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21st October 2019
With paths across the country degenerating into erosion scars, TGO Challenge organisers Sue Oxley and Ali Ogden ask if we need to think more carefully about the impact of our feet on the landscape. Across Scotland,…
4th October 2019
John Allen spent thirty years in the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team and shares the incredible tales and lessons learned in his book, Cairngorm John. Ahead of the book’s 10th anniversary edition (published by Sandstones Press in…
23rd September 2019
Rewilding schemes are gathering steam across the country – so what will the impact be on Britain’s mountains? Hanna Lindon looks to the future. Forty million birds gone from our skies since the 1960s. That’s…
12th September 2019
Filming natural wonders for The BBC’s Blue Planet, Frozen Planet, Planet Earth and other major programmes, Doug Allan has the kind of job most of us could only dream about. After 36 years of witnessing…
10th September 2019
The end is in sight for Chris Townsend as he heads into the storm after a brief respite on his Colorado hike. I watched Andrew head off down into the forest. I was grateful for…
5th September 2019
After his kids were inspired by images they saw on Instagram, Andrew Watson needed no excuse to take a family holiday to the Norwegian fjords. Was ‘that’ rock as scary as it looked? Social media…
5th September 2019
Think the Faroe Islands are too wet, windy, expensive or inaccessible? Think again, says Craig Weldon – this is one of the most distinctive places in the world. Not that many UK-based walkers have been…
3rd September 2019
Did you know that Britain has rainforests? Sarah Stirling delves into the wildwoods of Wales to discover an overlooked part of our natural heritage. Just outside a back-of-beyond village, which suits its elvish-sounding name of Maentwrog, we take…
26th August 2019
The preceding bridge succumbed to the 2017 floods and left a river crossing that was dangerous or even impossible in flood conditions. The new Carnach Bridge was officially opened on 23 August 2019 by Camusrory…
14th August 2019
One of the most coveted – and challenging – roles in the British mountains is up for grabs. The Lake District national park is seeking an experienced mountaineer to become a ‘Fell Top Assessor’ –…
9th August 2019
The groundbreaking play inspired by Sheffield walking club is back for 2019 A few years ago, The Great Outdoors published an interview with Maxwell Ayamba, charismatic founder of the Sheffield-based walking club originally called 100…
