Into the eye of the storm

■ Distance: 5¾ miles/9.2km ■ Time: 3 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

News from your cruising area

Roger Morgan-Grenville celebrates the shapeshifting glories of Britain’s sea paths, evanescent byways revealed by the tides

FIFTY-ONE years ago, the view of Scotland’s most important river changed overnight. On the night of January 27, 1974, a great storm blew across the country, damaging buildings, downing trees – and cre

Modern intrusions vie with the trill of oystercatchers close to Dave’s dream home

Norman Hadley shares a tale of youthful misadventure, when a navigational mistake on the Cairngorm plateau seemed to defy all constraints of space and time