Gavin Corbett
@gavincorbett.bsky.social
Mountain-going, biking, kayaker with two sons and a pathetic but charming vegetable garden. Former councillor, former SpAd. Working in an outdoor access charity. Current chair of Water of Leith Conservation Trust.
Too nice this morning to not be out on the Pentlands for the first snow of the winter.
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Too nice this morning to not be out on the Pentlands for the first snow of the winter.
The last time Scotland clinched World Cup qualification at Hampden - in 1989 versus Norway - I was there. 36 years later my older son is there now.
What. A. Game!
What. A. Game!
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The last time Scotland clinched World Cup qualification at Hampden - in 1989 versus Norway - I was there. 36 years later my older son is there now.
What. A. Game!
What. A. Game!
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Quality trails = more healthy, happy walking people. 🚶
So we're shocked to learn that ScotGov’s post-Brexit farm subsidy system will fail to replace lost funding for paths and access. ➡️ www.ramblers.org.uk/post-brexit-...
Scotland will be left with the worst funding for outdoor access in Britain.🤦🏻♀️
So we're shocked to learn that ScotGov’s post-Brexit farm subsidy system will fail to replace lost funding for paths and access. ➡️ www.ramblers.org.uk/post-brexit-...
Scotland will be left with the worst funding for outdoor access in Britain.🤦🏻♀️
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Quality trails = more healthy, happy walking people. 🚶
So we're shocked to learn that ScotGov’s post-Brexit farm subsidy system will fail to replace lost funding for paths and access. ➡️ www.ramblers.org.uk/post-brexit-...
Scotland will be left with the worst funding for outdoor access in Britain.🤦🏻♀️
So we're shocked to learn that ScotGov’s post-Brexit farm subsidy system will fail to replace lost funding for paths and access. ➡️ www.ramblers.org.uk/post-brexit-...
Scotland will be left with the worst funding for outdoor access in Britain.🤦🏻♀️
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Scotland’s long-awaited overhaul of farming subsidy has faieds to replace “invaluable” lost funding for paths and public access, warns @ramblersscotland.bsky.social
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/post-br...
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/post-br...
Post-Brexit farm payments betray Scottish walkers, charity warns
Scotland’s long-awaited overhaul of farming subsidy fails to replace “invaluable” lost funding for paths and public access, a leading walking charity has warned.
It had been widely expected th...
www.walkhighlands.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Scotland’s long-awaited overhaul of farming subsidy has faieds to replace “invaluable” lost funding for paths and public access, warns @ramblersscotland.bsky.social
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/post-br...
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/post-br...
The 7 year closure of Edinburgh’s Radical Road is appalling. Having attended a site visit last month I fail to see why the partial reopening now planned in 2026 has taken so long. It needs to happen as promised and be the start of improvements in paths across the Park
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why has one of Edinburgh's best views been off-limits for seven years?
The historic Radical Road path was closed in 2018 due to rockfall but a plan for its full reopening has still to be agreed.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The 7 year closure of Edinburgh’s Radical Road is appalling. Having attended a site visit last month I fail to see why the partial reopening now planned in 2026 has taken so long. It needs to happen as promised and be the start of improvements in paths across the Park
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What a team of volunteers we have at the Trust! 💚💚💚
A busy Monday session improving the Balerno stretch this morning.
Bavelaw burn tributary cleaned of rubbish, walkway swept of leaves , cherry laurel brash fence created to reduce rubbish being blown into the river.
A great start to the week
Bavelaw burn tributary cleaned of rubbish, walkway swept of leaves , cherry laurel brash fence created to reduce rubbish being blown into the river.
A great start to the week
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
What a team of volunteers we have at the Trust! 💚💚💚
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Thanks to everyone who came out this morning around the Visitor Centre, despite the rain! We raked off the walkway and cut back privat to let more light in and dry up the path. We also collected several bags of rubbish and enjoyed a lovely tea break in the warmth of the centre.😎
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out this morning around the Visitor Centre, despite the rain! We raked off the walkway and cut back privat to let more light in and dry up the path. We also collected several bags of rubbish and enjoyed a lovely tea break in the warmth of the centre.😎
A meandering wander through West Lothian this morning in the spits of rain and unseasonal warmth. You can just about see my bike on the right here in the copper explosion of Almondell.
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A meandering wander through West Lothian this morning in the spits of rain and unseasonal warmth. You can just about see my bike on the right here in the copper explosion of Almondell.
