Danny Carden
@dannyoutdoors.bsky.social
Keen for all things nature, access and the outdoors, especially those involving rocks, ice and snow. 🧗 ⛰️ 🌳 👟 🦦 🥾
Land Reform Act (Scotland) Act 2003 fanboy.
My views.
Land Reform Act (Scotland) Act 2003 fanboy.
My views.
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Danny Carden
@dannyoutdoors.bsky.social
· Nov 27
I’m a Northern Irish outdoorsy type, enjoying life living in Scotland with my young family.
I’m a big fan of nature, mountains, beaches, paths and Scotland’s right to roam.
I’ll try to post here about adventures on hills, rock, ice and water. 🧗 🏊 🌳 🦦 🏃
I’m a big fan of nature, mountains, beaches, paths and Scotland’s right to roam.
I’ll try to post here about adventures on hills, rock, ice and water. 🧗 🏊 🌳 🦦 🏃
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🎯 Shooting Times, on the North Chesthill Estate access debate:
"Every estate that manages access day by day, posts its stalking on Heading for the Scottish Hills and gets walkers safely round the hill, is undermined by one that shuts the gate for 9 weeks."
www.pressreader.com/uk/shooting-...
"Every estate that manages access day by day, posts its stalking on Heading for the Scottish Hills and gets walkers safely round the hill, is undermined by one that shuts the gate for 9 weeks."
www.pressreader.com/uk/shooting-...
August 27, 2026 at 3:18 PM
🎯 Shooting Times, on the North Chesthill Estate access debate:
"Every estate that manages access day by day, posts its stalking on Heading for the Scottish Hills and gets walkers safely round the hill, is undermined by one that shuts the gate for 9 weeks."
www.pressreader.com/uk/shooting-...
"Every estate that manages access day by day, posts its stalking on Heading for the Scottish Hills and gets walkers safely round the hill, is undermined by one that shuts the gate for 9 weeks."
www.pressreader.com/uk/shooting-...
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Read the full story here: www.thenational.scot/news/2648831...
Police threat as 'rare plant vanishes' from Scottish beach earmarked for golf course
CAMPAIGNERS have said they will call the police over the alleged disappearance of a rare plant from parts of a protected Highland beach on which…
www.thenational.scot
August 23, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Read the full story here: www.thenational.scot/news/2648831...
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Four day trial starts for two Scottish gamekeepers in relation to alleged killing of Red Kites in the Cairngorms National Park last year.
NB: Comments are turned off as criminal proceedings are live ⚖️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/04/27/f...
NB: Comments are turned off as criminal proceedings are live ⚖️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/04/27/f...
Four-day trial starts for two Scottish gamekeepers in relation to alleged killing of Red Kites in the Cairngorms National Park
A four-day trial is set to begin today at Aberdeen Sheriff Court in a case against two Scottish gamekeepers who are charged with offences in relation to the alleged killing of Red Kites in the Cair…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
April 26, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Four day trial starts for two Scottish gamekeepers in relation to alleged killing of Red Kites in the Cairngorms National Park last year.
NB: Comments are turned off as criminal proceedings are live ⚖️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/04/27/f...
NB: Comments are turned off as criminal proceedings are live ⚖️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/04/27/f...
As the fridge magnets say:
“Folkestone: it’s basically France.”
Few towns have surpassed my expectations quite as much. A fantastic place to visit.
Brilliant walking, running and swimming for those who suffer from such predilections.
“Folkestone: it’s basically France.”
Few towns have surpassed my expectations quite as much. A fantastic place to visit.
Brilliant walking, running and swimming for those who suffer from such predilections.
April 26, 2026 at 8:13 AM
As the fridge magnets say:
“Folkestone: it’s basically France.”
Few towns have surpassed my expectations quite as much. A fantastic place to visit.
Brilliant walking, running and swimming for those who suffer from such predilections.
“Folkestone: it’s basically France.”
Few towns have surpassed my expectations quite as much. A fantastic place to visit.
