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The December issue of The Great Outdoors is out now and unsurprisingly it has a snowy theme including a big feature on winter ...

I'm delighted and thrilled that my book on my walk the length of the Canadian Rockies is available again in a brand new ...

Backpacking stove gas canisters tend to be replaced when almost empty because the heat from them is no longer enough to be of use. At least ... I was saddened to hear recently of the death of Robert ...

Tangled forest in Clais an Dunain An interesting exhibition on the First People Of The Spey at the excellent Grantown-on-Spey ...

Back in June I decided to stop my Cape Wrath Trail walk at Inchnadamph, some 47 miles/75km from the finish, due to an unseasonally cold and windy storm (see here). I didn’t feel like battling into the ...

Backpacking stove gas canisters tend to be replaced when almost empty because the heat from them is no longer enough to be of use. At least ... Paramo Katmai shirt. Pacific Northwest Trail, 2010 This ...

I was saddened to hear recently of the death of Robert Saunders, one of the pioneers of modern lightweight tent design. Back in the 1970s he ...

Nature and adventure photographer John Beatty has recently published his Wild Nature Diary and Calendar for 2025 in partnership with the John Muir Trust and they are as superb as ever, packed with ...