WELCOME to the website of wilderness hiker, backpacker, author and broadcaster Cameron McNeish.
Through his work as editor of the award-winning TGO Magazine and his popular BBC2 television programmes, Wilderness Walks, Cameron is recognised as one of the UK’s best known mountain walkers and commentators.
In recent years Cameron has put together a number of top quality AV Presentations and has become a sought after speaker at walking festivals, seminars and outdoor events. He is also a popular after-dinner speaker.
In between expeditions to the wilderness areas of the world Cameron can be found every weekend climbing the hills of the highlands and islands of Scotland collecting material for his weekly column in the Sunday Herald newspaper.
President of the Backpackers Club, Vice President of the Ramblers’ Association in Scotland and Chairman of the Nevis Partnership Cameron is also a member of the Advisory Panel of the Wilderness Foundation and was recently made an Honorary Member of The Wainwright Society. He lives in Newtonmore in the Scottish Highlands.
SUTHERLAND TRAIL DVD AVAILABLE NOW - Cameron’s DVD of ‘Sutherland- The Empty lands?’, as shown on BBC Scotland at Christmas, is now available on DVD. The film shows Cameron walking the Sutherland Trail from Suilven to Ben Loyal with an ascent of Foinaven included mid-way. In the course of his journey he talks to crofters, geologists, fishermen, cavers, sea kayakers, anglers and hoteliers and manages to find time to sea kayak across to the bird reserve on Handa Island. Included on the DVD is route information about the Sutherland Trail and a gallery of images that were taken during the filming of the television show.
Cameron’s other DVD’s are still available. Check out the trailers on this website!
Wild Walks, ten routes in Scotland from BBC Scotland’s hugely successful Adventure Show, and The TGO Challenge, an hour-long DVD that explains what the world’s biggest organised backpacking event is all about with clips and interviews from the 2008 event.
All DVD’s are be presented by Cameron and are available from this website (click on SHOP above). All DVD’s cost £15.99 (+£2.95 P&P). Check out Cameron’s other DVD’s and book too…
Coming Soon
The West Highland Way: Cameron offers a personal perspective on this, the most popular of Scotland’s long distance trails. DVD
Wild Walks 2: Another DVD selection from BBC’s The Adventure Show
The Sutherland Trail - a journey through north-west Scotland: A guidebook to the Sutherland Trail, written by Cameron with photographs by television producer Richard Else. The book will be published in early September 2009.
