The couple behind Scotland’s most popular walking site

Paul and Helen founded Walkhighlands in 2006 from their bedroom, with £50 of start-up cash.

Now each month they say something like 600,000 people use the website and app.

The service has always been free and the couple are determined it remains so.

They feel that while keen walkers might be prepared to pay for information like this, for others it would be a “huge barrier”.

The couple, who also write guide books, said users had donated money to allow the website to continue.

“When we first started out our focus was that local businesses could advertise on the site but more recently it’s been more important to us that people have understood what we’re trying to do and have been willing to donate money to keep us going,” Paul said.

“We quite like that rather than thinking what would be a good business decision to make we can think what would people really like, what would serve walkers best and then the money can look after itself.”