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- Attitudes and Altitude: a new Sidetracked project, and a journey across the Alps
- Twenty years as a writer: a first look at The Farthest Shore
- An extract from The Farthest Shore →
- A Highland book launch for The Farthest Shore
- The End of Winter: hiking the Cape Wrath Trail in February 2019
- Recent radio and podcast appearances
- The eerie hush of summer →
- Features in the August 2021 issue of The Great Outdoors
- The Meaning of Adventure: Hiking the Haute Route Pyrenees
- Positive habits for working from home →
- The Farthest Shore is available to pre-order – 20% off signed copies
- GPS watches: 8 of the best reviewed →
- Wildlife photography highlights, June 2021
- Lessons from the Cape Wrath Trail, caring for red squirrels, and the superficial din of the glowing screen →
- Recent odds and ends
- Outdoor and adventure photography tips →
- Why the countryside might be in a better state than you think →
- Filling the void →
- The light of unmediated experience, class and the outdoors, and what3words in emergencies →
- Wildlife photography highlights, May 2021
- The Light of Unmediated Experience: an interview with Freedom Matters
- A cover design for The Farthest Shore
- What’s in a cover design? →
- Dehydrated meals: three of the best reviewed →
- Wildlife photography highlights, April 2021
- Behind the scenes: gear testing for TGO magazine →
- Wildlife photography highlights, March 2021
- Field Notes – Isolation and Connection, a journey through Knoydart
- Are we being good role models for wild camping?
- Introducing The Pinnacle
- What I’ve been reading this week, 21 March 2021
- A Year with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
- The Farthest Shore – a few publishing updates
- What I’ve been reading this week, 14 March 2021
- What I’ve been reading this week, 7 March 2021
- Has outdoor culture become too detached from nature? →
- What I’ve been reading this week, 28 February 2021
- My first issue of Sidetracked magazine as editor: a learning curve, ice bears, and that Gucci cover
- What I’ve been reading this week, 21 February 2021
- What I’ve been reading this week, 13 February 2021
- Review: Thrunotes waterproof hiking notebooks
- What I’ve been reading this week, 31 January 2021
- What I’ve been reading this week, 17 January 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 9 January 2020
- SKILLS: Snowshoes in Scotland – more than just a novelty →
- Nature Notes: my last walk of 2020 through Gunby Park
- My top images of 2020
- 2020 in review: surviving shocks, new projects, and yearning for the heights
- What I’ve been reading this week, 20 December 2020
- Nature Notes: selected landscape photography, autumn 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 12 December 2020
- Signed copies of Wanderlust Europe available for a short time
- What I’ve been reading this week, 5 December 2020
- ‘The silence roared in our ears’: a selection of quotes from Hell of a Journey by Mike Cawthorne
- Outdoor publishing, Europe’s best hiking, the camera I use in the hills, and more: in conversation on YouTube with the Outdoors Station
- What I’ve been reading this week, 28 November 2020
- Live on YouTube with the Outdoors Station, Wed 25 November 2020 at 19.00 GMT
- What I’ve been reading this week, 21 November 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 15 November 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 7 November 2020
- When Glen Coe resembled the Himalaya
- What I’ve been reading this week, 31 October 2020
- Interview: Alex Roddie, co-editor of Wanderlust Europe →
- Make a difference for wild places with Wanderlust Europe, Alex Roddie, Chris Townsend, and the John Muir Trust
- What I’ve been reading this week, 24 October 2020
- Sidetracked Vol. 19 shipping now
- Five-minute storm
- Wanderlust Europe: an interview with Alex Roddie →
- What I’ve been reading this week, 11 October 2020
- Wanderlust Europe now available on sale from Sidetracked
- What I’ve been reading this week, 3 October 2020
- A Test of Mettel
- Nature Notes: wildlife photography, summer 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 26 September 2020
- New podcast appearance: Outside In podcast with John Burns →
- Field notes: the Mercantour Traverse, Maritime Alps
- What I’ve been reading this week, 20 September 2020
- Introducing Wanderlust Europe: Europe’s best trails
- What I’ve been reading this week, 29 August 2020
- A Cairngorms Learning Curve →
- Writing (two) books during the pandemic
- What I’ve been reading this week, 15 August 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 8 August 2020
- One-minute mountain: Ben Alder →
- OPINION: Wild camping – changing the name won’t change behaviour →
- What I’ve been reading this week, 25 July 2020
- Nature notes: recent nature and wildlife photography, 18 July 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 18 July 2020
- How to use digital navigation safely →
- What I’ve been reading this week, 12 July 2020
- Book review: The Unremembered Places by Patrick Baker →
- Nature notes: this week’s nature and wildlife photography, 4 July 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 4 July 2020
- One-minute mountain: Fairfield →
- Nature notes: this week’s nature and wildlife photography, 28 June 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 27 June 2020
- Nature notes: this week’s nature and wildlife photography, 21 June 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 21 June 2020
- Nature notes: this week’s nature photography, 14 June 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 14 June 2020
- Book review: ‘Keeping Dry and Staying Warm (part 1)’ from the Outdoor Gear Coach →
- Nature Notes: this week’s nature photography, 7 June 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 7 June 2020
- Nature notes: Latest wildlife photography, May 2020
- One-minute mountain: Pen-y-ghent →
- What I’ve been reading this week, 30 May 2020
- Field notes: Back to Basics in Torridon
- What I’ve been reading this week, 23 May 2020
- Review: Therm-a-Rest Vela 20F two-person quilt →
- What I’ve been reading this week, 16 May 2020
- The Value of Things: A Path to Self-Expression. New feature for On Landscape →
- One Minute Mountain: Cross Fell →
