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London 2025
Summer has been very warm this year and my annual London walking project was sure to be thirsty work. I travelled south on the Lumo...
Walking With Brian
Jul 1810 min read


St Abb's Head
This rocky headland on the Berwickshire coast has sheer cliffs, quirky stacks and narrow gullies. The area is a haven for around 60000...
Walking With Brian
May 313 min read


London 2024
The summer walking trip to London is now an annual pilgrimage for me. This year I booked four nights at the Walrus Hostel in Waterloo,...
Walking With Brian
Jul 22, 202435 min read


Flanders Moss Nature Reserve
Situated between Stirling and Aberfoyle in a far corner of historic Perthshire, Flanders Moss is a vast expanse of ancient landscape. It...
Walking With Brian
Apr 17, 20243 min read


St Vigeans
It was the first day of my Easter holidays and I headed up to Dundee with Nicole, where she had to attend university. After dropping her...
Walking With Brian
Apr 17, 20243 min read


Dunblane Walk
An ancient royal burgh within the historic County of Perth, Dunblane stands on the banks of the Allan Water and is dominated by the...
Walking With Brian
Mar 25, 20244 min read


Dundee break
I always have a free Thursday and Friday in the middle of February and this year we booked a hotel in Dundee for a couple of nights....
Walking With Brian
Feb 27, 202416 min read


Peebles railway walk
After the usual prandial excess of the festive period, it was time to clock up some walking mileage. I'd had my eye on the Tweed Railway...
Walking With Brian
Jan 22, 20247 min read


New life spots
When you begin birdwatching, the sightings of different species roll in thick and fast. As time goes on, you reach the point where unique...
Walking With Brian
Jan 8, 20244 min read


Wilsontown Ironworks
A few months ago, I picked up a leaflet detailing walking trails around the Lanarkshire village of Forth. One route that caught my eye...
Walking With Brian
Dec 5, 20234 min read


SOC Outing
My wife Nicole started birdwatching a few years ago and has rapidly ascended to an advanced level. I have made more relaxed inroads to...
Walking With Brian
Nov 30, 20233 min read


West Fife & Clackmannan Way
The newbie cities of Dunfermline and Stirling were once linked by a mainline railway. Passenger services ceased in 1968 and the last...
Walking With Brian
Nov 16, 20237 min read


Glasgow Magnificent 11
A new waymarked walking trail opened in Glasgow last year. Linking up various green spaces in the south of the city, the Magnificent 11...
Walking With Brian
Oct 30, 20237 min read


Dundee Green Circular
A 25-mile walking and cycling route encircles the City of Dundee. Most of the pathway is off road and a 10-mile stretch runs along the...
Walking With Brian
Oct 13, 20235 min read


Angus Glens
Our final road trip of my summer break was a jaunt up to the fringes of the Cairngorms National Park. The Angus Glens lie to the north of...
Walking With Brian
Aug 15, 202316 min read


Portsoy Sail Loft
The Moray Firth cuts a large wedge into northeast Scotland. It's southern flank is a coastline we haven't explored to any great extent...
Walking With Brian
Aug 6, 202314 min read


Forfar Nature Reserves
I have made a few trips up to Angus recently. Nicole sometimes works in Dundee and I take the opportunity to push further afield with the...
Walking With Brian
Jul 28, 20237 min read


London Calling (again)
Last summer I had an excellent time in London, combining two of my favourite activities - walking and museum visits. I covered around 17...
Walking With Brian
Jul 13, 202341 min read


Glenrothes walks
A handful of new towns were constructed in central Scotland within two decades of WW2 ending. The aim of the project was to ease...
Walking With Brian
Jul 3, 20235 min read


Edinburgh tram walk - part 2
When the modern Edinburgh tram system commenced operation in 2014, it was three years late and £375 million over budget. Such scenarios...
Walking With Brian
Jun 23, 20234 min read
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