The Great Outdoors Spring 2019

When you ind yourself somewhere new, it’s tough to know where to turn for quality outdoor advice. The most popular routes in the ...

7 MARCH – AUGUST 1 Cyfoeth ein Corsydd Exhibition YR YSGWRN, TRAWSFYNYDD The history and traditions of peatlands are brought to ...

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Gabriel Stewart Why did you decide to walk 1,000 miles around the UK for your gap year? When I was 16 I was on a train, enjoying ...

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn Penguin, £9.99 THIS HIGHLY READABLE BOOK has been rightly described as “a tale of hope over despair ...

Many walkers appreciate the added support offered by trekking poles Readers’ page Share your views, your experiences and your fa ...

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Signs of the times Should we have more mountain signposts? Roger Smith looks at the arguments for and against climbing the hills ...

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HOW TO APPROACH this loneliest of Welsh hills is a conundrum. Most guidebook writers suggest doing so from the east, from the he ...

Cairn on Drygarn Fawr Photo: Tim Duckworth / Alamy Spring 2019 The Great Outdoors 31 ...

LOCALS RECOMMEND Nobody knows a destination better than its locals. We invited five outdoor writers to tell us about the enviabl ...

I grew up among the gentle hills of Wiltshire, but when I headed north, it wasn’t in search of mountains, it was to Newcastle – ...

Even when I lived in Glasgow working on The Great Outdoors magazine, my heart belonged to Yorkshire. On the 200-mile journey sou ...

Devon wasn’t my original home; my irst walking experiences were on the Malvern Hills in landlocked Worcestershire, but, thanks t ...

I was born in south-east England but as a budding outdoor writer I felt the need to move to my place of work and that meant swa ...

Cribyn & N escarpment from Pen y Fan 98 The Great Outdoors Spring 2019 below as we cycled along. Llyn y Gader looked so invi ...

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Photographer Alex Nail heads to one of Scotland's Beinn Dearg, a Corbett that's often neglected FORGOTTEN 40 The Great Outdoors ...