Alex Roddie

Look up and see the stars.

I write about the things that matter – wildness, nature, environment, and finding silence in a noisy age.

Hi.

I am an award-winning professional writer and editor with years of experience in the outdoor industry (and I hike a fair bit too). If you’re looking to write an outdoor book, or if you work with an adventure magazine and need a trained pair of eyes, I can help.

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Latest blog posts

Notes

What I’ve been reading this week, 2 August 202002/08/2020
What I’ve been reading this week, 25 July 202025/07/2020
Nature notes: recent nature and wildlife photography, 18 July 202019/07/2020
What I’ve been reading this week, 18 July 202018/07/2020
What I’ve been reading this week, 12 July 202012/07/2020

Features

One-minute mountain: Ben Alder →31/07/2020
OPINION: Wild camping – changing the name won’t change behaviour →31/07/2020
How to use digital navigation safely →16/07/2020
One-minute mountain: Fairfield →04/07/2020
Nature notes: this week’s nature and wildlife photography, 28 June 202028/06/2020

More long-form features >>

Some of my best online writing

Summits & Skylarks >>

Crown shyness © Alex Roddie — Wild perspectives >>

Observations from the edge of the wood >>

The voices of birds: a greening of lockdown >>

In Pursuit of Perfection >>

Three lessons I learned by going offline for a month on the Cape Wrath Trail >>

Footprints over Ingleborough >>

The Decaying Alps >>

Went to Mow the Meadow >>

Guide: Lightweight backpacking in the Scottish Highlands >>

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