Notes - Alex Roddie

8 Mar 2023

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Home...

Yesterday, after packing all our stuff into a big red van, we made the drive back up north from Lincolnshire to our new home in Scotland. Dire warnings of snow spiced things up a bit, but in fact we barely saw a speck of snow on the drive, and skies

2 Mar 2023

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A first walk in my local hills after the move to Scotland

Yesterday, Hannah and I moved into our new house near Forfar. We've got a to-do list as long as my arm, but today I managed to escape up into the Sidlaws, our local hills, for a couple of hours...

26 Feb 2023

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Operation Move to Scotland is go

In March 2022, I made a decision: it was time to move back to Scotland. Next week it is finally happening.

21 Feb 2023

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Join me for a free online talk about long-distance walking this Thursday

At 8pm UK time on Thursday the 23rd of February, I'm delighted to be joining renowned outdoor writers Andrew Terrill and Chris Townsend for a chat hosted by Tim Frenneaux of the Adventurous Ink book club. Tickets are free – get yours here. Our conversation will be about the benefit of

4 Feb 2023

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A return to the Suffolk Sandlings, and some thoughts on photography and memory

You can never go back, they say. But next week I am doing exactly that.

23 Jan 2023

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Ten years ago: winter climbing in Glen Coe with the equipment of the pioneers

A decade ago was my final climb using the 19th-century mountaineering equipment I used during my Glen Coe years.

22 Jan 2023

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What I've been reading lately: the Dartmoor Debacle, putting the photo first, smartphone navigation, and the problem with AI

A mixture of topics this time, from recent controversies in the outdoors world to the impact of AI on the creative fields (oh, and the crappification of consumer goods).