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GlenfolioHighlands & Islands field sheets

About Glenfolio

A folio is a loose stack of sheets. A glen is where most routes begin. That is the whole idea.

What this is

Glenfolio is an independent publication about walking, wild places and travel in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. We publish practical guides, each built around a question that people planning a trip actually ask, with the answer near the top.

We are not a tourist board, a tour operator or a government body, and nobody here can book you a ferry. Articles are written by the editors unless they say otherwise.

How we check things

The north of Scotland punishes bad information. Rules for camping change with the season, ferry timetables change with the fleet, and mountain weather does whatever it likes. So we go back to official sources where we can, such as NHS pages, the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, national park authorities, conservation charities and the ferry operator itself, and we list them at the foot of each sheet.

We do not make up statistics, experts or stories. When a figure may change, such as a permit price, we say so and send you to the source. If you spot something out of date, please tell us and we will fix it.

Paying for it

Glenfolio accepts contributed articles through our write for us page, and contributed pieces may include links to the contributor's own site or a sponsor. Any commercial relationship must be disclosed to us and will be marked on the page. It does not buy a change to our advice.

Safety and advice

Nothing here replaces your own judgement on the hill, a current forecast, or advice from a doctor. Our health articles are general information. In an emergency in the hills, call 999.

Picture credits

Photographs come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences listed below, and each one is credited where it appears at full size. We have cropped and resized them, and our versions are available under the same licences. Coastlines on our maps come from Natural Earth (public domain). The logo and diagrams are our own.