Brilliant walking, running and swimming for those who suffer from such predilections.
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New blog: Ahead of May's election, our director @bjpaddy.bsky.social reflects on what all Scottish parties' manifestos are saying on walking, paths & access.
Two manifestos include a major aim of our #AccessDenied campaign: creating a Scottish Paths Fund.
⬇️ Find out more in this 3-minute read. ⬇️
Two manifestos include a major aim of our #AccessDenied campaign: creating a Scottish Paths Fund.
⬇️ Find out more in this 3-minute read. ⬇️
Blog: What Scottish manifestos say on walking, paths and access
With just days to go before the election, Ramblers Scotland director Brendan Paddy looks at what the main parties are promising on walking, paths and access - and why the next Scottish Government must...
www.ramblers.org.uk
April 23, 2026 at 1:01 PM
New blog: Ahead of May's election, our director @bjpaddy.bsky.social reflects on what all Scottish parties' manifestos are saying on walking, paths & access.
Two manifestos include a major aim of our #AccessDenied campaign: creating a Scottish Paths Fund.
⬇️ Find out more in this 3-minute read. ⬇️
Two manifestos include a major aim of our #AccessDenied campaign: creating a Scottish Paths Fund.
⬇️ Find out more in this 3-minute read. ⬇️
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There is a viral video going around on X and Facebook which has been seized on by the far-right.
It claims to show a young British Asian destroying a dry stone wall.
But as so often with such ragebait, the video isn't what it seems.
Here is my, probably forlorn, attempt to correct the record.
It claims to show a young British Asian destroying a dry stone wall.
But as so often with such ragebait, the video isn't what it seems.
Here is my, probably forlorn, attempt to correct the record.
The far-right and a dry stone wall
a viral video promoted by racists is not what it seems
open.substack.com
April 20, 2026 at 2:03 PM
There is a viral video going around on X and Facebook which has been seized on by the far-right.
It claims to show a young British Asian destroying a dry stone wall.
But as so often with such ragebait, the video isn't what it seems.
Here is my, probably forlorn, attempt to correct the record.
It claims to show a young British Asian destroying a dry stone wall.
But as so often with such ragebait, the video isn't what it seems.
Here is my, probably forlorn, attempt to correct the record.
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⏰ With the election just weeks away, NOW is the time to urge Holyrood candidates to back a £50 million Scottish Paths Fund.
🖋 This quick form helps you ask ALL your local candidates to support a bigger, better path network: https://action.ramblers.org.uk/access-rights-breaking-point
Thank you!
🖋 This quick form helps you ask ALL your local candidates to support a bigger, better path network: https://action.ramblers.org.uk/access-rights-breaking-point
Thank you!
April 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM
⏰ With the election just weeks away, NOW is the time to urge Holyrood candidates to back a £50 million Scottish Paths Fund.
🖋 This quick form helps you ask ALL your local candidates to support a bigger, better path network: https://action.ramblers.org.uk/access-rights-breaking-point
Thank you!
🖋 This quick form helps you ask ALL your local candidates to support a bigger, better path network: https://action.ramblers.org.uk/access-rights-breaking-point
Thank you!
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We are doing our bit @ramblersscotland.bsky.social to make sure people know about new bylaw. But as the park chief executive said in parliament last month “intentional” burning (eg muirburn) is a bigger cause of wildfires than campfires so needs to be bigger picture. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New by-law bans camp fires and barbecues in Cairngorms
People who are found lighting fires in the UK's largest national park could be fined £500.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 1, 2026 at 8:01 AM
We are doing our bit @ramblersscotland.bsky.social to make sure people know about new bylaw. But as the park chief executive said in parliament last month “intentional” burning (eg muirburn) is a bigger cause of wildfires than campfires so needs to be bigger picture. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The report from Rural Affairs Committee is here www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-.... “Campfires cause 13 per cent of primary fires, bonfires that get out of control cause 4 per cent, and intentional burns that get out of control cause 19 per cent.”
The Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament examines what the Scottish Government is doing, makes new laws on devolved matters and debates the issues of the day.
www.parliament.scot
April 1, 2026 at 8:03 AM
The report from Rural Affairs Committee is here www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-.... “Campfires cause 13 per cent of primary fires, bonfires that get out of control cause 4 per cent, and intentional burns that get out of control cause 19 per cent.”
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Across Britain, millions are cut off from nature because local paths are missing, blocked or unusable.
This isn’t accidental. It's due to years of political & financial neglect.
We're fighting back with our Access Denied campaign. We need your help.👇🏽
Access to nature isn’t a luxury. It’s a right.
This isn’t accidental. It's due to years of political & financial neglect.
We're fighting back with our Access Denied campaign. We need your help.👇🏽
Access to nature isn’t a luxury. It’s a right.
TELL OUR GOVERNMENTS: ACCESS TO NATURE IS A RIGHT
Across Britain, millions of people are cut off from nature. Why? Because local paths that connect us to it are missing, blocked or unusable. Years of political and financial neglect are taking their t...
action.ramblers.org.uk
March 25, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Across Britain, millions are cut off from nature because local paths are missing, blocked or unusable.
This isn’t accidental. It's due to years of political & financial neglect.
We're fighting back with our Access Denied campaign. We need your help.👇🏽
Access to nature isn’t a luxury. It’s a right.
This isn’t accidental. It's due to years of political & financial neglect.
We're fighting back with our Access Denied campaign. We need your help.👇🏽
Access to nature isn’t a luxury. It’s a right.
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ScotGov today published its long-awaited Rural Support Plan.
So, guess how many times it mentions walking, paths or outdoor access?
Yip... 0.🤦🏼
Crucially, it fails to replace the Improving Public Access scheme, which invested £2million a year in paths, bridges & signs before its suspension in '22.
So, guess how many times it mentions walking, paths or outdoor access?
Yip... 0.🤦🏼
Crucially, it fails to replace the Improving Public Access scheme, which invested £2million a year in paths, bridges & signs before its suspension in '22.
Post-Brexit farm payments betray Scottish walkers, charity warns
Press release – issued by Ramblers Scotland. Scotland’s long-awaited overhaul of farming subsidy fails to replace “invaluable” lost funding for paths and public access, a leading walking charity has w...
www.ramblers.org.uk
March 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
ScotGov today published its long-awaited Rural Support Plan.
So, guess how many times it mentions walking, paths or outdoor access?
Yip... 0.🤦🏼
Crucially, it fails to replace the Improving Public Access scheme, which invested £2million a year in paths, bridges & signs before its suspension in '22.
So, guess how many times it mentions walking, paths or outdoor access?
Yip... 0.🤦🏼
Crucially, it fails to replace the Improving Public Access scheme, which invested £2million a year in paths, bridges & signs before its suspension in '22.
Small boy, big rock.
Cycling and boulder-clambering at Loch an Eilein in the crisp spring sun this morning. Perfection.
Cycling and boulder-clambering at Loch an Eilein in the crisp spring sun this morning. Perfection.
March 20, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Small boy, big rock.
Cycling and boulder-clambering at Loch an Eilein in the crisp spring sun this morning. Perfection.
Cycling and boulder-clambering at Loch an Eilein in the crisp spring sun this morning. Perfection.
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"Due to the very serious environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres, especially related to their energy and water use, unless there a meaningful, robust and scientifically coherent definition of what a ‘green data centre’ is, then it is impossible for Local Authorities to safely assess
March 19, 2026 at 4:39 PM
"Due to the very serious environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres, especially related to their energy and water use, unless there a meaningful, robust and scientifically coherent definition of what a ‘green data centre’ is, then it is impossible for Local Authorities to safely assess
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THIS NEWS IS MASSIVE! This afternoon Edinburgh City Councilors voted to put in place a temporary moratorium on new data centres in the city.
