One of the first questions I asked Katharine Hay 🌱 - how do you deal with the rain on your walk? What's the worst weather to do it in? Our intrepid reporter speaks about battling the elements in her column this week from Hay's Way: scotsman.com/hays-way/hays-…

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I spoke to Katharine Hay 🌱 about her epic, six-month walk around Scotland & the difficulties of reporting on the road.

Meanwhile, David Bol talks hate crime.

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Katharine Hay 🌱 in fair fettle as she arrives in Arbroath on her 4,500km walk around Scotland. Her piece from a smokie shed, which she left with two fish hanging from her backpack, is a great read full of humour and warmth for people and place. Go well!
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#HaysWay looks at fishing tourism in #Deeside and how the decline in salmon is impacting the local economy. Hotels once booked up with fishermen at this time of year are sitting empty and selling rooms at cheaper rates to attract business
The Scotsman
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A serendipitous moment on #HaysWay : I was walking through Banchory the day Hamza Yassin was giving a talk at The Barn and managed to squeeze in to the packed event.
Ears and eyes glued to his storytelling and footage during the evening. Thanks Hamza!
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Katharine is walking a loooooong way over the next six months, and she'll be reporting on rural affairs as she goes 🙂 Nice to be there at the start of her journey last week, chatting about visitor management / engagement.

I visited Braemar along #HaysWay and spoke with residents in the area who said the The Fife Arms has been 'a gamechanger' for businesses since it reopened under new owners five years ago.

The Scotsman

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The boutique hotel, which has attracted celebrities including Dame Judi Dench and singer Rita Ora, was reopened in 2019.

Rural Affairs correspondent @Katharine_Hay is walking the length and breadth of Scotland this year #HaysWay scotsman.com/news/environme…

In a break from politics, I wrote about my love for all things 'folk horror' in today's The Scotsman:

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EXCL: One of Scotland’s largest land estates, spanning nearly 30,000 acres of wilderness across swathes of the southern Highlands, has been bought over by the son of a fugitive billionaire and convicted money launderer. Me for The Scotsman scotsman.com/news/national/…