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Aberdour
The small town of Aberdour sits on a stretch of Fife coastline once known to Edinburgh Victorians as the Fife Riviera. Together with the...
Walking With Brian
Dec 18, 20194 min read
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Winter Wonderland
The first serious frost of the year saw the overnight temperatures sink to around minus six over the weekend. It barely increased during...
Walking With Brian
Dec 3, 201910 min read
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Blairadam Forest
I've heard many walkers say they find long forest trails monotonous - particularly if it's a managed plantation of ubiquitous pine. I can...
Walking With Brian
Nov 18, 20196 min read
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Valleyfield Estate
A few miles along the road from me is the ex-mining village of High Valleyfield. Sitting on a ridge of land, the settlement grew around...
Walking With Brian
Nov 12, 201922 min read
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Dunfermline Historical
I grew up in Lochgelly, 8 miles equidistant from the larger towns of Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline. Both places have large amounts of...
Walking With Brian
Nov 5, 201910 min read
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Den of Alyth
Autumn woodland walking is a colourful experience and with a promising Sunday weather forecast, we decided an outing in a deciduous...
Walking With Brian
Nov 3, 20193 min read
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Portobello Loop
Another day off work coinciding with the evening Edinburgh German meet-up. I planned a city wander for the afternoon. My route would take...
Walking With Brian
Oct 31, 20196 min read
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Dunearn and more Devilla
I'm always on the lookout for local hills to climb. A couple of years ago I scaled The Binn which overlooks Burntisland on the Firth of...
Walking With Brian
Oct 29, 20198 min read
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Angus Excursion
Two weeks off work and a three-night stay at Lunan Bay was on the agenda. It's a beautiful coastal spot between Arbroath and Montrose. We...
Walking With Brian
Oct 22, 201914 min read
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Independence March
I've always supported the idea of Scottish independence. I was inspired by Jim Sillar's legendary speech after winning the Govan...
Walking With Brian
Oct 21, 20196 min read
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River Almond Walkway
Cramond is a charming village to the northwest of Edinburgh. Most people these days would regard it as a suburb of the city and it has...
Walking With Brian
Oct 4, 20193 min read
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Edinburgh Western Wander
An outlying spur on the capital city network of old railway paths runs westwards to the suburb of Davidson's Mains. At just under three...
Walking With Brian
Oct 3, 20193 min read
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Bo'ness Heritage Railway
The Scottish Railway Preservation Society own five miles of track from Bo'ness on the Firth of Forth to a junction with the main...
Walking With Brian
Oct 1, 20195 min read
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River Clyde Walkway
The 40-mile river trail starts in the middle of Glasgow and winds its way upstream to the historic village of New Lanark. This report...
Walking With Brian
Oct 1, 20195 min read
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Greenock Tunnels
I've been obsessed with dismantled railways ever since my dad took me as a small boy for a tramp along some of the old lines around my...
Walking With Brian
Sep 28, 20196 min read
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Dumbarton Rock
One of the great things about online mapping is you often find walking trails purely by chance. I had spotted a route along the River...
Walking With Brian
Sep 27, 20193 min read
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Livingston Long Loop
The new town of Livingston is an outpost on the Stagecoach Megarider Plus zone and it was on a Sunday morning I left Dunfermline bus...
Walking With Brian
Sep 26, 20194 min read
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Culross and Craigluscar
A gloriously sunny Saturday at the end of September. A day for hanging out the washing early doors then head off exploring. I'd had...
Walking With Brian
Sep 24, 20196 min read
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Delving into Devilla
The large plantation between Cairneyhill and Kincardine is known as Devilla Forest. Operated by the Forestry Commission, many of the...
Walking With Brian
Sep 17, 20199 min read
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Fife Coast Drive
We live on the western fringes of the Kingdom of Fife, a natural peninsula which juts out between Edinburgh and Dundee. The Fife Coastal...
Walking With Brian
Sep 17, 20193 min read
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