Enjoying wild places in The UK away from the crowds. The wilder the better!
Enjoying wild places in The UK away from the crowds. The wilder the better!
If you are somebody who often bypasses southern Scotland in favour of The Highlands, then I must say that you are missing out. Yes places like Skye, The Cairngorms and Glencoe are the jewels in …
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Scaling the UK’s highest mountain is a huge draw for many and offers a great sense of satisfaction anytime of the year. The bragging rights have been earned and barring blanket fog all the way …
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After consuming far too much booze on New Years Eve and even ending up in a freezing loch at midnight, I decided to improve my life choices on the first day of the new year. …
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During a four day ‘tour of Corrour’, I made it my mission to visit every bothy within three hours or so from the station. You are spoilt for choice in this remote area of the …
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I was lucky enough to enjoy stay at Loch Ossian Youth Hostel in late October 2024. It was only meant to be for the one night, but I enjoyed it so much that the one …
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Just west of Fort William is an area of The Highlands which is vast, remote and beautiful. Other than a train line running across Rannoch Moor, there are literally tens of miles between the main …
Continue readingIn three days time I have the fortunate dilemma of being dropped at Corrour Train Station in the middle of the Central Highlands. There are very few stations more remote and it offers amazing hiking, …
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If you are a keen cyclist, runner or even just a fan of the outdoors, it is hard to ignore how well located Manchester is. There are just so many options. To the south and …
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Before I visited the west coast of Cumbria, I’d read many articles which painted the area in a pretty negative light. Deprivation, an insular local population and eye-watering crime rates had put me off. This …
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The Lake District is the most popular National Park in the UK with an estimated 18.1 million visitors in 2023 alone. With numbers like that, you might think cars and people are found at every …
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