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10 Sep 2009
Nothing brings out the little boy in a fully grown man quite like shiny fast cars. We send our adventure sports correspondent, Ren Deakin, for a day at Knockhill. Needless to say he enjoys every last minute of it
So here I am, standing in front of a group of strangers – a strapping great harness hitched around my nether regions – trying to remember which karabiner attaches on to which safety line and which foot to put where. Welcome to Go Ape, the high-wire…
1 Jun 2009
There’s something about summer that makes us embrace all kinds of wild adrenalin sports. We send our very own macho man, Ren Deakin, for a day of white knuckle adventures
For a proper sporting adventure, you can’t beat sea kayaking. Flitting around Scotland’s coastline, ducking in and out of caves and getting to grips with nature. Ren Deakin offers his personal guide.
When Ren Deakin felt in need of some peace, he simply packed up his trusty Volkswagen camper and together they went in search of solitude in the idyllic Outer Hebrides.
18 Mar 2009
Within the gilded Victorian glory of the Citizen’s Theatre, the extraordinary spectacle that is Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness has come to entertain and astound. The stage set, a recreation of a music hall theatre, promises in bold…
1 Mar 2009
Scotland’s mountains are more than just bits of ground that have got above themselves; they are majestic. The Fort William Mountain Festival celebrates these haughty hills, finds Ren Deakin
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