Travel
The Great Outdoors
Practice Makes Perfect
Preparation is key if you want to enjoy, and not simply endure, the TGO Challenge. Organisers Ali Ogden and Sue Oxley look at how to be ready for the demands of a long-distance walk
3 min |
February 2020
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More Ways than one
Roger Smith calls for more clarity around the increasing proliferation of named trails
3 min |
February 2020
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THE LONG PATHWAY
Kat Young and Liv Bolton both walked New Zealand’s South Island from north to south via the country-spanning Te Araroa Trail. Here they each describe a section of this spectacular and life-changing route
8 min |
February 2020
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THE CRUX
Last summer, self-confessed ‘average adventurer’ James Forrest completed all 282 of Scotland’s Munros in an intensive six-month push. Here he describes the most knee-trembling part of the journey – Skye’s famous Inaccessible Pinnacle
8 min |
February 2020
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A HAPPY RETURN
For more than 30 years, Chris Townsend dreamed about doing a long walk through the high reaches of the Colorado Was it everything he hoped for?
6 min |
February 2020
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Happy When It Rains
With an unpredictable winter approaching, here are TGO’s tips for enduring – even enjoying? – our ever-changing climate...
6 min |
December 2019
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Mind Boggling
Rising rivers, quaking bogs, ferocious winds, possible thunderstorms and annoying theme tunes – will Paul Beasley be able to take all this in his stride and successfully cross Dartmoor?
10+ min |
December 2019
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Errigal
Donegal’s highest mountain is a sight to behold – unless, as Jim Perrin discovered, the weather has other ideas…
3 min |
December 2019
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Commuting: Lochaber Style
For Many Of Us, The Daily Commute Can Be A Chore. But, For Neil Adams, Living And Working In One Of Scotland’s Finest Mountain Landscapes Gave Him The Opportunity To Turn It Into An Adventure...
9 min |
December 2019
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The Depths Of Time
James Roddie goes under the surface of Assynt to discover a whole new dimension to an extraordinary, ancient landscape.
4 min |
November 2019
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Southern Exposure
At the windswept extreme of South America, the iconic Torres del Paine are the centrepiece of Chilean Patagonia. But after 60 years of tourist attention, does the famous W Trek still do the region justice? Phoebe Smith went to find out.
7 min |
November 2019
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Back To Basics
The Welsh island of Bardsey has no cars, electricity grid or indoor toilets, and virtually no phone signal. Helen Iles spent five days there, and discovered that remoteness and community spirit sometimes go hand in hand.
8 min |
November 2019
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Mountain Marvels
From astonishing rock formations and ancient forests to beautiful glacial lakes and rare flora, Britain’s mountain landscapes are full of natural wonders. Here we count down our pick of the bunch...
6 min |
November 2019
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A World Apart
Carey Davies backpacks around the rim of Kinder Scout and revels in wild glory just 20 miles from central Manchester.
10 min |
November 2019
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Notching Up The Nuttalls
James Forrest recently completed the Nuttalls in record-breaking time. He managed to juggle the challenge around his day job, ticking off an astonishing 446 peaks across England and Wales in just six months. So how does it feel to be finished?
2 min |
November 2017
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Hunting For Snow
There are places in Scotland's mountains where patches of snow rarely melt from one year to the next. As the final traces of last season looked close to vanishing, Ed Byrne joined snow expert Iain Cameron for a trip to Braeriach... just in the nick of time.
6 min |
November 2017
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Wainwright in Colour
Over the past decade, artist Andy Beck has been working on a major project to paint watercolour sketches of every view drawn by Alfred Wainwright in his seven Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells.
5 min |
April 2017
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Extreme Sleeps
Phoebe Smith set herself the challenge to sleep at all of the extreme points of mainland Britain, by herself, on consecutive nights. Here she recalls what it was like to spend a night alone on Ben Nevis in the depths of winter.
6 min |
February 2018
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Alphabet Soup
Roger Smith looks at recent confusion in Scotland over designated areas
4 min |
January 2018
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The Angels' Share
Though relatively close to Glasgow and easily accessed by car, the Munros of Glen Etive nevertheless feel wild and remote. David Lintern drinks his fill on a long weekend's circuit of the Ben Starav Five.
8 min |
March 2017
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Mountain Documentary By Jen Peedom
Mountain Documentary By Jen Peedom
1 min |
January 2018
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A Winter On Helvellyn
A Winter On Helvellyn
2 min |
January 2018
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The Patterned Land
Roger Smith looks at the problems facing farmers in the UK
3 min |
November 2017
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Borderland
Mark Waring takes an autumnal roam around theglorious central Scandinavian wilderness at theborder of Norway and Sweden
9 min |
November 2017
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Above The Clouds
THERE ARE FEW mountain experiences more extraordinary than being above the clouds. If you’ve stood on an island summit with clouds lapping below like waves on a rocky shore, chances are high you’ll long to stand above them again.
3 min |
November 2017
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Rohan Bags
Rohan Bags
2 min |