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The December issue of The Great Outdoors is out now and unsurprisingly it has a snowy theme including a big feature on winter ...

Tangled forest in Clais an Dunain An interesting exhibition on the First People Of The Spey at the excellent Grantown-on-Spey ...

Backpacking stove gas canisters tend to be replaced when almost empty because the heat from them is no longer enough to be of use. At least ... I was saddened to hear recently of the death of Robert ...

Nature and adventure photographer John Beatty has recently published his Wild Nature Diary and Calendar for 2025 in ...

I'm delighted and thrilled that my book on my walk the length of the Canadian Rockies is available again in a brand new ...

Two years ago I posted a blog with links to pieces on winter skills and gear. As we're entering the winter season and there ...

Tony in the rain on the Cape Wrath Trail Tony Hobbs accompanied me on my recent almost completion of the Cape Wrath Trail ...

Back in June I decided to stop my Cape Wrath Trail walk at Inchnadamph, some 47 miles/75km from the finish, due to an unseasonally cold and windy storm (see here). I didn’t feel like battling into the ...