Residential centres across Scotland have given generations of schoolchildren a chance to experience the great outdoors, but yet more facilities are set to close this year. What is behind the decline - and why are people worried about the impact?
Last week, staff at Blairvadach Outdoor Education Centre in Argyll and Bute were called in for an emergency meeting.
Glasgow City Council officials told them that the centre - one of the largest of its type in Scotland - would be closing in less than four months.
The closure was part of a raft of savings in the council's 2020-21 budget which were due to be announced in a few hours. By the end of the day, the budget was voted through and the centre's fate appeared sealed.
