Between 2018 and 2021, Ursula Martin walked alone across Europe. Her journey of over 5000 miles from Ukraine to her home in Mid Wales covered 14 countries and several mountain ranges, a cultural and linguistic challenge as much as a physical feat, and one that took place for much of the way ag...
When you go through tragedy, it's easy to hide from the world. Following the loss of her daughter, Jess Hodkinson did just this - until she realised she could carry the grief with her to the hills. Walking helped her to see the importance of the outdoors, she says, and our ability to connect with nature when we need it most.
Overseas travel may still be off the agenda for most, but that needn't stop us dreaming, or making plans for future trips. And here's one to get excited about: With some of the most spectacular scenery in the Pyrenees, and enjoying a sunnier ou...
The Tour of the Lake District is a 145km circular journey, visiting all the main valleys in the National Park. Lesley Williams, author of a new Cicerone guide to the route, explains the attraction of the Tour, and the joys and challenges of working on a...
Bivvies can be the nastiest nights there are, says Ronald Turnbull, but when they're not, they're the nicest...
To get performance out of your body, you have to put fuel in. But on a big hill day not all foods are equal. You want grub that's easily carried, easy to eat, and with a good nutritional balance to keep the muscles pumping. Your choice of hill food should also be...
I wandered lonely as a cloud… Except, he didn't. William Wordsworth had his sister Dorothy along with him. Her Lakeland journal proved a valuable source of material for William and their friend and fellow poet Coleridge, says Ronald Turnbull, a...
In December 1933 a young school dropout trotted down the rainswept steps of the Thames to a small Dutch freighter, and set off for Constantinople. On foot, of course. His three-volume account is one of the great works of travel...
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