21st June 2026
Review: a warm welcome to swimming wild in the South West
Swimming Wild in South West England, the new guidebook from Siân Anna Lewis, is a friendly invite to the region's blue spaces with local insight and jargon-free tips aplenty.
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Outdoor Book Reviews
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14th May 2026
OUR LAND: unpicking Right to Roam debates that hold nature to ransom
Revealing statements from land owners are balanced with empathetic approaches to nationwide nature-depletion in OUR LAND, a film that dares to step off the path of the usual 'us and them' narrative plaguing progress on…
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30th April 2026
After the Smoke Clears: a harrowing yet hopeful reminder of the Goyt Valley wildfires
Harrowing scenes give way to hopeful insights in 'After the Smoke Clears', the new short film documenting the aftermath of the wildfire that ripped through the Goyt valley last spring.
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27th April 2026
Book review: Friends in High Places by Dr Gerry McPartlin
Dr Gerry McPartlin's Friends In High Places is an honest and enjoyable book by a man who loves Scotland’s wild places - enough to complete "Grandad’s Mad Munro Marathon"!
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19th February 2026
“The Corbetts are hills deserving of respect – and a book like this”
This is a book for all lovers of the Scottish Hills. You don’t have to be a Corbett bagger to enjoy it. You might be after flicking through its pages though!
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6th February 2026
Peak Bagging Peak District by Anna Paxton
Anna Paxton has mapped 32 routes designed to bag 'the best 121 Peak District peaks and Ethels in the most efficient way'.
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18th January 2026
Film review: good things come to audiences who wait in ‘H is for Hawk’
H is for Hawk is a slow-burn human story that truly spreads its wings by capturing the majesty of goshawk flight through the landscape.
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13th January 2026
Book review: The Art of Julian Cooper
Given their size, you’re unlikely to have a Julian Cooper piece hanging in your house. But now, in his late 70s, his lifetime work’s been gathered in this book.
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5th December 2025
Book review: A Heavy Affair with the Mountains by David ‘Heavy’ Whalley BEM MBE
This is a riveting read for anyone who loves wild places - and a great testimony to a great man, says Kev Mitchell.
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30th October 2025
Review: John Muir Trust Wild Nature Diary & Calendar
Chris Townsend reviews the 'mouth-watering' John Muir Trust Wild Nature Diary & Calendar compiled by John Beatty.
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29th September 2025
Book review: Peak Bagging Munros Volume 1 by Nicola Hardy
There are some useful devices for newcomers in Nicola Hardy's guidebook to peak bagging Munros in the Southern half of Scotland.
