The Great Outdoors

WELCOME

The call of the wild

E HAD WALKED for 15 miles across energy-sapping bogs, ankle-snapping boulder fields and soul-destroying scree to get to the summit of A’ Mhaighdean (and wild camped in an apocalyptic blizzard of midges); but by the time we finally arrived at the top of ‘the mountain with the best view in Scotland’, there

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors3 min read
1 Muckle Roe Shetland SCOTLAND
17.5km/10.9 miles/6 hours Ascent 635m/2080ft THE SHETLANDS have their roots in both Scotland and Norway, and both traditions have influenced this ‘Big Red Island’ (translation of the more lyrical Muckle Roe). Yet, big it is not at only 172m high and
The Great Outdoors1 min read
Wild Walks
When the hillwalking gets hot, there’s no finer tonic than the sound of water running through the landscape or the chance to remove your shoes and cool off your tired feet. Luckily, Mother Nature provides in our high places. From flowing falls to tuc
The Great Outdoors2 min read
In This Issue
Phillipa Cherryson has been a magazine, newspaper and television journalist for more than 30 years and has lived in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park for almost as long. She is Vice Chair of the park’s Local Access Forum, an OS Champion, South Wales o

Related Books & Audiobooks