Why I don’t use blue ink any more
In 2007, I made the first of several visits to the Alpine Club archives in London. I was conducting research for the novel that would eventually become The…
Month: October 2018
What I’ve been reading this week, 26 October 2018
Winter arrives in the mountains, the reviewer’s curse, lost images from Everest, and not being afraid to break things… Outdoors and photography Don’t slip up this winter –…
What I’ve been reading this week, 19 October 2018
Plenty of links for you this week: what National Parks are for, the Skye Trail, camping in the Alps, weariness at the pace of technological change, broken MacBook…
For what are mountains waiting?
For what are mountains waiting? All night they are expectant : heavy hoods of hills rounding against the stars seem opening about invisible eyes, that watch within the…
Trying to take a stand against information overload
Have you wondered why I began my regular ‘what I’ve been reading this week’ slot on my blog? Have you wondered why I rarely retweet and share other…
What I’ve been reading this week, 12 October 2018
Scrambling on Skye, hill tracks, mental health… and tech giants throwing their weight around (again). Outdoors Banished to Room 101: the Inaccessible Pinnacle – Mark Horrell climbs the…
The Alder Trail
Alex Roddie answers the call of Ben Alder’s wildness in this ambitious long-distance trail between Fort William and Aviemore. This feature was first published in Trail magazine, November…
Instagram is getting worse
My relationship with social media is a complex one – not quite love/hate, perhaps tolerate/loathe – and I’ve spent a great deal of time over the last few…
What I’ve been reading this week, 5 October 2018
Tentflix, challenges, ditching podcasts, and more. Outdoors Tentflix: why I vlog and my favourite outdoors channels – this is a great list of UK-oriented outdoor-themed YouTube channels (thanks…
Published: ‘The Hidden Tracks – Wanderlust off the Beaten Path’
The Hidden Tracks by Cam Honan (gestalten) has now been published. I received my copy the other day. Why am I telling you this? Because it contains several…