Lots of people here in Perth for @revivecoalition.bsky.social event “What Scotland wants: real land reform”. What @ramblersscotland.bsky.social wants are outdoor access rights where world class principles are matched by day to day reality for people walking in our wonderful country:
November 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Lots of people here in Perth for @revivecoalition.bsky.social event “What Scotland wants: real land reform”. What @ramblersscotland.bsky.social wants are outdoor access rights where world class principles are matched by day to day reality for people walking in our wonderful country:
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Interested in helping @ramblersscotland.bsky.social continue our work to make the outdoors for everyone? We're looking for new members of our strategic committee, including a new Convenor, if you know or would like to learn about charity governance goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...
Convener/Vice Convener with Ramblers – Goodmoves
About Ramblers ScotlandRamblers Scotland is a registered charity and the leading voice for walkers in Scotland. We exist to help everyone, everywhere enjoy walking. We know how much it contribu...
goodmoves.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Interested in helping @ramblersscotland.bsky.social continue our work to make the outdoors for everyone? We're looking for new members of our strategic committee, including a new Convenor, if you know or would like to learn about charity governance goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...
While the Bill is not the final word on land reform by a long shot, it requires all landowners with estates of more than 1000 ha to consult on and produce land management plans which include how outdoor access rights will be upheld. This is strongly supported by @ramblersscotland.bsky.social
The result of the Stage 3 vote on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill is:
✅ Yes - 85
❌ No - 28
🟣 Abstain - 9
The Bill is therefore passed.
You can find out more online at: https://ow.ly/g4AC50XnkZw
✅ Yes - 85
❌ No - 28
🟣 Abstain - 9
The Bill is therefore passed.
You can find out more online at: https://ow.ly/g4AC50XnkZw
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
While the Bill is not the final word on land reform by a long shot, it requires all landowners with estates of more than 1000 ha to consult on and produce land management plans which include how outdoor access rights will be upheld. This is strongly supported by @ramblersscotland.bsky.social
Hard to articulate just how vibrant the autumn colours were in Roslin Glen today
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hard to articulate just how vibrant the autumn colours were in Roslin Glen today
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We are pleased that MSPs have overwhelmingly voted down amendment 19 to the Bill which would have deleted reference to access rights and the Scottish Outdoor Access Code in the matters which the new Land Management Plans have to cover. That would have weakened the Bill.
October 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We are pleased that MSPs have overwhelmingly voted down amendment 19 to the Bill which would have deleted reference to access rights and the Scottish Outdoor Access Code in the matters which the new Land Management Plans have to cover. That would have weakened the Bill.
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Two days of amendments on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill are underway in Parliament just now. Our asks were sent to MSPs last week www.ramblers.org.uk/scotland/bri...
Briefing on Land Reform Bill Stage Three debate
We want this new law to better support and protect Scotland’s world-class access rights.
www.ramblers.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Two days of amendments on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill are underway in Parliament just now. Our asks were sent to MSPs last week www.ramblers.org.uk/scotland/bri...
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Friends of Holyrood Park, please join us for a community meeting November 3rd.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Friends of Holyrood Park, please join us for a community meeting November 3rd.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friends-of...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friends-of...
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There were lots of thank yous from passers-by for our amazing volunteers today who were busy sweeping, raking, cutting back and litter picking around the walkway near Bogs Bridge. We even planted some bulbs, ready for springtime!🌷
October 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
There were lots of thank yous from passers-by for our amazing volunteers today who were busy sweeping, raking, cutting back and litter picking around the walkway near Bogs Bridge. We even planted some bulbs, ready for springtime!🌷
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A dreich but not unpleasant morning around Stedfastgate with our weekend volunteers, giving some attention to the Catherine Sinclair fountain, sweeping off the area around it, the steps, and surrounding paths. We also planted a variety of bulbs to give the area a spring lift. Thanks folks!🪻🌷💪🙌
October 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A dreich but not unpleasant morning around Stedfastgate with our weekend volunteers, giving some attention to the Catherine Sinclair fountain, sweeping off the area around it, the steps, and surrounding paths. We also planted a variety of bulbs to give the area a spring lift. Thanks folks!🪻🌷💪🙌
Wee adventure. Train from Edinburgh to Corrour. Camp at top of Beinn na Lap. Very cold wind but warm in the tent. We left the summit in the dark this morning to catch the 8.30 train back
October 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Wee adventure. Train from Edinburgh to Corrour. Camp at top of Beinn na Lap. Very cold wind but warm in the tent. We left the summit in the dark this morning to catch the 8.30 train back
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After 3 days inside at SNP conference with @ramblersscotland.bsky.social
stall and then wildfires summit with @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social and @siobhian.bsky.social, it is great to get a night in Ruigh Aiteachain and a walk out over Mullach Clach a’ Bhlair and Sgor Gaoith. T-shirts weather on tops!
stall and then wildfires summit with @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social and @siobhian.bsky.social, it is great to get a night in Ruigh Aiteachain and a walk out over Mullach Clach a’ Bhlair and Sgor Gaoith. T-shirts weather on tops!
