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OATS

Another successful one! Surprisingly, the weather behaved and apart from being blown about a bit on day one, it stayed dry and pleasant for the whole week!  (I did ‘pay’ for it the following week at Stac Pollaidh 😄) Mike Lates (Skye Guides) joined us for a day of path work, and then he came […]

OATS

In September 2025, Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland (OATS), Mountaineering Scotland and British Mountaineering Council (BMC) held a collaborative path maintenance event in Glen Brittle. Representatives of each organization, together with 11 volunteers, worked for three days on the footpaths leading up to Coire na Banachdich and Coire Laggan, clearing blocked cross-drains and water-bars and […]