Robert Wight, editor, The Scots Magazine

I know plenty people who don’t like February. It’s the coldest month of the year and when it’s not chucking it down and blowing a hoolie, it’s usually just dreich. But I quite like February. Usually, I take a week off to enjoy some climbing in the Highlands. Sadly, not this year, while the country is in the toughest of restrictions in an effort to control the spread of Covid. Living in rural Stirlingshire, I’ve found great solace in exploring the woodlands and hills around my home. Recently I visited the summit of Ben Ledi. We climbed it on a still winter’s day from Brig o’turk, in the Trossachs – about 15 minutes from home. There’s something about being out in nature that gives a bit of perspective. You realise what’s important. In these uncertain times what matters to me is the knowledge the pandemic will pass and that during the past year we’ve rediscovered a sense of community that I hope will live on.