Photograph: Euan Baxter

Fresh snow this month in Scotland’s Cairngorm mountains means snowboarding season is on!

Photograph: visitscotland.com/surprise

A highlight of Scotland’s cultural Olympiad programme, Speed of Light is part sporting event, part performance art. Thousands of runners wearing special energy-harvesting suits will light up Arthur’s Seat as they make their way up the famous hill, every night for three weeks from 10 August-2 September - as featured in our cultural holiday planner for 2012