Skills: staying safe in thunderstorms
13th June 2019
Author and outdoor instructor Kevin Walker looks at how to stay safe in thunderstorms
Articles
Menstruation on the Mountains
13th June 2019
Chiara Bullen asks if there’s enough education on how to deal with sanitary products on the mountains, and explores what alternative options are out there. It was a grey and gritty day when my group of friends and I began…
Review: Haglöfs Grym Evo Jacket
11th June 2019
Chiara Bullen reviews the eco-friendly Grym Evo Jacket from Haglöfs — the perfect choice for those days when the weather is full of surprises. As I stepped out the car at the foot of Ben Lomond, I looked at the…
Review: Walking in Cumbria’s Eden Valley by Vivienne Crow
11th June 2019
Vivienne Crow’s field guide to walks in the Eden Valley area, first published in 2011, was recently released as a second edition.
Mountaineering Scotland launch new conservation strategy with a call to “Tak it Hame”
11th June 2019
Mountaineering Scotland has launched its own conservation strategy – and marked the occasion with a hillside litter-pick.
The End of Winter by Alex Roddie
6th June 2019
The Cape Wrath Trail is among the UK’s toughest but also most rewarding long-distance routes – where better to find solitude and a break from the noise of switched-on modern living?
Conservation news: Hunt launched across northwest Scotland to help save one of UK’s rarest bumblebees
6th June 2019
People taking their holidays in northwest Scotland this summer are being asked to help identify some of the last locations of one of the UK’s rarest bumblebees, in a new bid by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to pull the insect back from the brink of extinction.
Company profile: Magic Hill Holidays, helping you enjoy the hike of a lifetime along the Camino
5th June 2019
Magic Hill Holidays is an Irish Camino Specialist company which focuses on providing organised – hassle-free – Camino trips at competitive prices.
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