August 08, 2022
A journey of meaning
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by MyOutdoors
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…
April 28, 2022
Coire goes Woofhostelling and takes the Family
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by Lee Craigie
I’m still not sure how we ended up with a working collie puppy. One minute I was visiting friends on the small island of Kerrerra where the farm dogs had…
December 22, 2019
Skin Up to and Ski Off the Cairngorm
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by Davy Wright
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…
July 17, 2019
The post-industrial landscapes of Snowdonia's slate industry are being re-imagined as a leisure resource
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by MyOutdoors
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…
May 28, 2019
Freedom of the Hills - but will the snow last
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by Henry Iddon
In 2018 I visited the Cairngorms to write and photograph a feature for the British Mountaineering Council’s ‘Summit’ magazine. The piece was about using eMTBs to access the steep skiing…
December 03, 2018
Reeks District: Ireland’s Adventure Playground with Jessie Leong
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by MyOutdoors
‘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.’
October 18, 2018
Frutt harvest and fresh berms - Autumn eMTB manoeuvres in Switzerland.
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by Henry Iddon
Autumn, when the light begins to fade earlier and a chill starts to fill the air. Not only the lowering of the temperature but that chilling feeling that summer is…