Don't bin the boots: the trust needs them for its campaign

A conservation charity is appealing to walkers to help give it the boot for an upcoming campaign.

The National Trust for Scotland wants 90 pairs of old hiking boots to nail to a billboard to raise awareness of its work.

The boots will go on display in Edinburgh in June to publicise the trust’s care for Scotland’s mountains as part of the One Wee Step campaign launched last year.

The trust cares for 76,000 ha (acres) of some of the wildest and most spectacular countryside in Scotland, encompassing 46 munros, 424 km of mountain footpaths, seven national nature reserves, 45 sites of special scientific interest, the UK’s only natural and cultural world heritage site, St Kilda, more than 400 islands and islets, Scotland’s first voluntary marine reserve and the nest sites of over one million breeding seabirds.

NTS campaign manager Amy Gunn said: “We want your old boots to help us spread the message about our mountain and countryside work.

“Instead of binning your boots, send them to the trust, freepost, and play your part in helping to conserve some of Scotland’s most iconic mountain landscapes, including Glencoe, Torridon and Goatfell.”

Boots can be sent Freepost to the following address, before Friday 26 April: FREEPOST RSLA-XEHR-BJHJ, National Trust for Scotland, 5 Cultins Road, Edinburgh EH11 4DF.

Donors will get a special thank you on the One Wee Step website and a credit in a short film that will be made of the billboard’s installation.

One Wee Step is supported by broadcaster and mountaineer Cameron McNeish.