Members share their accounts of magical moments in wild places. Why not contribute your own?
Wild Moment: Jack McNeill
Published: 26 Apr 2022
A 90-year-old mountaineer recounts a memorable winter hill walking adventure that led to a life long friendship.
Wild Moment: Nigel Rose
Published: 26 Apr 2022
A Trust Member describes a close encounter on the banks of a Knoydart lochan in early summer.
Wild Moment: Olivia MacGregor
Published: 24 Mar 2022
Winner of the 2022 John Muir Trust Wild Poetry Competition, Gaelic, P5-7 category - Olivia MacGregor - writes about a frosty winter morning.
Wild Moment: Rowan Maclean
Published: 24 Mar 2022
Winner of the 2022 John Muir Trust Wild Poetry Competition, English, P4-7 category - Rowan Maclean - writes about Cleat Beach.
Wild Moment: Angus MacAulay
Published: 24 Mar 2022
Winner of the 2022 John Muir Trust Wild Poetry Competition, Gaelic, P1-4 category - Angus MacAulay - writes about the eagle.
Wild Moment: Moira Simpkinson
Published: 24 Mar 2022
Winner of the 2022 John Muir Trust Wild Poetry Competition, English, P1-3 category - Moira Simpkinson - writes about her favourite tree.
Wild Moment: Winky O’Neale
Published: 4 Mar 2022
Winky O'Neale was a mountain guide in the Cuillin for more than 15 years, running and organising her own courses. Her poem pays homage to the 'sinuous, powerful' Cuillin Ridge on Skye.
Wild Moment: Gina Palmer
Published: 15 Feb 2022
"Our home near Inverness backs on to a woodland that has recently been taken into community ownership and we are frequently treated to unexpected encounters with nature." Gina's poems capture chance meetings with an owlet and young sparrowhawk.
Wild Moment: Yvonne Reddick
Published: 27 Jan 2022
"Dainty Alpinist, chinking her roots into fissures and fractures, like crampons in toeholds." Yvonne Reddick's poem celebrates the hardy plants that cling to the UK's highest mountain.
My Nevis: Pip Rolls
Published: 28 Jun 2021
Helping us celebrate 21 years of looking after Nevis is Pip Rolls who recounts a memorable walk with friends 50 years ago, that included climbing the UK's highest mountain.
My Nevis: Lena Hunter
Published: 15 Jun 2021
As part of our celebration of 21 years of caring for Nevis, Lena Hunter, Head of Learning and Adventure at the Outward Bound Trust’s Loch Eil Centre near Fort William, talks about a special relationship with the area that goes back many years.
Wild Moment: Romany Garnett
Published: 13 May 2021
Sparks fly in Quinag Conservation Officer Romany Garnett's evocative poem.