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What I’ve been reading this week, 21 February 2021

A battle for birdsong, Slow Ways, a moment of surrender, and writer’s blockdown.

  • Post date 21/02/2021

What I’ve been reading this week, 13 February 2021

A month of snow, a dark miracle, hard knocks on Ben Nevis, and the business of writing.

  • Post date 13/02/2021

Review: Thrunotes waterproof hiking notebooks

A collection of waterproof, pocket-sized notebooks for recording your outdoor adventures.

  • Post date 06/02/2021

What I’ve been reading this week, 31 January 2021

Kit help and hindrance, time travel, the style debate on K2, and where book publishing is heading in 2021.

  • Post date 31/01/2021

What I’ve been reading this week, 17 January 2020

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

  • Post date 17/01/2021

What I’ve been reading this week, 9 January 2020

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

  • Post date 09/01/2021

SKILLS: Snowshoes in Scotland – more than just a novelty →

Requiring less skill than skiing, and making a big difference when progress on foot would be a nightmare, snowshoes have a clear niche in Scottish winter, reckons Alex Roddie. Having spent years insisting he could do without, Alex is now a firm believer. Here he explains the dark art of snowshoeing.

  • Post date 03/01/2021

Nature Notes: my last walk of 2020 through Gunby Park

Wildlife, sunshine, frost, mist, and favourite local views If 2020 has been the year of keeping it local, then my New Year’s Eve walk has reinforced that theme.…

  • Post date 31/12/2020

My top images of 2020

Connections, light, and learning: a look at the best of my wildlife and landscape photography this year. In the past I’ve sometimes selected five top images from the…

  • Post date 24/12/2020

2020 in review: surviving shocks, new projects, and yearning for the heights

How I’ve navigated through 2020 as a professional outdoor writer, editor and photographer. About five minutes ago, it seems, I published my overview of 2019. Last year was…

  • Post date 21/12/2020

What I’ve been reading this week, 20 December 2020

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…

  • Post date 20/12/2020

Nature Notes: selected landscape photography, autumn 2020

Now that winter is upon us, here’s a selection of a few of my favourite images from autumn 2020. Each year, my photography goes through seasons that mirror…

  • Post date 12/12/2020
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