Only a hill

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Outdoor and nature writer, editorial professional, and photographer. Regular contributor to The Great Outdoors (TGO) magzine, UKHillwalking, On Landscape etc. Editor of Sidetracked magazine.

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Reformed Scottish winter climber and low-grade alpinist now mainly into long-distance lightweight backpacking.

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Articles by Only a hill

• One Minute Mountain: Steeple Feb/2021
• SKILLS: Snowshoes in Scotland - more than just a novelty Dec/2020
• One Minute Mountain: Garbh Bheinn Dec/2020
• One Minute Mountain: Mam Tor Nov/2020
• One Minute Mountain - The Cheviot Sep/2020
• One Minute Mountain: Skiddaw Aug/2020
• One Minute Mountain: Ben Alder Jul/2020
• How to Hike the Haute Route Pyrenees Jul/2020
• One Minute Mountain: Fairfield Jun/2020
• One Minute Mountain: Beinn Eighe Jun/2020
• One Minute Mountain: Pen-y-ghent May/2020
• One Minute Mountain: Cross Fell May/2020
• One Minute Mountain: Glyder Fach Apr/2020
• One Minute Mountain: Creag Meagaidh Mar/2020
• Walking for Mental Health - Doom, Gloom and Green Shoots in the Scottish Hills Dec/2019
• Mountain Literature Classics: Mountains of the Mind Apr/2019
• One Minute Mountain: Ben Nevis Sep/2018
• One Minute Mountain: Helvellyn Apr/2018
• REVIEW: Alpkit Ibex Pack Apr/2018
• One Minute Mountain: Pillar Mar/2018
• 10 Things Nobody Told You About Winter Mountaineering Mar/2018
• One Minute Mountain: Snowdon Feb/2018
• SKILLS: Winter Walker to Winter Climber - Here's How Jan/2018
• SKILLS: Planning Off-Path Routes Dec/2017
• One Minute Mountain: Liathach Nov/2017
• One Minute Mountain: Scafell Pike Oct/2017
• SKILLS: Modernise Your Navigation Oct/2017
• One Minute Mountain: Crib Goch Aug/2017
• One Minute Mountain: Bowfell Aug/2017
• Mountain Literature Classics: Mountaineering in Scotland by WH Murray Jul/2017
• One Minute Mountain: Ingleborough Jul/2017
• The Big Routes: Langdale Skyline Jun/2017
• SKILLS: Lightweight Backpacking for Beginners Jun/2017
• Mountain Literature Classics: Mountain Days and Bothy Nights May/2017
• Mountain Literature Classics: The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd May/2017
• One Minute Mountain: Blencathra Apr/2017
• REVIEW: Lightwave t10 Raid Tent Mar/2017
• One Minute Mountain: Cadair Idris Mar/2017
• REVIEW: Chris Bonington Mountaineer - Revised Edition Mar/2017
• One Minute Mountain: Braeriach Feb/2017
• One Minute Mountain: Great Gable Jan/2017
• Backpacking the Glens: Three Days Through the Cairngorms Jan/2017
• REVIEW: Mostly Mischief by HW Tilman Dec/2016
• One Minute Mountain: Carnedd Llewelyn Dec/2016
• Why You Should Walk in the Lowlands Nov/2016
• REVIEW: The Bond by Simon McCartney Nov/2016
• One Minute Mountain: Bidean nam Bian Nov/2016
• REVIEW: Solo Stove Lite - a Wood Burner For Backpackers Sep/2016
• REVIEW: I May be Gone for Some Time, by Peter Hill Jul/2016
• SKILLS: Ten Top Tips for Winter Backpacking Feb/2016
• Mountain Weather UK App Nov/2015
• Electronics on the Trail Oct/2015
• How to Walk the Cape Wrath Trail Aug/2015
• Book Review: Between the Sunset and the Sea Apr/2015
• Tour of Kinder Scout and Edale Apr/2015
• Opinion: Caplich is a Wind Farm Too Far Feb/2015
• OPINION: Keep Mallory's Axe in UK Apr/2014
• Book Extract: The Atholl Expedition Jan/2014
• Interview - Caleb's List May/2013
• The Only Genuine Jones Mar/2013
• Inside the Tweeds of a Victorian Gentleman Climber Oct/2012
• A Lakeland Climbing Pioneer Jun/2008
• Clean Water On The Go: SteriPEN Adventurer Jun/2008

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Semi-professional. Mostly landscape and wildlife photography.

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