#FingerpostFriday

One of our signposts in the Tweed Valley, on the Gypsy Glen Drove Road, which featured as our #HeritagePath of the month for September. Watch this space find out what we've got in store for October! 🍂

📸 Sorley Watson

Much of it is now part of the #AffricKintailWay and passes Glen Affric Youth Hostel - the most remote hostel in Scotland. 🏡

Did you know that the route is also a #HeritagePath known as St Duthac's way?

For this week's #HillTrackTuesday we make a return to the Scottish Borders, embarking on a ridge route that straddles the Tweed and Yarrow Valleys.

Route 21 is also a #HeritagePath (Gypsy Glen Drove Road) and forms part of the Cross Borders Drove Road.

📸 Neil Birch

#ScottishHillTracks

...[2/3] Originally constructed as a military road by General Wade in 1731, most of the Pass was designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 1994. It is both a right of way and a #HeritagePath...

Our #HeritagePath of the Month for August 2026 is Cryne Corse Mounth, a right of way with use dating back over 700 years! Find out more: scotways.com/heritage-pat... [1/2]...

📸 Neil Birch

Our #HeritagePath of the Month for July 2026 is the Old Cross-Country Routes, described in 1941 as "a very old and interesting right-of-way" by the Rev A E Robertson. Find out more: scotways.com/heritage-pat... [1/2]...

📸 Nic Bullivant

Our #HeritagePath of the month for June 2026 is Glen Tilt, chosen to mark the 300th anniversary of geologist James Hutton’s birth. Find out more: scotways.com/heritage-pat...

This route is also featured in #ScottishHillTracks, as route 202. #HillTrackTuesday

📷 Rachel Taylor

The Lighthouse Path is the furthest north #HeritagePath in Scotland. It’s now well-used by nature lovers, as the Hermaness National Nature Reserve protects the world's third largest breeding colony of Great Skua (or Bonxie).

scotways.com/heritage-pat...

📷© Andrew Tryon, Geograph, CC-BY-SA/2.0

#HillTrackTuesday and #HeritagePath of the Month for May is the Military Road from Kinlochleven to Fort William.

Find out more about the route: scotways.com?p=15017

📷 1 © Richard Webb, Geograph; 2 © Andrew Moss

Baxter's Loan - another Dunblane #heritagepath
It was getting a bit too dark to read the signpost, but the nights are getting lighter - hurrah!
#fingerpostfriday

Happy New Year!

Our #HeritagePath of the month is Hexpethgate. This old crossing of the Border is mentioned in a state paper of 1543 (Henry VIII Domestic Series XVIII) as one of seventeen crossings of the Cheviots.

Read more here:

scotways.com/heritage-pat...

📷© Andrew Curtis, Geograph

This week’s #FingerpostFriday is a sign pointing towards Lecht Mine via Scalan Seminary and sits along a #HeritagePath called the Ladder Road. Read about the Heritage Path here: scotways.com/heritage-pat...

Our #HeritagePath of the Month is the Corrieyairack Pass, from Laggan in Badenoch to Fort Augustus on Loch Ness.

For information regarding this Heritage Path, and also a #Scottishhilltrack, read more here:

On Saturday Scotways Volunteer Colin featured on BBC Radio Scotland 🎙, talking about the Elsick Mounth route and its rich history. This is a #ScottishHillTracks and also a #HeritagePath as well.
The episode is available for a few weeks at:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#HeritagePath of the month for March is Glen Tilt, a well-loved route through the @cairngormsnews.bsky.social, but did you know about its importance in the history of access?
scotways.com/heritage-pat...

For #FingerpostFriday, here's our sign at Enochdhu in Strathardle, Perthshire. It points along the Old Road to Glenshee which is #HeritagePath of the month, and volunteers Rod and Mel replaced the interpretation sign last year.
Find out more about this route at scotways.com/heritage-pat....