The Great Outdoors – July 2019

Summit celebrations Photo: Sabine Zawadzki Andrew Walker, Sally Phillips, Mick Hopkins and friends Photo: Carl Mynott Leaving Ac ...

2019 supporters We are very grateful to the supporters of this year’s Challenge: River crossing at Gaick Photo: Ali Ogden A shor ...

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1-31 JUNE Big Fit Walk SCOTLAND The Big Fit Walk, an annual event from Paths for All, sees hundreds of 30-minute walks take plac ...

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Just Another Mountain by Sarah Jane Douglas Elliot and Thompson, £14.99 MUCH LIKE the mountain walks she uses to ease the troubl ...

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Going wild – at a price? Roger Smith looks at a curious proposal to monetise ‘wild’ camping in England’s National Parks where wi ...

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Wild WALK THE with the John Muir Trust This iconic Munro is in much better shape than it was a few years ago thanks to the hard ...

WALK HERE Becoming a member of the John Muir Trust is a great way to help take care of the wild places you love now and in the f ...

THE QUOTATION below, from the fine old Welsh scholar Ifor Williams, captures one of the things I love about the Carneddau. This ...

Carnedd Llywelyn viewed from Pen yr Helgi Du Photo: Julian Cartwright / Alamy July 2019 The Great Outdoors 33 ...

PASSING 34 The Great Outdoors July 2019 ...

PHOTOGRAPHY: KEITH FERGUS Keith Fergus walks in the footsteps of drovers along the lesser known of the two great passes of the C ...

STANDING AT A HEIGHT of around 800m, there were two things that struck me. One: I could see no roads or any signs of human habit ...

HERITAGE PATHS Over the last 10 years Scotways (also known as the Scottish Rights of Way Society) has identified, recorded and d ...

[above] The final few miles back along the Allt Mor Trail [above right] The spectacular Northern Corries and the domed summit of ...

provided a sanctuary for walkers, climbers, soldiers and even Prime Ministers – Ramsay MacDonald apparently spent a night here – ...

GREEN Leaving his car at home, James Forrest heads to Lakeland by train and bus for an environmentally friendly weekend trip aro ...