- Book review: Greenery by Tim Dee →
- What I’ve been reading this week, 10 May 2020
- The voices of birds: a greening of lockdown
- The gear that I would have taken on the 2020 TGO Challenge
- What I’ve been reading this week, 3 May 2020
- Book spotlight: Wild Light: Scotland’s Mountain Landscapes by Craig Aitchison
- What I’ve been reading this week, 25 April 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 18 April 2020
- How you can help support outdoor writers during the Coronavirus pandemic
- What I’ve been reading this week, 11 April 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 4 April 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 28 March 2020
- Coronavirus and the outdoors – an apology, and a way forward
- The outdoor community needs to change its messaging regarding the coronavirus pandemic, and right now
- What I’ve been reading this week, COVID-19 special
- Pinnacle Editorial COVID-19 status update
- What I’ve been reading this week, 13 March 2020
- Talk at Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, 20 March 2020, cancelled
- What I’ve been reading this week, 28 February 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 21 February 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 15 February 2020
- Upcoming talk: Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, 20 March 2020
- Local woodland damage – an update
- What I’ve been reading this week, 8 February 2020
- A Walk in the Woods – hiking Norway’s Jotunheimstien
- What I’ve been reading this week, 31 January 2020
- My features in the March 2020 issue of TGO magazine
- What I’ve been reading this week, 24 January 2020
- What I’ve been reading this week, 17 January 2020
- Images from a local wood that is being destroyed
- What I’ve been reading this week, 10 January 2020
- New Sidetracked feature: The Meaning of Adventure →
- Book review: Rebirding – Rewilding Britain and its Birds by Benedict Macdonald
- What I’ve been reading this week, 3 January 2020
- Wild perspectives: a twilight nature encounter at Snipe Dales
- My top ten wild camps of 2019
- 2019 in review: long-distance trails, avoiding burnout, and planting seeds for the future
- What I’ve been reading this week, 20 December 2019
- Book review: Another Peak – Everest is not the only summit by Alex Staniforth
- Walking for Mental Health – Doom, Gloom and Green Shoots in the Scottish Hills →
- An afternoon of bird photography at Gibraltar Point
- What I’ve been reading this week, 13 December 2019
- TGO Challenge 2020 route submitted for vetting
- Skills guide: Planning off-path routes
- A pillaged ecology in the Scottish Highlands: ‘I am angry beyond words’
- What I’ve been reading this week, 6 December 2019
- Pinnacle Editorial is fully booked until summer 2020
- A Single Moment: Alpine Bivouac
- What I’ve been reading this week, 29 November 2019
- What I’ve been reading this week, 22 November 2019
- My photography – November 2019
- What I’ve been reading this week, 15 November 2019
- Down the Rabbit Hole with James Roddie and Mike Webster
- What I’ve been reading this week, 1 November 2019
- Book review: The Big Rounds by David Lintern
- The Farthest Shore reading list
- What I’ve been reading this week, 25 October 2019
- The Blue Hour
- What I’ve been reading this week, 19 October 2019
- Exciting news – I have signed a book deal with Vertebrate Publishing
- Summits & Skylarks
- In praise of active reading
- What I’ve been reading this week, 11 October 2019
- I’m leaving the role of Online Editor at TGO magazine
- OWPG Award for Excellence for my TGO magazine feature ‘Summits and Skylarks’
- Change is afoot
- Top wild camps on the Haute Route Pyrenees
- What I’ve been reading this week, 27 September 2019
- Lincolnshire hates hikers
- The big routes: Langdale Skyline
- What I’ve been reading this week, 20 September 2019
- Two short extracts from my Pyrenees trail journal
- What I’ve been reading this week, 13 September 2019
- I’ve entered the 2020 TGO Challenge
- Sky Dance by John D. Burns – why this book was my top project for 2019
- What I’ve been reading this week, 8 September 2019
- Ode to the Samyang 12mm f/2 wide-angle lens
- What I’ve been reading this week, 31 August 2019
- The Haute Route Pyrenees – a very brief account
- Off to see the wizard
- What I’ve been reading this week, 13 July 2019
- Celebrating five years of Pinnacle Editorial
- What I’ve been reading this week, 5 July 2019
- My Pinnacle Newsletter now has over 400 members
- What I’ve been reading this week, 28 June 2019
- Went to mow the meadow
- What I’ve been reading this week, 21 June 2019
- Observations from the edge of the wood
- What I’ve been reading this week, 14 June 2019
- The summer 2019 Twitter burnout
- What I’ve been reading this week, 8 June 2019
- Three lessons I learned by going offline for a month on the Cape Wrath Trail
- What I’ve been reading this week, 31 May 2019
- Paper vs. digital journaling on a long-distance trail
- What I’ve been reading this week, 24 May 2019
- What I’ve been reading this week, 10 May 2019
- Aonach Beag and Ben Nevis, Alpine-style
- Chased by Storms: 113 miles along the Haute Route Pyrenees and GR11 in 2016
- The delicate balance of information and uncertainty in adventure
- What I’ve been reading this week, 3 May 2019
- Haute Route Pyrenees planning: maps, apps, GPX data, and more
- What I’ve been reading this week, 26 April 2019
- News: Cape Wrath Trail features published
- What I’ve been reading this week, 19 April 2019
- Haute Route Pyrenees 2019: background and gear
- What I’ve been reading this week, 12 April 2019
- What I’ve been reading this week, 5 April 2019
- Electronics for lightweight and ultralight backpacking
- Lessons learned in the search for the perfect backpacking camera
- What I’ve been reading this week, 29 March 2019
- What I’ve been reading this week, 22 March 2019
- World Poetry Day: a poem found at Kearvaig bothy
- The Decaying Alps: climate change and glacial retreat in the Playground of Europe
- The Cape Wrath Trail(ish) in winter(ish) – a very brief account
- What I’ve been reading this week, 8 March 2019
- The winter Cape Wrath Trail resupply plan
- Sidetracked Volume 14 is now available to pre-order →
- What I’ve been reading this week, 1 February 2019
- Why go offline on the Cape Wrath Trail – and how?
