8th August 2019
Book review: My Midsummer Morning by Alastair Humphreys
Alex Roddie reviews a compelling book about a very different kind of adventure.
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Outdoor Book Reviews
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29th July 2019
An Interview with Tom Prentice, Author of Skye’s Latest Photo-Rich Guidebook
In creating a modern photo-rich guidebook to Skye’s peaks, Tom Prentice gained an intimate knowledge of the island’s many nooks and crannies. We caught up with him to discuss how The Cuillin & Other Skye…
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10th July 2019
Book review: Walking Through Shadows by Mike Cawthorne
Alex Roddie reviews a spellbinding new book about winter backpacking in the Scottish Highlands by Mike Cawthorne.
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4th July 2019
A desperate ascent: an extract from ‘First on the Rope’ by Roger Frison-Roche
“With positive anguish the men below followed this crazy struggle between the two guides and the mountain. They watched in absolute silence, and with desperate anxiety, only too aware of their own powerlessness to help.”
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2nd July 2019
Review: Edmund Hillary – A Biography by Michael Gill
Noel Dawson reviews a biography of a man who is much more than just his Everest accomplishment
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20th June 2019
Book review: Just Another Mountain by Sarah Jane Douglas
Sam Lewis reviews a book about mountains, life, loss, and cancer
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20th June 2019
Hiking in Finland – How to turn a hobby into a full-time occupation
"Our varied landscapes with vast forests, thousands of lakes, magnificent islands, and the stark but beautiful treeless fells of Lapland are made for hiking. Finnish Lapland is the best place in Europe to see and experience the natural…
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11th June 2019
Review: Walking in Cumbria’s Eden Valley by Vivienne Crow
Vivienne Crow’s field guide to walks in the Eden Valley area, first published in 2011, was recently released as a second edition.
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28th May 2019
Book review: Underland by Robert Macfarlane
Roger Smith reviews a 'modern epic' by Robert Macfarlane.
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7th May 2019
Book review: Silence by Erling Kagge
Roger Smith reviews a book that praises silence in the great outdoors.
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2nd May 2019
Going hungry in the Yorkshire Dales: an extract from James Forrest’s ‘Mountain Man’
“This was my first experience of mountain hunger and I hated it. I stuffed my face with a peculiar dinner of chorizo wraps, and peanut butter on Hobnobs.”