I’m already a member of the National Trust for Scotland so I have no idea why they are sending me emails asking me to join, anyway I thought I would pass on the nine walks also on the email as you can take a virtual walk, a very good idea if you are too far away to contemplate going up a Scottish hillside or your legs are no longer up to the job. I’m not sure mine ever were – apart from Ben Lomond as I know that’s an easy one, and the Grey Mare’s Tail near Moffat of course.

I quite fancy trying Goatfell on the Isle of Arran sometime in the future though, if I can manage it. It looks gorgeous there, doesn’t it.