Category: routes
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A mum/son winter wildcamping weekend
The weekend before our son’s 8th birthday, I decided to take him away wildcamping in the Cairngorms. It was something we had been talking about for what felt like months and months, but on that weekend, the weather looked too good for us not to pack our bags and head out. We parked the car…
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Mount Somers Woolshed Hut, New Zealand
One feature of New Zealand hiking (or tramping as it’s called there) is the Hut System they have. Most hiking routes have huts located at day walk intervals so we thought we had to try them out. We chose a short overnight trip to a Hut called the Woolshed Hut on Mount Somers in the…
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3 big challenges for my 40th
We’re not a family who gives any thought to New Years resolutions, but 2020 is a big year for us so it’s feeling a little different. Don’t shout it out loud but I’m 40 at the end of the year and have been mulling things over about how best to celebrate. Keith’s also 40 this…
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The Outdoors Fix – a chat about our family adventures
The Outdoors Fix is a podcast hosted by Liv Bolton, which, acoording to her website is “A podcast to inspire people wanting to make adventures outdoors a bigger part of their life”. We’re the first to admit, we were a bit shocked when we got a message from her asking if we could have a…
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Why we chose to spend our shared parental leave in New Zealand
When we had our son last summer, we decided to make use of shared parental leave, taking three months off at the start of this year. We were wanting to go on an adventure, take in the views, go on hikes, lounge on beaches and do a spot of wildlife watching while we were at…
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Munrobagging with kids; a checklist
Getting outdoors here in Scotland is something we can’t get enough of as a family. We’ve had countless adventures wildcamping, getting away in our campervan, canoeing or challenging ourselves on some of Scotland’s best mountains. Munros are mountains in Scotland that are over 3000ft. There are 282 munros and people who climb them are called…
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Safari Walk in Wester Ross – blog by our son
*** A short blog by our son on a little walk near Gruinard bay towards An Teallach It was really hard first. There were lots of vines, even more bog! There was some stunning views of waterfalls. We didn’t manage to get to the end. There was a lot of rock climbing. It felt…
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Family roadtrip around Iceland
Iceland is one of those places which seems to seep into your mind as a destination for a holiday, with amazing images of glaciers, mountains, hot springs and volcanoes everywhere. There is also the possibility to journey to the centre to the Earth! We’ve been wanting to visit for a while, but have been put…
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Our big summer news for 2018
We’ve been a bit quiet with the blogging side of things lately but we’ve been a little distracted by other things…. Baby will be joining our mad family shenanigans in the summer! To say we’re excited is an understatement but I’ve been a bit surprised by just how slowly I’ve had to take things the…
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Mountains of 2017
2017 was a bumper year for us when it came to getting out on Scotland’s hills. We bagged 2 corbetts and 30 munros together, shared a good few laughs along the way, many a bag of sweets, the odd tear but made a lot of fun memories as a family. One of our proudest moments…
An Outdoors Family 