At the Full Council meeting today, 19th March, Edinburgh city councillors discussed a motion 'A moratorium on ‘green’ data centres in Edinburgh'
At the Full Council meeting today, 19th March, Edinburgh city councillors discussed a motion 'A moratorium on ‘green’ data centres in Edinburgh'
March 19, 2026 at 4:39 PM
THIS NEWS IS MASSIVE! This afternoon Edinburgh City Councilors voted to put in place a temporary moratorium on new data centres in the city.
At the Full Council meeting today, 19th March, Edinburgh city councillors discussed a motion 'A moratorium on ‘green’ data centres in Edinburgh'
At the Full Council meeting today, 19th March, Edinburgh city councillors discussed a motion 'A moratorium on ‘green’ data centres in Edinburgh'
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📢 Award-winning outdoors content creator Chris Lawlor is our new President!
Chris hopes to urge a new generation to enjoy responsible days out: “I want everyone - including visitors, businesses & local communities - to benefit from Scotland's amazing landscapes & world-class outdoor access rights."
Chris hopes to urge a new generation to enjoy responsible days out: “I want everyone - including visitors, businesses & local communities - to benefit from Scotland's amazing landscapes & world-class outdoor access rights."
March 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
📢 Award-winning outdoors content creator Chris Lawlor is our new President!
Chris hopes to urge a new generation to enjoy responsible days out: “I want everyone - including visitors, businesses & local communities - to benefit from Scotland's amazing landscapes & world-class outdoor access rights."
Chris hopes to urge a new generation to enjoy responsible days out: “I want everyone - including visitors, businesses & local communities - to benefit from Scotland's amazing landscapes & world-class outdoor access rights."
This is really sad news for all concerned, including the staff, paid-up runners and the communities that benefit from big running events like Skyline Scotland and the Cape Wrath Ultra coming to town/village.
Such a shame.
www.oureaevents.com/news/2026/ce...
Such a shame.
www.oureaevents.com/news/2026/ce...
Ourea Events Ceased Trading — Ourea Events
It is with deep regret that I must announce that Ourea Events has ceased trading and is currently in discussions with professional advisors.
www.oureaevents.com
March 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
This is really sad news for all concerned, including the staff, paid-up runners and the communities that benefit from big running events like Skyline Scotland and the Cape Wrath Ultra coming to town/village.
Such a shame.
www.oureaevents.com/news/2026/ce...
Such a shame.
www.oureaevents.com/news/2026/ce...
Upper Glen Lyon, 2015.
March 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Upper Glen Lyon, 2015.
Just home from three very special Knoydart bothy nights with the Sheffield boys.
Memorable. Tired.
Memorable. Tired.
March 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Just home from three very special Knoydart bothy nights with the Sheffield boys.
Memorable. Tired.
Memorable. Tired.
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Our President, Zahrah Mahmood, is stepping down after the maximum 3 years in the role. She's had a huge impact:
🥾 Walking with members, volunteers & Community Champions
🏆 Judging for Britain’s Favourite Path competition
🎖️ Gaining an MBE
🗺️ Breaking down barriers to walking
Thank you, Zahrah! 👏🏽
🥾 Walking with members, volunteers & Community Champions
🏆 Judging for Britain’s Favourite Path competition
🎖️ Gaining an MBE
🗺️ Breaking down barriers to walking
Thank you, Zahrah! 👏🏽
March 4, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Our President, Zahrah Mahmood, is stepping down after the maximum 3 years in the role. She's had a huge impact:
🥾 Walking with members, volunteers & Community Champions
🏆 Judging for Britain’s Favourite Path competition
🎖️ Gaining an MBE
🗺️ Breaking down barriers to walking
Thank you, Zahrah! 👏🏽
🥾 Walking with members, volunteers & Community Champions
🏆 Judging for Britain’s Favourite Path competition
🎖️ Gaining an MBE
🗺️ Breaking down barriers to walking
Thank you, Zahrah! 👏🏽