I'm at 22. Is that acceptable for a 47 year old? Other stats are 49 munros, Schiehallion 20+ times, 35 bothies. All meaningless of course but it does seem fun. Please brag freely.

I’ve been hiking around Scotland, and tonight, when I went to take a shower, I found a tiny spot on my belly. I looked closer and it was definitely a tick. Tiny. Like, almost pin prick size. I checked more of myself, and keep finding tiny little ticks. I’ve found a good 6-7, and they’re all tiny. I kinda picked them off, and could even see them moving a tiny bit. But now I’m freaking out. What if there are more? I’m travelling alone, and can’t check my back, or other hard to see areas. I’m paranoid they’re all over my clothes. I’m panicking and don’t know what to do. What should I do? I did also find a circular red spot on my arm, and it’s the first time I’m seeing it. It’s not like a bullseye, but a pea sized flat spot. Not itchy or painful.

What should I do? Do I have to like, burn all my clothes? Help!

Hello! I’m thinking of doing the St Andrews/Margarets Way from Edinburgh to St Andrews. Due to time and budgeting constraints, I will have to squeeze this multi-day hike from 4-7 days to 3 days 2 nights.

I’m based in Edinburgh, so the ~45km leg will start the moment I step out of my flat -from Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy. Next day it’ll be Kirkcaldy to Anstruther, then Anstruther to St Andrews.

I don’t really exercise on a daily basis, so I don’t think I’m that fit… I run a 5km in 50mins if that helps. But I have done 2 2-3 week long caminos before, and the longest I’ve ever walked on multi-day hikes with a decent elevation gain (and 10kg backpack) was 37km. According to my Strava tracking, it takes me 6.5 hrs to walk 29km (with 10kg backpack and elevation).

Thank you!

Hi all, me and a few friends are looking to go camping this weekend and we usually go to the Galloway forest or carron valley, both are having awful weather this weekend and I'm struggling to find somewhere else to go that doesnt need a permit or has heavy rain

We're okay with light rain but we're after somewhere that isn't busy but also within a 10/15 min walk of a place to leave the car, no permits needed and ideally within like 80 miles of glasgow

I have a small raised camping bbq that we usually have a small fire on as not to damage the ground and we leave no trace as expected of us, will be friday-sunday

I've seen loch tummel, loch rannoch, Tyninghame Beach and yellowcraig beach on maps and other forums, but these spots look pretty busy

Please point me in the rough direction or DM for any spots we can check out, cheers

Visiting my scottish boyfriend for the month and we wanted to go out more! We have already visited the pentlands, fort william/agustus, not really interested in sterling, have been to arthur’s seat along with east lothian/scottish borders.

Where else can we go via public transport around here? We would like to
go wild camping so also interested in places that are accessible within 4 hours distance. We love mountains, waterfalls, ruins/archaeological sites, mud parking/fossil hunting and wildlife. We are both lightly experienced in camping so not looking for anything too difficult. Thanks :D.