Book review: Greenery by Tim Dee
9th May 2020
It’s the descriptions of birds that stay with Alex Roddie long after he’s put this ‘remarkable’ book down.
Articles
Lockdown stories: “Lots of my friends find it odd that I live where I do”
7th May 2020
Sarah Duce hasn’t had any problem socially distancing herself – she lives in a remote part of Harris. Here, she describes how lockdown is affecting her life in the Outer Hebrides.
“Most of the time we are floating off Mexico’s west coast”
5th May 2020
In the latest of our lockdown stories, Brian Laird describes what it’s like being an outdoors lover stranded at sea.
When lockdown lifts, how will we go back to the outdoors?
4th May 2020
From avoiding a “mad rush” to the hills, to developing PPE that works for mountain rescuers, returning to the outdoors after lockdown could be complicated. We spoke to some the organisations wrestling with the challenges – and possible solutions.
Lockdown stories: “our mountains are free of human presence”
30th April 2020
We’ve featured lockdown stories from hill walkers self-isolating in tower blocks and city-centre flats, but what’s it like living in one of the mountainous regions we’re all yearning to get to? Kirstie Smith reports from Arran.
What I learned from walking around the world
27th April 2020
Tom Fremantle has spent the last year-and-a-half hiking across the world. Now, grounded by lockdown, he shares what he’s learned about the ‘absolute joy’ of walking.
Opinion: I don’t want to go back to ‘normal’ after lockdown ends – do you?
23rd April 2020
According to a new poll, fewer than 9 in 10 Britons want to return to their pre-lockdown lives. Hillwalker Hanna Lindon asks what the ‘new normal’ might look like.
Lockdown stories: “I turned the kitchen into a bird hide”
22nd April 2020
He might be locked down in a top-floor Glasgow flat, but Mark Connelly has found an incredible way of bringing the outdoors indoors.