Glen Etive: Last News

Rangers at a famed Scots beauty spot have issued a warning after a wildfire devastated grasslands in the area. The blaze, near Glen Etive, part of Glencoe nature reserve, on Thursday, April 27, is believed to have been sparked by a disposable barbecue.

One of the most popular filming locations in Europe, Scotland has provided epic backdrops for countless Hollywood blockbusters over the last few decades.

A solitary dog walker catching the last of the winter sun is this week’s Picture Scotland winner.

Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands. But Nicola was horrified to discover her dad's plaque had been defaced by vandals who had ripped it off and used part of the memorial as a fire pit when she visited the site last weekend.

Scottish stag to pose for a wee photo would be porridge oats. And that is exactly what this week’s Picture Scotland winner Aaron Gibson used to capture this stunning pic of a young stag in Glen Etive.Aaron said: “I had some porridge oats with me and lured the stag on to the mound with the vast landscape behind it.”This week’s runners-up all have fantastic atmosphere.Kevin Frew’s horse and rider in Mugdock Country Park looks like something out of Game of Thrones, as does the sunset photo of golfers at Crieff Golf Course, taken by Alister Reid.

Glencoe say they are "sick" of seeing the popular tourist spot trashed by visitors.Shocking pictures show patches of green space at Glen Etive covered in a sea of rubbish, camping equipment, 'hippy crack' cannisters and empty bottles of alcohol dumped by litter bugs during the week.Furious residents say vandalism has been on the rise in the area thanks to a huge increase in the number of wild campers and day trippers arriving in the iconic area.Glen Etive estate stalker and river ghillie Mark Shone told the Daily Record: "We have seen a massive increase in visitors to the glen ( all demographics, general tourists, hill walkers, campers, motorhomers, canoers, photographers and day trippers) most of whom do so responsibly."The general feeling

holiday home phoned police after discovering 34 men at their remote ­property.The couple got an even bigger shock when they arrived at the house in Glen Etive to find a sword on a bed and an axe and 10 tents in the garden of the Airbnb property.Martin and Sheri Murphy, from Kinlochleven, Argyll, were put on alert on Thursday when a local resident called to tell them there were at least 10 cars in the driveway.Sheri, who had taken an Airbnb booking for the house, which sleeps eight, said: “As soon as we drove over the bridge my heart sank because I could see all these cars in the drive.“We went in the side gate because we didn’t know what was going to happen and saw 10 tents in the garden.

vandalism at one of Scotland’s most iconic beauty spots.Louts trashed patches of green space in Glencoe and trees were hacked down for firewood.Police were called to the area and are appealing for any witnesses who were in the Glen Etive area last weekend.Cops said road signage was also destroyed in the area and a quantity of fence posts surrounding nearby Loch Etive pier were removed from the ground, possibly to be used as kindling.A Police Scotland statement reads: “Officers in Glencoe are appealing for witnesses who have been in the Glen Etive area over the weekend beginning 10 July 2020."Over the course of this weekend some signage at the road end has been vandalised and a quantity of fence posts surrounding the Loch Etive pier removed