18th June 2024
Can you use a regular backpack for hiking?
Gear shouldn’t be a barrier to enjoying the outdoors. Here, we answer your questions on affordable daypacks suitable for hiking.
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18th June 2024
How to clean a tent
Tent Care 101: The Great Outdoors explains the important process of how to clean a tent to ensure its longevity.
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10th December 2023
Christmas gifts for hikers: TGO’s top picks
From the thoughtful to the practical, these gifts won't go to waste in the hills or be left on the unused kit pile.
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6th September 2023
Hill Skills: how to sleep well while backpacking
Alex Roddie shares his hard-won tips on how to sleep well while backpacking - plus secrets to sleeping in alpine huts, bothies and bivvying.
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28th June 2023
Opinion: ‘Dig-and-dump’ culture must be binned
Dig-and-dump or bag-and-bin? That is the question Mary-Ann Ochota emplores you to ask yourself.
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1st March 2019
West Highland Way gets a new start
Walkers embarking on Scotland’s most popular multi-day trail this year will be seen off in style, following the installation of a unique public artwork at the start of the West Highland Way. The first officially…
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11th October 2018
10 top tips for designing a long-distance walk by Sue Oxley and Ali Ogden
Every year, 350 keen backpackers plot and walk their own routes across Scotland as part of The Great Outdoors Challenge. We invited the Challenge coordinators, Sue Oxley and Ali Ogden, to share their advice for…
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23rd August 2018
Digital feature: Hiking the Fjällräven Classic
The Fjällräven Classic is an annual 68-mile / 110km backpacking event in one of Europe’s most northerly wildernesses, the awe-inspiring mountain landscape of Swedish Lapland.
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8th August 2018
The best Scandinavian outdoor blogs
In our September issue, we’ve included a big supplement on outdoor adventures in Scandinavia. To whet your appetite, here are some of the top blogs on hiking and backpacking in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
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6th August 2018
The Great Outdoors Guide to Comfortable Nights at Camp
Chris Townsend, Alex Roddie and Ronald Turnbull share their tips on how to be comfortable even while keeping weight down.
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18th July 2018
7 reasons why you should go backpacking in the Mercantour National Park
Discovering the Mercantour National Park, a mountain wonderland tucked away in a corner of SE France
