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Guided UK walking and mountaineering holidays, specialising in Scotland's long distance trails.

04/12/2024

Just birds - all snapped on our treks by our guides and walkers.

02/12/2024

A stomp along a section of the Southern Upland Way with the overnight packs was the order of the weekend: Moffat --> Over Phawhope --> St Mary's Loch.

We began in mild weather, reaching Over Phawhope as the darkness fell and the rain set in. After a bothy night, complete with cheese and port in front of the fire, we left the SUW to walk along the tops to St Mary's Loch. It wasn't the best day to be out walking, but we were thankful the driving rain was at our backs rather than in our faces!

28/11/2024

It was another blue sky and frosty morning here in the Borders. Today's pilgramage was to the garage first thing this morning, although St. Cuthbert did help with the 5-mile walk home.

I picked up a leaflet at Bowden Kirk about St Cuthbert's way, produced by 'St Cuthbert's Way Churches Together'. It included a quote attributed to St Augustine, "Solvitur ambulando" - it is solved by walking. I don't think he was referring to cars, but you never know....

25/11/2024

A couple of pics for the bird watchers from back in May, on our Highlights of the Hebridean Way trek. This Short-eared Owl was on the lookout for an evening snack in South Uist!

22/11/2024

New Thistle Trekking merch now available in our online shop! And, you can get 10% off all orders from today until Fri. 29th Nov. Just enter the offer code "TAKE10" at checkout!

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20/11/2024

In June this year we reached the end of our first ever length of Scotland trek, on the Scottish National Trail. Over the course of 3 trekking seasons we tackled the route in 6 sections. We clocked up over 550 miles in the process, and climbed the height equivalent of more than 2 sea-to-summit ascents of Mt Everest!

We have received enquiries about a possible round 2 of this epic long-distance trail. If you would like to register an interest in this, and be kept up-do-date with any developments, you can do so here: https://www.thistletrekking.co.uk/the-scottish-national-trail/

18/11/2024

A beautifully crisp morning here in the Scottish Borders. Looks like being a cold but settled week, perfect for walking.

11/11/2024

NORTHUMBERLAND COAST PATH 2025 - 1 SPACE LEFT

UPDATE: FINAL PLACE NOW TAKEN - TREK NOW FULL - WAITING LIST AVAILABLE

🥾Our new trek for 2025 is the Northumberland Coast Path. Places have been snapped up quickly, leaving just one space left!

📅 Trek Dates: 8-15 June 2025
🟢 Difficulty Level: 2 / 5
🛏 Final space in is a twin room share (female only).

🌊All the details of this wonderful coastal trek can be found here: https://www.thistletrekking.co.uk/treks/northumberland-coast-path/

10/11/2024

It was a fine day for the Eildons, and it was really nice to be sharing a local favourite with this group from Canada. We took a circular route from Leaderfoot, passing Trimontium, the Rhymers Stone, and Melrose Abbey. A few ice creams/hot chocolates were purchased before we finished through Newstead on the Borders Abbeys Way.
This walk was provided for guests of Legerwood Scotland

06/11/2024

Yesterday we attended the River Tweed Trail experience design workshop at Glentress. With branding launched and path works underway, we were interested to hear more about the potential of this new source-to-sea trail. We look forward to seeing the finalised route map and eventually walking down the Tweed!

04/11/2024

Over the last couple of years we have been adding hillwalking holidays to our trekking calendar, as well as running some bespoke hillwalking trips on the request of our walkers.

To make sure we're are getting this right we would like to involve you more in the planning and scheduling of hillwalking and mountain trips. If you would like to find out more please register your interest by sending a short email to [email protected].

Thank you to all who have already clicked the button to this effect in our Autumn Newsletter, or sent a follow up email. You will all be hearing from us soon!

We'll post some of our favourite hillwalking holidays in the comments below, as a sample of what we offer so far.

📸 Yesterday morning at Loch Etchachan, in the Cairngorm Mountains. Well above the cloud in the glens, it was a beautiful blue sky day on the plateau, after a starry night's camping down at Loch Avon.

28/10/2024

We're back! The phone is on and the process of answering your emails and messages is underway.

Thank you for your engagement with our scheduled social media posts in our absence - much appreciated!

If you have been in touch during our break you can expect a response before the end of the week. Many thanks for your patience.

📸Pic from a wander along the South West Coast Path in north Cornwall last week.

27/10/2024

📸Photos from the Trails - October 2024
The last throws of summer, then autumn arrives.

25/10/2024

📸Photos from the Trails - September 2024
Butterflies and bountiful rainbows.

23/10/2024

📸Photos from the Trails - August 2024
Flora, flows, wind and water.

21/10/2024

📸Photos from the Trails - July 2024
Paradise for pilgrims, and paths less trodden.

19/10/2024

📸Photos from the Trails - June 2024
Great days of greenery, and otterly awesome coastlines.

17/10/2024

📸Photos from the Trails - May 2024
Sunshine, sand and seabirds.

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