- The winter Cape Wrath Trail gear list
- What I’ve been reading this week, 25 January 2019
- Fighting the mind frazzle: techniques for deep work in a busy month
- Added to the website: a ‘now’ page
- What I’ve been reading this week, 18 January 2019
- My review of the AKU Superalp GTX boot →
- Five images from this week’s walks
- Smartphone photography for outdoor writers
- My review of ‘Fastpacking’ by Lily Dyu →
- Bringing back comments on this blog
- What I’ve been reading this week, 11 January 2019
- What I’ve been reading this week, 4 January 2019
- Skills guide: Modernise your mountain navigation
- 2018 in review: mountains, editorial work, writing, and more
- What I’ve been reading this week, 21 December 2018
- My top five images of 2018
- The Cape Wrath Trail in winter: seeking silence in the Scottish Highlands
- What I’ve been reading this week, 7 December 2018
- What I’ve been reading this week, 30 November 2018
- Autumnal dreamscapes with the Pentax Super-Takumar 55mm f/2
- What I’ve been reading this week, 24 November 2018
- The solastalgia of mountaineering
- The Poet, embracing infinity
- Introducing the Travel Writer’s Field Guide
- What I’ve been reading this week, 10 November 2018
- New Sidetracked digital feature: No Borders
- What I’ve been reading this week, 2 November 2018
- Andy Wightman’s bid to control damaging hill tracks blocked by MSPs →
- Staying safe in early-winter mountain conditions
- Why I don’t use blue ink any more
- What I’ve been reading this week, 26 October 2018
- Digital Wellness is a trap →
- What I’ve been reading this week, 19 October 2018
- For what are mountains waiting?
- Interviewed by Emily Woodhouse: How I Became an Outdoor Adventure Writer and Editor →
- Trying to take a stand against information overload
- What I’ve been reading this week, 12 October 2018
- The Alder Trail
- Instagram is getting worse
- What I’ve been reading this week, 5 October 2018
- Published: ‘The Hidden Tracks – Wanderlust off the Beaten Path’
- A new Commonplace Book
- Keeping the smartphone in its place with iOS 12’s Screen Time feature
- What I’ve been reading this week, 28 September 2018
- My review of ‘Along the Divide’ by Chris Townsend in the latest issue of TGO
- Pure form, freed of all preconceptions
- What I’ve been reading this week No.2
- What I’ve been reading this week No.1
- Eight years today
- My work’s appearing in a photo book published next month: The Hidden Tracks
- Field notes: Hiking the Jotunheimstien, Norway
- Photography on the Trail
- Mercantour Traverse gear debrief
- Why you should hike the West Highland Way
- Trip planning: Mercantour Traverse, July 2018
- Lightweight backpacking in the Scottish Highlands: a mini-guide
- One-year review: As Tucas Sestrals Quilt
- Boredom is impossible when immersed in nature
- Field Notes: the Ardgour-Mull Trail
- The context of place
- What does a book editor do?
