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New TGO out today!

The new TGO is out today. It's a backpacking special, including a free TGO Challenge supplement with entry forms for next year's event

Leo Houlding and Mick Fowler on tour

A pair of globetrotting British mountaineers will tour the UK as part of a speaking tour organised by Berghaus.

Nature writing prize open for entries

Ann Palmer, the winner of last year’s Earth Vision international writing competition, is hoping to encourage more British entries to this year’s contest, which is held to support the cause of writing on nature and ecology.

Gear

Vaude Power Lizard

TGO's Cameron McNeish reviews Vaude's lightweight Power Lizard tent. Look out for a full review in TGO soon!

Inov-8 Roclite 400 boots

TGO's Cameron McNeish reviews the world's lightest leather Gore-Tex boots. Read a full review in next month's TGO - out October 6.

Sir Chris Bonington to open the 100th Blacks store

A talk by Sir Chris Bonington will mark the opening of the 100th Blacks store in Liverpool today (September 2).

Walks

Beinn Airigh Charr

It was a song – Loch Maree Islands – that first introduced me to what was then known as the Whitbread Wilderness, a great swathe of wild mountainous land that lies between Loch Maree and Little Loch Broom in Wester Ross.

Gower

It was a finalist in the ITV series Britain’s Favourite View (the only nomination in Wales) three years ago and appears regularly in those ‘top 10’ lists beloved by papers. Having seen it with my own eyes for the first time recently I know now why. Three Cliffs Bay on the south Gower coast is, quite simply, captivating.

Llangollen

I couldn’t believe it. My meeting had finished surprisingly early and here I was on a Friday afternoon standing in the middle of Llangollen on one of the longest days of the year.

The Roaches

For six glorious years I lived just 20 minutes away from the Roaches, where a distinctive gritstone crest boldly marks the south-western edge of the Peak District.