October 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
After 3 days inside at SNP conference with @ramblersscotland.bsky.social
stall and then wildfires summit with @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social and @siobhian.bsky.social, it is great to get a night in Ruigh Aiteachain and a walk out over Mullach Clach a’ Bhlair and Sgor Gaoith. T-shirts weather on tops!
stall and then wildfires summit with @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social and @siobhian.bsky.social, it is great to get a night in Ruigh Aiteachain and a walk out over Mullach Clach a’ Bhlair and Sgor Gaoith. T-shirts weather on tops!
After 3 days inside at SNP conference with @ramblersscotland.bsky.social
stall and then wildfires summit with @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social and @siobhian.bsky.social, it is great to get a night in Ruigh Aiteachain and a walk out over Mullach Clach a’ Bhlair and Sgor Gaoith. T-shirts weather on tops!
stall and then wildfires summit with @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social and @siobhian.bsky.social, it is great to get a night in Ruigh Aiteachain and a walk out over Mullach Clach a’ Bhlair and Sgor Gaoith. T-shirts weather on tops!
October 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
After 3 days inside at SNP conference with @ramblersscotland.bsky.social
stall and then wildfires summit with @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social and @siobhian.bsky.social, it is great to get a night in Ruigh Aiteachain and a walk out over Mullach Clach a’ Bhlair and Sgor Gaoith. T-shirts weather on tops!
stall and then wildfires summit with @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social and @siobhian.bsky.social, it is great to get a night in Ruigh Aiteachain and a walk out over Mullach Clach a’ Bhlair and Sgor Gaoith. T-shirts weather on tops!
I’m attending this event today for @ramblersscotland.bsky.social. Wildfires have devastating impact so it’s important that policy and practice is firmly rooted in evidence and consideration of all the possible causes of fire. www.bbc.co.uk/news/scotland
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October 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I’m attending this event today for @ramblersscotland.bsky.social. Wildfires have devastating impact so it’s important that policy and practice is firmly rooted in evidence and consideration of all the possible causes of fire. www.bbc.co.uk/news/scotland
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Big thanks to ministers, MSPs, MPs, councillors, candidates and members at #SNP25 for filling up our map of favourite walks. From mountain top to coast, woodland and river; from city to country, the map shows just how rich our walking opportunities are!
October 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Big thanks to ministers, MSPs, MPs, councillors, candidates and members at #SNP25 for filling up our map of favourite walks. From mountain top to coast, woodland and river; from city to country, the map shows just how rich our walking opportunities are!
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The cabinet secretary for finance @shonarobison.bsky.social popped by during a busy time at #SNP25. The Scottish Budget deals with over £50 billion of spend. In our manifesto for 2026 we argue that a tiny investment in a Scottish Paths Fund could go a long way. Ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto
October 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The cabinet secretary for finance @shonarobison.bsky.social popped by during a busy time at #SNP25. The Scottish Budget deals with over £50 billion of spend. In our manifesto for 2026 we argue that a tiny investment in a Scottish Paths Fund could go a long way. Ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto
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Depute first minister @kateforbes.bsky.social has probably the best constituency in Scotland for mountains and walks and highlighted Glen Affric as a particularly favourite place to walk in nature #SNP25
October 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Depute first minister @kateforbes.bsky.social has probably the best constituency in Scotland for mountains and walks and highlighted Glen Affric as a particularly favourite place to walk in nature #SNP25
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Cabinet Secretary for Housing Mairi McAllan highlighted the Southern Upland Way as one her favourite paths at #SNP25 and shared views on the importance of getting outside for recreation as a community benefit as well as for health and wellbeing.
October 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Cabinet Secretary for Housing Mairi McAllan highlighted the Southern Upland Way as one her favourite paths at #SNP25 and shared views on the importance of getting outside for recreation as a community benefit as well as for health and wellbeing.