A 325km off road adventure from Glasgow to Wester Ross, Scotland 23 – 29/30 Apr 2023 Red line = ‘The Highlander’s Return’ (very roughly drawn!) Over 65 years ago my parents moved from their Highland coastal villages in Wester Ross in North West Scotland to Glasgow for work. Many thousands of Highlanders have done the …
Category: ultrarunning
Modified Marcothon 2
Some views are worth the run. One sign of a habit is doing the same thing over and over again. That seems to be the case for me when it comes to the Marcothon. Last year I shared about my adapted version of it ( Modified Marcothon Madness ). My idea of ‘modified’ was to …
The Bothy Life
Ben Alder bothy 2022 for me is proving a bit of an experiment in outdoor living in Scotland. The first was a wild camping experience in a one man tent in May (see Big Day (and Night) In the Mountains ). This was followed in August by a night in a bivouac (‘bivvy bag’) on …
The Metaphorical Trail Runner
'Leaps and Bounds' by Elisabeth Grant** Long distance trail running has informed other areas of my life. It doesn't apply just to running. The same can be said of many areas of human endeavour. They can teach us wider lessons than the activity itself. Over the past 15 - 20 years I have read books …
Big Day (and Night) in the Mountains
Stob Ban For about 12 years now I have recruited the help of others to support me in various long distance running efforts. To date I have never been a support runner for someone else. So when a friend Cammie Kennedy whom I regularly run with in the hills asked for help this was a …
Allan Grant 