- Footprints over Ingleborough
- Reviewed: Ordnance Survey Aventura GPS →
- A night in Ben Alder Cottage
- Forty years of The Great Outdoors
- Informal camera comparison: Fujifilm X-Pro2 vs. iPhone SE
- Three winter glens in the Cairngorms
- Ian Roddie, 1938-2018
- Read my feature on Alpine bivouacking in the latest Sidetracked magazine
- Learning to shoot slide film in 2018 with Provia 100F
- Things I wish I’d known as a new writer
- The upgrade trap
- In Pursuit of Perfection – the Lochaber Traverse
- To hell with Facebook – I’m starting a newsletter instead
- Skills: Winter Walker to Winter Climber →
- Walking 1,500 miles in 2017
- My nine top wild camps of 2017
- Walk2017 – images from October and November
- Availability update: Pinnacle Editorial is fully booked well into 2018, plus a few thoughts on the future
- A month away from social media
- A roundup of my published outdoor writing in November 2017
- Pilgrim’s Progress: a century of development in climbing equipment and technique
- NaNoWriMo week three: capitulation
- Autumn’s glow
- A standing desk experiment
- NaNoWriMo – mid-month progress report
- Interview with Ali Horne on the Sidetracked Field Journal →
- The late 2017 site refresh
- 11 top tips for getting into winter mountaineering – are you prepared? →
- NaNoWriMo – week one progress report
- I’m taking a break from social media in November
- New On Landscape feature: The Decaying Alps →
- Why adventure and outdoor writing is more important than ever before
- Long-term review: Alpkit Gourdon 20 waterproof pack →
- Walk2017 – images from September
- Social media for writers
- Why I’ll be attempting NaNoWriMo this year
- Switching my Facebook page to Auto mode
- Why I prefer shooting with primes
- This month’s online writing for The Great Outdoors
- A first taste of autumn on my journey towards 1,500 miles #TakeSomeoneOutdoors
- Backpacking the Skye Trail
- Sidetracked Volume 10 is available for pre-order
- The Armchair Mountaineer Wild Writing Competition 2017
- Walk2017 – images from June to August
- The ultralight experiment of 2017
- Review: ÜLA CDT ultralight pack
- How to: see and photograph the Perseids ➔
- The Haute Route Pyrenees: Field Notes
- Preparations for hiking the Jotunheimstien
- My new editorial role at TGO Magazine
- 14 months with the MLD Trailstar
- Hiking the Langdale Skyline – Field Notes
- First look: Fujifilm X70. The ultimate backpacker’s camera?
- Backpacking in the Alps – a mini-guide
- Backpacking gear for sale June 2017
- Vecto: the best way to carry water in the backcountry
- → New feature: Lightweight Backpacking for Beginners
- ViewRanger vs Garmin – I was wrong
- A walk through the Fairy Glen, Rosemarkie
- Walk2017 – images from May
- Editing TGO Magazine
- Pinnacle Editorial is closed until late June
- Follow-up review: Trailpix ultralight tripod
- Thinking about video
- Field Notes: the West Highland Way
- Walk2017 – images from April
- Hiking the Tour of Monte Rosa
- Book spotlight: The Last Hillwalker by John D Burns
- ViewRanger is becoming a social network
- In the Footsteps of Forbes: how the Alps have changed since 1842
- Hands-on: Firepot outdoor food
- #Walk2017 – images from miles 200-308
- → Review: Lightwave t10 Raid
- Hands-on: Trailpix ultralight tripod
- Book review: A Mountain Before Breakfast by Alan Rowan
- Review: Original Buff multifunctional headwear
- Footprints over Ingleborough: field notes
- Anthropocene landscapes with the Fujifilm X-Pro2
- #Walk2017 – images from the second hundred miles
- Taming Facebook
- Ten top tips for winter backpacking
- Gear notes from a night on the dunes – Tread Lite Gear, Oookworks & more
- The final issue of Mountain Pro Magazine
- The times when I’ve gone ‘stupid light’
- Sidetracked Volume 9 is available to pre-order
- Thoughts on summer sleep systems
- iOS and the power of perception
- Book spotlight: Travelled Far by Keith Foskett
- Windslab Wall
- #Walk2017 – a photographic study of the first 100 miles
- Naeboots on the Cape Wrath Trail
- The state of Lightroom Mobile in early 2017
- Ben Alder Cottage and the Ossian Munros: Field Notes
- New UKHillwalking feature: Three Days in the Cairngorms
- Making time for fitness
- Part 2 of my interview with the Outdoors Station now live
- New podcast available on the Outdoors Station
- The wrong side of history
- My top photo of 2016
- My first year as a SLPOTY entrant
- 2016 in review
- Digital navigation in TGO Magazine – a response
- The Lochaber Traverse in winter – Field Notes
- ViewRanger Skyline – first look
- The late 2016 site refresh
- The Fujinon XF35mm f/2 review
- New outdoor articles available to read now
- Finding the right one
- Backpacking the Alder Trail – a mini-guide
- Pausing for breath
- The Alder Trail – Field Notes
- Further thoughts on iPad photography workflows
- News – The Alder Trail in Trail Magazine, and Sidetracked Volume 8
- The Making of Mickey Bell by Kellan MacInnes – Book Review
- iPad mobile photography workflows in 2016
- The Skye Trail – field notes
- The Fujifilm X-E1 review
- Are trail shoes durable enough?
- The most important thing
- Icefall by Alex Staniforth – book review
- Haute Route Pyrenees gear report
- Ulysses 2.6 review
- Do wind farms really have no effect on tourism?
