought me to my halfway point as a

My grandmother was a wise lady. Her solution to many ailments was simple: "Get some fresh air!" Fresh air usually means daylight, and daylight is increasingly being scientifically proven to promote

Source This morning, I got a "Hi, we're missing you" email from Steemit – probably because it's 10 days since my last activity on the platform. It's good to see that Steemit Inc are chasing up

This is why I love Corbetts. A couple of weeks ago, I enjoyed climbing two of the most ruggedly beautiful mountains I've encountered to date, along with four other people, in fairly good weather – and