Blogger Network weekly highlights, 19 April 2019
19th April 2019
This week’s top reads from our Blogger Network: the pre-TGO Challenge daunder, outdoor adventures with children, Mogollon Rim Trail, and falling in love with a bicycle.
Buyers' Guide: Windshells
Our guide to windshells – one of the most versatile items of clothing for mountain use.
Scientists to study health and genetics of reintroduced red squirrels in Scottish Highlands
The health and genetics of red squirrels reintroduced to woodlands in the Scottish Highlands by conservation charity Trees for Life are to be studied by scientists at the University of Edinburgh.
UK's first ever disabled inclusive off road race to set Guinness World Record
Chris Nicholson, who has pushed his way to the top of Snowdon in his wheelchair, has joined event organisers OMM to setup the first ever able bodied & disabled inclusive trail race in the UK at Cannock Chase on the 6th May.
History vs hydro power in Glen Etive
Many outdoor enthusiasts were dismayed to hear of the recent approval of seven hydro-electricity schemes in Glen Etive. With Highland Council due to meet soon to reconsider three of the schemes, Richard Baynes takes a look at the arguments
Research confirms that time outdoors improves women's mental wellbeing
A fascinating new piece of research released today, on International Women’s Day, reveals the huge positive impact of adventurous activity outdoors on the lives of women in the UK and around the world.
Gear News
Jack Wolfskin And The National Trust Launch Eco-Friendly Outdoor Clothing Collection
18th April 2019
Chris’s Column: Mammut Rime Flex Insulated Jacket
10th April 2019
Gear news: new waterproofs from Berghaus
5th April 2019
Chris’s Column: Rab Xenon Gloves
24th March 2019
Independent testing demonstrates PrimaLoft® Bio™ fibres are fully recyclable
20th March 2019
Vaude launch the Prokyon ZIP 28, a new daypack for hillwalking
15th March 2019
Latest Articles
Buyers’ Guide: Windshells
18th April 2019
Our guide to windshells – one of the most versatile items of clothing for mountain use.
New Walking Festival Covering Entire Welsh Coastline Launches This Spring
18th April 2019
This May, the Wales Coast Path and Ramblers Cymru will launch a new walking festival to celebrate seven years of the uninterrupted 870-mile coast path, with walks covering the entire coastline. Taking place 4th -19th May 2019, the festival will…
Getting lost: Following the flags on Fairfield by Harrison Ward
17th April 2019
"I veered off my original intended path and began to follow the flags. The relentless fog hadn’t lifted all night, so visibility was non-existent – but I could recognise the lay of the land beneath me and was confident that I was retracing fells I had done many times"
Top 5 views on the GR54 (Tour of the Écrins National Park)
16th April 2019
Andrew McCluggage says the GR54 is the best Alpine trek you have never heard of. In fact, it is arguably the finest Alpine trek of all, making a circumnavigation of the unforgettable Écrins National Park – one of France’s ‘crown jewels’.
European Outdoor Conservation Association project funding – results of public vote announced
16th April 2019
The results of a public vote have now been announced, in which readers of The Great Outdoors helped to choose which of these four projects – all focused on clearing up plastic pollution in mountain areas around the world – will receive funds raised by the European outdoor industry.
Book review: The Unlikeliest Backpacker by Kathryn Barnes
15th April 2019
Chiara Bullen reviews The Unlikeliest Backpacker by Kathryn Barnes: "I barely turned a page without chuckling"
BMC campaign wins open access to the Welsh Coast
15th April 2019
In a big win for a key part of a long-running BMC campaign to improve access in Wales, walkers and climbers should be able to freely access coastal areas and sea cliffs as a part of a shake-up of access law recently announced by the Welsh Government.