When Glen Coe resembled the Himalaya
The perfection of winter in a collection of images from ten years ago It’s easy to forget, when away from the mountains, just how good winter mountaineering can…
Month: October 2020
What I’ve been reading this week, 31 October 2020
The trouble with pheasants, different perspectives on the Cairngorms, the transition month of October, and the campaign for free access to our landscapes. Nature and environment Pheasant and…
Make a difference for wild places with Wanderlust Europe, Alex Roddie, Chris Townsend, and the John Muir Trust
Today I am launching a fundraiser to help the John Muir Trust by auctioning a copy of Wanderlust Europe and a day out on the hill with myself…
What I’ve been reading this week, 24 October 2020
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…
Sidetracked Vol. 19 shipping now
I’ve just received my copies. This one is breathtaking. Working on Sidetracked magazine continues to be a pleasure, and this issue contains some truly spellbinding stories. During the…
Five-minute storm
The sky knows more than we do,and it always did. As tier three creeps closerstormclouds queue over the marsh, a fire’s set and for five minutesarrowed droplets dance…
What I’ve been reading this week, 11 October 2020
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…
Wanderlust Europe now available on sale from Sidetracked
Looking to get hold of my new book, Wanderlust Europe, while also supporting one of the best adventure magazines in the UK? Good news — in an exclusive…
What I’ve been reading this week, 3 October 2020
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…