- Photos from the Pyrenees
- HRP/GR 11 Day 12
- HRP/GR11 Day 11
- HRP/GR11 Day 10
- HRP/GR11 Day 9
- HRP & GR11 Day 8
- HRP Day 7
- HRP Day 6
- HRP Day 5
- HRP Day 4
- HRP Day 3
- HRP Day 2
- HRP Day 1
- Book review and interview: Minigrooves by Riccardo Mori
- Hiking a section of the Haute Route Pyrenees and GR11
- Haute Route Pyrenees gear list
- The Locked Web is out on Kindle – plus an easter egg
- Book review and interview: Low Fidelity by Riccardo Mori
- The Tour of Monte Rosa in TGO Magazine
- → Backup systems for travel photography
- Lili Marlene and misplaced nostalgia
- A summer solstice bivouac amongst the dunes
- A new way to follow posts on Alexroddie.com
- A Haute Route Pyrenees section hike, summer 2016
- Why I’m voting Remain
- ➝ Down the rabbit hole
- ➝ Smartphones and GPS in the hills
- When plans change
- Turning Thirty
- Retreat from Jotunheimen
- Gear review: Speedster 30ml meths/alcohol backpacking stove
- Book review: Snow on the Equator by H.W. Tilman
- → Sidetracked Volume Seven is available to pre-order
- → Against the grain
- Freelance editing and writing with the iPad and iOS 9.x
- Adjustments on and off the trail
- The Future Of Trip Reports On This Site
- Scotland 2016 gear list and kit decisions
- My planned Scottish backpacking route, April – May 2016
- I joined the Trailstar club
- Spoiler-free review – Life of a Mountain: Blencathra by Terry Abraham
- Yorkshire Dales Wild Walk in the latest issue of TGO
- New interview in the Spectrum Books Podcast
- The silence of the meadows
- Photography equipment upgrades for 2016
- Availability update for freelance editorial work
- Mountain Podcast, Episode 5: The Angel of Camasunary
- New Cape Wrath Trail feature in Top Trails
- Gear Review: Grivel G1 New Classic crampons
- The Lochaber Traverse in winter
- Book review and interview: ‘Out There’ by Chris Townsend
- Ten years ago, I chose adventure
- First look: Out There, the new book by Chris Townsend
- Birdwatching at Gibraltar Point
- Ordnance Survey print-on-demand mapping: first look
- How to photograph the moon
- Twitter journalism and mountain tragedy
- Spring arrives
- Sidetracked Volume Six is here
- Going paperless in the hills – how feasible is it?
- Thoughts on #RIPTwitter
- A few photos from the Ben Alder area
- Sidetracked Volume Six is available to pre-order
- An exciting new alternate history anthology out now
- Plans for a winter backpacking trip to the Ben Alder area
- On writing a trilogy, by Gordon Bickerstaff
- Review: Mountain Podcast, Episode 3
- Book review: the Auto Series by David Wailing
- Life on Mars
- There will always be gatekeepers
- Sad news from Glen Coe – and some perspective
- The Poet and the Captain
- New feature in latest issue of Mountain Pro Magazine
- Reading habits in 2016 and beyond
- Review: Merrell All Out Peak trail shoes
- A moment in time: November 30th, 2009
- Writing effective dialogue in fiction
- 2015 in review
- Aurora in Lincolnshire
- Starting from zero
- The next 750 miles
- The photos you’ll never look at again
- Flooding and the spectre of climate change
- A Blizzard on Ben Nevis
- Crime and Punishment is here!
- Identity
- Cold Witness now available on Kindle
- ‘Beyond the Wall’ Books One and Two by Lucas Bale launched
- A night in the woods
- Review: Grisport Peaklander hiking boots
- Book spotlight: Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest
- Review and interview: Mountain podcast, Episode 1
- Mountain Weather UK — hands-on review
- ‘Crime and Punishment’ cover reveal
- Much ado about Naeboots
- Sidetracked Volume Five is here
- Book review: Thru-hiking will Break your Heart by Carrot Quinn
- Cape Wrath Trail talk for the local Scouts
- Lightening the winter load: ice axe and crampons for lightweight backpacking
- First look: Grisport Peaklander boots
- Book review: Hyperion by Dan Simmons
- Book review: One Day as a Tiger by John Porter
- Photographing the ‘super blood moon’ total lunar eclipse
- The Tour of Monte Rosa gear debrief
- Sidetracked Volume Five is available to pre-order
- New Cape Wrath Trail feature in TGO magazine October 2015
- The Tour of Monte Rosa diaries
- Tour of Monte Rosa day 9
- Tour of Monte Rosa day 8
- Tour of Monte Rosa day 7
- Tour of Monte Rosa day 6
- Tour of Monte Rosa day 5
- Tour of Monte Rosa day 4
- Tour of Monte Rosa day 3
- Tour of Monte Rosa day 2
- Tour of Monte Rosa day 1
- The 2015 Festival of Drabbles – calling short fiction writers!
