If the thought of summer nights spent out high on the summits is something you’re looking forward to then why not kip near a trig with a bivvy? Here are five of the best bivvy bags for under a ton.

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I don’t usually bother writing about individual runs, especially when they’re on your bread and butter routes. Tonight’s route was just one of those, but a run that’ll mark itself as one of my most important runs […]

 Friday 11th–Sunday 13th May 2012 – sample Grower’s Cup at Escape Route Bike and Outdoor Shop in Pitlochry (http://www.escape-route.co.uk). Grower’s Cup is a durable lightweight bag filled with some of the world’s best […]

With the cheapest GPS with proper OS mapping still in the region of £200, plus a significant whack on top of that if you want significant mapping coverage, we ponder if there’s an alternative with the glut of […]

Why not get yourself motivated in the new year with some of these ideas

1 Run a race you’ve never done before. The Snowdonia Marathon entries for 2012 open today so why not take up the challenge? Or if you’ve […]

Your mission, if you choose to undertake it, is to cover as much Snowdon as you can in 7 days or walks. By following these routes, you’ll only miss out a handful of summits across the entire park. just for the […]

Can I get kitted out and tackle Snowdon for under a £100 from the skin up? We take on the challenge – the only rules being that any thing I can’t buy can be made up from everyday clothing most people will have […]

Who said wild camping had to be expensive? To prove the point, it was decided that i was to pilfer £100 from petty cash and use this to fund a proper wild camp in the mountains. The only get out clause is that I […]

If like me, you’d rather boil up some ‘wild raisins’ from next to the tent than suffer a brown liquid that purports to be ‘coffee’ from some sort of stick, then this might be an option. Rather than taking up any […]

If you’ve got a lightweight titanium pot or similar, then while they’re perfect for boiling water, if you try anything more adventurous you’ll soon find how easy they are to burn. I managed to carbonise popcorn on […]

London based Aquapac International Ltd has scored a hat trick by receiving The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade – the UK’s highest accolade for business success – for the third time.  Previous […]

Well worth a watch. I think this is beyond a black run – brown perhaps?