The fight to save Scotland's crumbling mountain paths

Brexit removed vital European cash for mountain path building and maintenance. Now, volunteers are taking action to help fill the gaps, as Peter Ranscombe reports.

“I’ll never look at a path in the same way again.” Pic: James Roddie

Climbing up An Teallach, it’s easy to see why the mountain is often hailed as among the most spectacular in Britain. Even from its lower slopes, the hillside offers stunning views along Little Loch Broom and across Wester Ross, the area lying to the north-west of Inverness, the Highland…