- The Tour of Monte Rosa – final preparations
- Fujifilm X30 mirrorless compact camera review
- Electronics on the trail – what works for me
- Preparations for the Tour of Monte Rosa
- I tried to recover my hacked Vodafone account and you won’t believe what happened next
- The Cape Wrath Trail gear debrief
- Welcome to the new site
- Major website maintenance in progress
- The Cape Wrath Trail days 18 – 20
- The Cape Wrath Trail days 15 – 17
- Feature on Professor Forbes and alpine glaciers in Mountain Pro Magazine
- Book review: Ruin by Harry Manners
- The Cape Wrath Trail days 11 – 14
- The Cape Wrath Trail days 7 – 10
- The Cape Wrath Trail days 4 – 6
- The Cape Wrath Trail days 1 – 3
- The Cape Wrath Trail diaries
- The adventure begins
- Sidetracked Volume Four is here
- Book review and interview: A Shroud of Night and Tears by Lucas Bale
- Cape Wrath Trail Gear List
- First look: Walking the Border by Ian Crofton
- Backpacking in the Yorkshire Dales
- Ten years ago
- The Tarptent Notch backpacking tent — First Impressions
- Book review: Between the Sunset and the Sea by Simon Ingram
- Preparations for the Cape Wrath Trail
- Lightweight stoves for backpacking — the alcohol option
- A Tour of Kinder Scout
- Book review: Moonwalker by Alan Rowan
- Character focus: Josette Barbier
- Inov-8 Roclite 295 trail shoes — first impressions
- Ditching the infinity machine — five months later
- Alpine Dawn II — a teaser
- The 2015 site refresh — words, mountains, imagination
- The Grand Route Forbes — a long-distance hike in the Alps
- First look: Between the Sunset and the Sea by Simon Ingram
- No Way Home is out — the best new voices in science fiction
- More about Cold Witness, the first story by A. S. Sinclair
- The Caplich Wind Farm proposal threatens the wild land of Scotland
- Snowshoes on Bynack More
- I forgot I was a backpacker
- Book review: Rattlesnakes and Bald Eagles by Chris Townsend
- Illustrations from after the Alpine golden age
- Introducing No Way Home, a speculative fiction anthology
- Book review: The Walk Up Nameless Ridge by Hugh Howey
- Happy Christmas!
- Kindle editions discounted for Christmas
- The Atholl Expedition listed in top outdoor literature of 2014
- The camera of the Abraham brothers returns to the Lakeland crags
- Christmas paperback stock update
- The Terror by Dan Simmons — Book Review
- I Adhere to the Ethical Author Code
- Alpine Dawn II progress report
- Your story already exists
- The TGO Awards 2014
- Helvellyn with Mark Richards — film review
- Forty-eight hours at the Lairig Leacach bothy — a typecast
- Book review and interview: Defiance by Lucas Bale
- Book review and interview: Low Fidelity by Riccardo Mori
- Ditching the Infinity Machine — going smartphone-free in the hills
- The gift of impermanent permanence
- The Atholl Expedition featured in Mountain Pro Magazine
- The Atholl Expedition shortlisted for Outdoor Book of the Year Award 2014 — Please Vote!
- When’s the next book coming out, Alex?
- Thoughts on Kindle Unlimited, KDP Select, and being exclusive to Amazon
- Announcing the Pinnacle Editorial Press edition of The Only Genuine Jones
- British climbing is changing
- How’s the new job going, Alex?
- How Not to Self-Publish by Rosen Trevithick — book review
- One hundred and fifty years
- The Ascent of Sasseneire
- Introducing Pinnacle Editorial
- I quit the day job
- The Heretic by Lucas Bale – book review
- Aosta to Evolene – an Alpine journey in the footsteps of Professor Forbes
- Three years of work on Alpine Dawn
- The Atholl Expedition reviewed in ScotWays newsletter
- A return to the Western Alps
- The Great Ridge of Edale
- Last Hours on Everest by Graham Hoyland: book review
- Life of a Mountain – Scafell Pike: film review
- Returning to places of inspiration
- Book Spotlight – Last Hours on Everest by Graham Hoyland
- #TheAthollExpedition reviewed by TGO magazine
- New online interview with Andrew Mazibrada
- A Scottish Winter Season Missed
- #TheAthollExpedition Goodreads competition is now closed
- Breaking the ice on a new novel – the pilot chapter method
- Should George Mallory’s ice axe remain in the UK?
- #TheAthollExpedition reviewed by Trail magazine
- Scotland’s last glacier … as it appears in the present day!
- The Solomon Gordon papers, 1787 – 1789
- The Summits of Modern Man by Peter Hansen: Book Review
- Winter climbing conditions – how much information is too much?
- The Atholl Expedition Goodreads giveaway
- Avalanche
- #TheAthollExpedition Twitter competition – we have a winner!
- George Mallory on Ben Nevis … in 1906!
- Win a signed copy of #TheAthollExpedition on Twitter
- Featured in the Scottish Sunday Mail today
- Planning for success – five years of Glencoe Mountaineer
- The Atholl Expedition in paperback – now taking orders
- The Mounth Passes by Neil Ramsay and Nate Pedersen: book review
- On the threshold of a new dawn
- Registration for signed paperback copies of #TheAthollExpedition is now open
- Scotland’s last surviving glacier lasted into the 1700s, research shows
- Focused writing apps for Windows 8
- 1759 – the point of divergence
- Mountain Classics – The Mountain Men by Alan Hankinson
- Defeated by Lochnagar but inspired by Balmoral
- The best Android apps for writers (part two)
- The Atholl Expedition Featured on UKHillwalking.com
- 2013 – my year in review
- The Atholl Expedition in paperback – a work in progress
- The Atholl Expedition is off to a great start
- The Atholl Expedition is finally here on Kindle – please share!
