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18th May 2020
When TGO Challenge organisers Sue Oxley and Ali Ogden made the decision to cancel the TGO Challenge 2020, they never dreamed that a virtual version of the cross-Scotland backpacking adventure would bring armchair inspiration to…
15th May 2020
We’ve all been looking forward to the moment when we can return to the hills – but is this really it? Here’s the latest advice from outdoors organisations around the UK.
12th May 2020
Dee Dee O’Connell, shopkeeper at independent outdoor store The Brokedown Palace and environmental campaigner, has been riding out lockdown in Hackney. Here, she describes how urban green spaces have made the restrictions bearable.
11th May 2020
Mountain Rescue representatives and other outdoor organisations across the UK have expressed concern and dismay after the Prime Minister lifted restrictions on outdoor exercise in England.
9th May 2020
It’s the descriptions of birds that stay with Alex Roddie long after he’s put this ‘remarkable’ book down.
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.
5th May 2020
In the latest of our lockdown stories, Brian Laird describes what it’s like being an outdoors lover stranded at sea.
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…
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…
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.
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.
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