The Great Outdoors

How outdoor enthusiasts are adapting to an indoor life

Nic Hardy: escaping through writing

“Last year, James Forrest and I hiked to the summit of all 282 Scottish Munros in six months.

The virus restrictions have made me think fondly back to the time I was removing the 17th tick from my leg, covered in midge bites, soaked to the bone and utterly exhausted from our 1250 kilometre journey on foot through rural Scotland.

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