RIDING THE DYFI

I WENT INTO PUBLISHING AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS AWESOME MAGAZINE

Thirty years ago, at the start of January

South Glen Shiel Ridge

James Vincent rides possibly the best descent of his life in the North West Scottish Highlands. But is it worth the steep price of admission?

THERE’S MORE TO EUROPE THAN MOUNTAINS

Hannah explores the hillsides of Tuscany, where European mountain bikers are busy having their holidays without you.

CHOOSING THE RIGHT PATH

Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett took on unseasonable Moroccan weather and unfriendly dogs in order to get a glimpse of the vast Sahara Desert on his bike. It wasn’t a simple journey.

Salmon Fishing in the… Feshie

Pete gets his feet wet in a search for that iconic Scottish image: the leaping salmon.

ROBERT THE BRUCE WAS A HUGE SALMON FAN

Returning from overseas to find most of Scotland underwater, including my home village of Aberfoyle, I wondered whether the falling waters would be the sign for the Atlantic Salmon to begin their run upstream. Every October since I moved back north of the border, I’ve made a point of watching this truly fascinating spectacle at the falls not far from my house. My previous landlord’s father, a farmer by trade, had told me that the salmon wait for heavy rain and the water levels to start to drop before running. With the water levels being at record highs, I thought now would be a good time to watch them run a little further afield.

WHY DID THE SALMON BLUSH?

BECAUSE IT SAW THE OCEAN’S BOTTOM.

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