Outdoor Adventure Blogs
Starting Late: Finding My Place in the Outdoor Industry in My Mid-Thirties
My earliest memories of the outdoors are not especially heroic. I wasn’t a child obsessed with climbing mountains or poring over maps. I mostly remember being dragged away from my games console and in...
How AI Image Generators Are Changing Outdoor Adventure Storytelling
For outdoor lovers, there is nothing quite like the thrill of capturing a breathtaking sunset after a long hike, documenting an unforgettable camping trip, or sharing the beauty of nature with others.
A journey of meaning
In a little over three weeks, I’ll be stood on a railway platform in Cheshire waiting for a train and the start of an 8000km adventure. Over the following 18 days I’ll be taking the trip of a lifetime...

The post-industrial landscapes of Snowdonia's slate industry are being re-imagined as a leisure resource
For a period of over 150 years the landscape of Snowdonia, and particularly the western side from Bethesda to Blaenau Ffestiniog was dominated by a brutal, industrial, visage of dark grey horizons and...
How AI Image Generators Are Changing Outdoor Adventure Storytelling
For outdoor lovers, there is nothing quite like the thrill of capturing a breathtaking sunset after a long hike, documenting an unforgettable camping trip, or sharing the beauty of nature with others.
Wild camping - a fight or flight dilemma
Over the last couple of months there's been countless column inches in the mainstream media devoted to "wild camping", and none of it has been good.
First steps back to normality, Morzine post-lockdown
Now that we can travel in either direction between the UK countries such as France, Italy and Spain without having to self-isolate afterwards, we can finally enjoy some of the outdoor activities we’ve...
Skin Up to and Ski Off the Cairngorm
For a while now I have wanted to ski tour, finally I managed to get the gear together to be able to!
So I headed for the Cairngorm, I had seen some of the photos on the British Backcountry Facebook gro...

The post-industrial landscapes of Snowdonia's slate industry are being re-imagined as a leisure resource
For a period of over 150 years the landscape of Snowdonia, and particularly the western side from Bethesda to Blaenau Ffestiniog was dominated by a brutal, industrial, visage of dark grey horizons and...
Reeks District: Ireland’s Adventure Playground with Jessie Leong
‘How do you pronounce Carrauntoohil?’
‘Karen-toole’ replied Piaras, mountain guide from Kerry Climbing. ‘It means inverted sickle, a serrated knife-edge. Just look at the ridge behind you.’
Summer hiking in the Alps with the Swiss Travel System
In September 2017, My Outdoors was lucky enough to be invited by Swiss Tourism on a press trip showcasing hiking through different regions of Switzerland using the World famous Swiss public transport ...
Running the Ultra Tour of Arran 2018 - Ward Linney
This April saw the inaugural running of the Ultra Tour of Arran, a two-day ultramarathon event organised by Rat Race. This comprised of two 30-mile races on consecutive days, starting and finishing in...