1st September 2024
Creator of the Month: Listen to the landscape with sound artist Dan Fox
Encounter the sounds of nature as you’ve never heard them before with Sound Interventions' outdoor installations.
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Latest articles from TGO
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16th August 2024
Skills: How to read and understand summer mountain weather
International Mountain Leader Fiona Chappell outlines what she has come to understand about our ever-fickle summers in the mountains over two decades.
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15th August 2024
Bivvy 101: A beginners’ guide to bivvying
Ian Kirk, Freelance Instructor at Glennmore Lodge, shares his eight top tips so your bivvying experience is memorable for all the right reasons.
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15th August 2024
High hopes: leading Scotland’s first British Sign Language navigation course
As a Deaf person who seeks the calm of adventure in her Highlands home, Morag Skelton shares and what a new navigation course may mean for accessibility outdoors for d/Deaf people in Britain.
Gear guides
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6th August 2024
Best hiking pants for 2024
The Great Outdoors team’s favorite hiking pants for this year. We’ve selected a bunch of different options to suit a variety of outdoor adventures – and budgets too.
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6th August 2024
The best GPS watches for hiking 2024
The best GPS watches can aid mountain navigation and help to keep you fit. Alex Roddie tests eight of them.
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1st August 2024
Best family tents for 2024
John Manning takes a look at a mixed selection of family tents for group backpacking and holidays.
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1st August 2024
The best camping stoves for 2024
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31st July 2024
The best sleeping mats 2024
Outdoor experts David Lintern and Kirsty Pallas have been out testing a range of sleeping mats
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29th July 2024
Best hiking gloves for 2024
In ever-changeable hillwalking weather, pack a pair of hiking gloves you can count on, recommend Peter Macfarlane and Francesca Donovan.
Route guides and walks
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12th March 2024
The Edale Skyline: route guide
Francesca Donovan guides you on a fine Peak District day challenge taking in the highlights above the Edale Valley.
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11th March 2024
The Vale of Ewyas: route guide
Fiona Barltrop strides out along the ridges of the The Vale of Ewyas in the Black Mountains.
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11th March 2024
Whinash ridge from Bretherdale: route guide
Ian Battersby abandons burdens at the doorway to a deserted dale and Winash ridge.
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11th March 2024
The Dodds Round: route guide
Often dismissed as boring and grassy, this secret route up the little-known Fisher’s Wife’s Rake path brings out the best of eastern Dodds, says James Forrest.
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28th February 2024
The Gatesgarth Round: route guide
Vivienne Crow joins the tops together for a western round which won't appear on the usual lists: The Gatesgarth Round.
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28th February 2024
The Fusedale Round: route guide
The best ridge walk in Ullswater? It doesn’t have iconic status, but the Fusedale Round is a brilliant high-level loop, says James Forrest.
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Reviews from team TGO
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9th September 2024
Petzl Iko Core Review
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8th August 2024
Review: Ombraz Viale Armless Sunglasses
Francesca Donovan spends summer getting her head around the Marmite of outdoor kit, armless sunglasses.
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7th August 2024
Atom Packs The Prospector EP50: First Look
Chris Townsend's impressed by the ultralight Prospector pack made in the Lake District, awarding it our coveted Best Buy endorsement back in 2021.
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31st July 2024
Mountain Equipment, Mirrostat 7.0
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31st July 2024
Big Agnes, Divide Insulated Review
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31st July 2024
Sea to Summit, Women’s Etherlight XT Insulated Review
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31st July 2024
Thermarest, Women’s ProLite Plus Review
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29th July 2024
Midge Specs Review
David Lintern enjoys the view from a midge net for the first time ever
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29th July 2024
Flextail Zero Pump Review
David Lintern is impressed by this compact and efficient camping accessory
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26th July 2024
Montane, Women’s Trail Lite Gloves Review
Outdoor skills
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16th August 2024
Water Hazards: How to execute a river crossing
Glenmore Lodge Chief Instructor Heather Morning guides us across the rivers and streams of our high places and explains how to stay safe.
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16th August 2024
Skills: How to read and understand summer mountain weather
International Mountain Leader Fiona Chappell outlines what she has come to understand about our ever-fickle summers in the mountains over two decades.
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15th August 2024
Bivvy 101: A beginners’ guide to bivvying
Ian Kirk, Freelance Instructor at Glennmore Lodge, shares his eight top tips so your bivvying experience is memorable for all the right reasons.
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