The capercaillie is the largest grouse in the world yet hardly seen in Scotland once again. In Gaelic, capall-coille, the ‘Horse of the Woods’, describes their size in relation to other forest birds

Weather is one of the most important factors to take consideration of when heading to the hills. Good or bad the weather ensures no two days on the hill are ever the same and you can see some spectacular and often rare cloud types & optical phenomena as well as the big skies that you don’t get in town.

I was asked to write a guest blog for Visit Aberdeenshire, you can read it here. I hope everyone’s enjoying the summer so far! We still have walks available this month if anyone would like to join, you can see those in our Shop.

One of our favourite walks in Scotland, the Lairig Ghru was once one of the main routes used for driving cattle and transporting goods through the Cairngorm mountains.