Mountaineering Scotland has announced the completion of a three-hundred-thousand-pound project to rebuild over three kilometres of eroded pathways on An Teallach.
The major restoration project - delivered by specialist contractors Cairngorm Wilderness Contracts - was completed two months ahead of schedule in March.
Finance for the project was secured by a combination of community fundraising, and support from charitable trusts, corporate partners and mountaineering clubs.
Volunteers also played a vital role contributing over four hundred hours of work to the project, supporting contractors on the mountain while developing their own practical conservation skills.
Scotland is hosting the first international transplant football tournament today and tomorrow at Ross County’s Global Energy Stadium in Dingwall.
Teams from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales are competing, with all players having received organ, bone marrow or stem-cell transplants.
Matches begin with Scotland versus Wales at 11am today, while the final takes place at 4pm tomorrow. Entry is by donation and tickets cover both days.
Ross County became involved through an NHS Highland organ donation awareness campaign.
The Scottish team was founded by Inverness man Duncan MacAulay after his heart transplant at NHS Golden Jubilee Hospital in 2023.
He now receives lifelong specialist care at Scotland’s only heart transplant centre in Clydebank.
And in other football news …
The draw for the group stage of next season’s Premier Sports Scottish League Cup was made earlier this week.
Ross County will play in Group D along with Dundee, Airdrieonians, Clyde and Alloa Athletic.
Inverness Caley Thistle will be in Group F, where they will play St Johnstone, Greenock Morton, East Fife and Linlithgow Rose.
The first matches will be played on Saturday 11th July with the final group games taking place on Sunday 26th July.
