Category: Reading

The wings of change, a contested landscape, hot tenting, and a history of women walking.

Snowshoes in Scotland, the Olivetti Lettera 22 at seventy, the aesthetics of editing, and outdoor books to get lost in.

Brain games in winter, weathering the storm, the Cotswold Way, and Christmas books. Outdoors Brain Games — David Lintern’s latest piece for Walkhighlands is a reminder about the…

The hill road, taming the Eiger, remembering Doug Scott, and the comfort of a pencil. Nature and environment The Hill Road — a perceptive and thought-provoking piece from…

Finding common ground, farming’s future, a winter sunset on Cairn Gorm, and solo on Mega Route X. Nature and environment At Darley — while the rewilding and landownership…

Grouse shooters in dismay, a tribute to the Fox of Glencoe, a sunny day on Skye, and the impact of high winds. Nature and environment Grouse shooting licence…

The legacy of the Clearances, sketching Scotland’s mountains, the digital dilemma, and why readers should wean themselves off Amazon. Nature and environment How the shooting industry is exploiting…

Touching cloth on the Black Cuillin, avalanched on the Lancet Edge, choosing your next adventure, and the 80/20 rule. Nature and environment Campaigners warn of fragile future for…

The value of human silence, cognitive navigation and GPS, wild camping in winter, and taking on Amazon. Nature and environment Our shared vision to restore nature on Exmoor…

A bumper instalment this weekend, as I didn’t publish last week. A landscape of hope, the impact of Coronavirus on outdoor education, traverse of the Mamores, an open-source…

Outdoor education in crisis, how to walk across Scotland, beating the winter blues, and travel in a time of Covid. Outdoors School’s out: the crisis facing outdoor education…

Winter’s where it’s at, beyond the Nevis watershed, wildlife crime in 2019, and the West Highland Way at 40. Environment and nature Birdcrime 2019 report — this damning…