- The Atholl Expedition will launch on Christmas Eve
- The Only Genuine Jones Christmas sale – now 77p on Kindle
- Mountain Classics – Scrambles Amongst the Alps by Edward Whymper
- Every author needs a support team
- 19th century glacier travel – a brief analysis
- Book Spotlight – The Summits of Modern Man by Peter Hansen
- The Atholl Expedition – introducing illustrations by Catherine Speakman
- How to turn an Android phone into a dedicated GPS device
- Featured on The Gear – a great new website for outdoor enthusiasts
- The Atholl Expedition: location photo gallery
- The Atholl Expedition moves into beta
- The magic of early winter in the Highlands
- A plea to reviewers of The Only Genuine Jones
- Two months writing with a vintage Mac
- I have a rough draft for “The Atholl Expedition”
- My first year as a published author
- Why I love the 1840s
- New review for The Only Genuine Jones
- A week of mist and magic in Glen Shiel
- I’m off on an adventure
- Blog Spotlight: self powered
- A cover reveal and title change for my next book
- The 2013 #Scotwinter Sweepstakes: we have some winners!
- An interview with Terry Abraham, mountain film-maker
- Visiting the Grave of Owen Glynne Jones
- Work draws to a close on “The Atholl Expedition”
- The quest for distraction-free writing
- Blog Spotlight: The Mountain’s Silhouette
- The best Android apps for writers (part one)
- The 2013 #Scotwinter Sweepstakes: place your bets!
- The mountains of my life: Ben Nevis
- Currently reading: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
- New interview on The Cult of Me
- Lowdown on the Upland of Mar by Joe Dorward: book review
- New author interview on the blog of John Burns
- Blog spotlight: Glencoe Mountaineer
- The Cairngorms in Winter with Chris Townsend – film review
- The Only Genuine Jones wins Indie Book of the Day award
- The mountains of my life: Aonach Dubh West Face
- Character gallery for The Atholl Expedition
- Everest – The First Ascent by Harriet Tuckey: book review
- A sample scene from “The Atholl Expedition”
- “Dare to Dream” by Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton – book review
- An interview with John D Burns, outdoor blogger and Aleister Crowley playwright
- The Ascent of Cairn Toul and a crossing of the Braeriach Plateau
- Backpacking from Blair Atholl to Aviemore
- I’m off on an adventure!
- New interview on Jonathan Hill’s blog
- New short fiction competition hosted by Michael Brookes
- New article published on UKHillwalking.com
- First look – EVEREST: THE FIRST ASCENT by Harriet Tuckey
- Avalanche by moonlight
- The Chomolungma Diaries by Mark Horrell
- A different kind of Kindle promotion: the well-timed price drop
- “The Only Genuine Jones” is 79p on Kindle for a limited time only
- The mountains of my life – Castor, my first Alpine peak
- Work underway on “Forbes’ Challenge”
- The ugly side of climbing and mountaineering culture
- Climbing with an Alpenstock
- The mountains of my life – Stob Ban, my first Munro
- Recent reviews for “Crowley’s Rival”
- Amazon deleting reviews – the plot thickens
- The mountains of my life – Tryfan
- TGO magazine reviews “The Only Genuine Jones”
- New research regarding Scotland’s Yeti legend
- “The Only Genuine Jones” gets an amazing review from MyOutdoors
- More webcams in the hills: an answer to the mountain safety question?
- The mountains of my life – Bowfell
- Exclusive book extract on UKClimbing.com
- An interview with Jamie Hageman, mountain and landscape artist
- An interview with Nick Livesey, mountain photographer
- An interview with Gordon Stainforth, author of FIVA
- Scottish winter climbing: the future
- Hosting an indie book launch event
- “What about the next book?”
- And the winner is…
- Last day of “The Only Genuine Jones” Goodreads giveaway
- To look but not to touch – Glen Coe at its finest
- My first book launch (spoiler: a success!)
- “Crowley’s Rival” is free on Kindle until Thursday
- “How can I get hold of a paperback copy of OGJ?”
- All is ready for the book launch
- Pre-orders now being taken for “The Only Genuine Jones” paperback edition
- The war on mountain freedom is still raging
- The ascent of the Pinnacle Face: anatomy of a near-disaster
- The freedom of the hills is under threat
- 392 years ago in a snow-swept Scottish glen…
- Mask of the Macabre by David Haynes
- BBC Radio Scotland interview: the response
- New monthly mailing list – and some publicity
- Win a signed copy of “The Only Genuine Jones!”
- The Great Stink by Clare Clark: book review
- Running an ad on Goodreads: my experience
- A sneak preview of Alpine Dawn, my work in progress
- Drabble #2: “Second Flight”
- Scottish photoshoot – the author in his natural environment
- OGJ paperback launch: T minus one month and counting
- Drabble #1: “First Flight”
- The Beinn Fhada ridge, Glencoe
- BBC Out of Doors interview on location in Glencoe
- Rest In Peace
- A night on the mountain
- The 2nd FeedARead copy is here–and a possible challenge
- Recent stunning reviews for “The Only Genuine Jones”
- Book launch poster
- An update on my progress with FeedARead
- Equipment for Victorian climbers: puttees
- Now reading: THE GREAT STINK by Clare Clark
- Sherlock Holmes and Young Winston: The Deadwood Stage by Mike Hogan (book review)
- Facts and the historical novelist
- End of year update on “Alpine Dawn”
- “The Only Genuine Jones” paperback launch event, Feb 27th, Glencoe
- A Mountain Writer’s Christmas
- Merry Christmas!
- The Only Genuine Jones is on special offer for 99p!
- Caleb’s List by Kellan MacInnes: book review
- The first ever paperback copy of my first novel is here
- Crowley’s Rival is now available on Amazon Kindle
- My experience so far with FeedARead print on demand publishing
- Looking back on 2012 from an author’s perspective
- Maurice Herzog, Himalayan pioneer, 1919 – 2012
- This website is undergoing a redesign
- Crowley’s Rival will be available from the 19th of December
- The Ice World
- Now reading: Caleb’s List by Kellan MacInnes
- The Last Mountain by Malcolm Havard: book review
- Oscar Eckenstein: the first true innovator of climbing equipment?
- Paperback covers for print on demand with FeedARead
- Mountain inns and communities: worlds apart
- The writer’s relationship with landscape
- “Crowley’s Rival” takes shape. Plus: cover designs!
- “We should think about turning back.”
- Autumn snowcraft on Stob Coire nan Lochan
- An aquatic scramble on the north face of Aonach Dubh
- “Breaching the Fortress” by Harold Raeburn: a companion article to OGJ
- “The Only Genuine Jones” is now available on Kobo books
- A few more illustrations
- Illustrating the paperback edition
- Ninety-four years ago…
- New Crowley/Jones story in progress
- A selection of recent reviews
- Winter of the World by Ken Follett: book review
- The Central Gully of Bidean nam Bian
- New guest blog post: Growing up with Mountains
- The second week: growing enthusiasm, and short stories to look forward to
- The Mountaineer’s Library
- The poster campaign begins
- The First Week
- Contrast
- The Only Genuine Jones now available in all major ebook formats
- North Wall by Roger Hubank: book review
- The paperback version and beyond
- Launch day: from bottom of the pile to bestseller in the mountaineering category
- My book is now available on Amazon Kindle
- The countdown is almost over
- Some ambience and atmosphere to get you in the mood for the book launch
- New article published on UKClimbing.com
- The writer’s notebook(s)
- The final sprint
- Keeping the enthusiasm burning: seven years in retrospect
- The 21st draws closer!
- The stories will never come to an end: a celebration of humanity in the mountains
- Historical climbing re-enactment on Countryfile
- One month until OGJ arrives on Kindle
- Book trailer now out!
- The Only Genuine Jones: Frequently Asked Questions
- October the 21st: a date to put in your diary
- Autumn: my most productive time of year
- In our September…
- My views on the new Kindle Paperwhite
- Progress report on OGJ
- Review: Echoes: One Climber’s Hard Road to Freedom
- The creation of the Kindle Edition of “The Only Genuine Jones”
- Technology for writers, a second look
- Blurb and pitching woes
- The quest for the sublime in the Alps
- Review: A Lakeland Climbing Pioneer: John Wilson Robinson of Whinfell Hall
- Editing, writing, and writing about editing and writing
- Work begins on ‘Alpine Dawn’
- Review: Curiosities of London Life
- A writer’s holiday in Snowdonia
- Aerial views of London from 1891
- Review: FIVA: An Adventure That Went Wrong
- Social media update
- Review: Hazard’s Way
- It’s time to write a blurb
- I have a cover design!
- Some thoughts on constructing a plot
- Switzerland (oh to be there in the summer!)
- Review: The Living Mountain
- Five years since work began on OGJ
- And once again I face the red pen of doom (aka. the mss has been sent for editing)
- Review: The Silver Dark Sea by Susan Fletcher
- I am making progress
- Review: Let’s Get Digital: How To Self-Publish, And Why You Should
- Exciting new book release
- New design
- The first step
- One decade later …
- The post-PC, post-print revolution, and how it affects writers
- Something a little different
- A gold mine
- The boundary between research and prewriting
- Terra Incognita
- Rejection letter
- Words of wisdom from Professor James Forbes
- Writerly thoughts for the day
- Review: The History Of Pendennis
- The ice axe as a symbol
- The next step
- First thoughts on the Amazon Kindle
- First post in over three years
- Winter Mountaineering – a tale to make you laugh!
- Curved Ridge
- A traditional day out
- I’m in Glencoe!
- The New Plan in motion!
- Pollux South-West Ridge (AD)
- Mont Blanc du Tacul, 4248m, NW Face (Normal Route)
- Our first route of the season
- Expedition report … warning: lengthy!
- Lyskamm