Find below our complete guide to outdoor skills, well almost complete! We’re in the process of organising the content into more coherent sections.
YES! Despite our innate nature, Mud and Routes are becoming more organised!
As a starter for 10, here’s our Complete Introduction to Map Reading and Navigation Online Course.
Tips for packing your car for a walk If you’re anything like me you chuck your boots, back-pack and bag of jelly babies into the boot and #GetOutside asap! But if you’re out there walking on a regular basis you might want to get a bit more pro about your efforts. Following these simple tips for packing your car […]
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It’s that time of year that someone invariably has a good moan about the parking around Pen-y-Pass, doubly so if someone breaking the law has actually been punished with a ticket. They rarely offer a solution, just a moan and a whinge and it’s usually only good for a throwaway article on a quiet news day. Photo
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During the typical British summer, rain is par for the course, and keeping your kit dry is absolutely essential. This is both for kit that will be ruined in the wet, and to keep your spare clothes and camping kit dry. 1 – Buy Waterproof kit. If the kit most at risk from water damage
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On a recent walk, one of my walking buddies brought out some rather unusual bread. It turned out not to be bread in the traditional sense, but an Irish recipe for Porridge Bread. It’s one of the easiest recipes to make, doesn’t need any weighing and cooks without any problems. I can usually get it
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Why not Get Outside in North Wales in 2016 year of adventure. With the largest selection of outdoor activities* from the leading website for getting outside in North Wales, not just Snowdonia, we show you why we’re the website to go to for all outdoor activities in North Wales. In fact, there’s so many of
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Whatever people’s opinions are on the Three Peaks Challenge, it’s a popular choice for many and you may be planning your own Three Peaks Challenge over the coming months rather than joining an organised trip. While there’s a BMC Three Peak Code of Practice, this recommends that organised charity groups are limited to 200 participants.
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How can you choose the right walking socks for your next trip? Here are some useful tips for choosing the right walking socks from leading British sock and brand Bridgedale: Pay attention to the material. Woollen socks on their own can sometimes be too hot and hold too much moisture and whilst synthetic socks can
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n his never ending search for budget wild camping kit, Dave Roberts takes a look at the bargain basement Vango Wilderness 250 sleeping bag and how it coped on some proper Snowdonia wild camping. The Vango Wilderness 250 is a hollow fibre filled synthetic bag that seems to be designed for Duke of Edinburgh Award
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What is Geocaching? If you are looking for a way to combine treasure hunting with orienteering and bring them both into the 21st century, then geocaching might be just what you are after. Geocaching involves hiding a cache somewhere, usually consisting of a waterproof container, a log book and a pen, and then listing their
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When you’re wild camping, the obvious option for lighting is the usual head torch. But we find that head torches are just too bright for providing a bit of illumination in a tent. That’s where a camping lantern comes useful, and here’s our quick low down on the best choice of camping lantern for you.
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How to take your dog mountain walking If you’re here reading this we’ll assume you love the outdoors, and for many sharing that love of the outdoors is done with our k9 pals. But what exactly does taking your dog mountain walking entail? You may already have a dog and are unsure of the rules
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For those of you who want to spend the night under the stars, there’s more than just the simple wild camping option. Here’s how to make your overnight trip one to remember. Bivvy it. As light as you can get overnight. Basically a sleeping bag and a waterproof cover. Bivvy tents provide a bit more
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If you want the ultimate winter challenge then get out and build a snow hole this winter… You’ll need.. Snow. One shovel (or the more the merrier) Survival bag (you many need to place this on the floor in order to pull snow away from the hole?) Plenty of time! Find a drift of snow
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You know we love coffee at Mud and Routes, and here’s an absolutely genius idea to make an ultralight coffee filter holder for wild camping. This idea is thanks to Tread Lite Gear who shared this on Twitter. Buy something from them on eBay or just give them a follow on Twitter in thanks! We’ll be
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5 Surprising Things You Won’t Regret Taking for a Hike No matter how professional you are at hiking, it is vital to take certain things which will help you on your way. Each of the items you usually put in your backpack are considered to be must-have for your personal safety and comfort during your
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You may remember us gushing a while back about the virtues of the humble pork pie as a hill food, as well as the more rounded scotch egg. Well it was only recently on our trip onto the edge of the Arenig, when we decided we needed something serious for what we expected to be a
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If you’re a hardened wild camper, you already know the joy of staying out on the hill overnight. You’ve also got one or more of those strange people in your walking circle who just don’t understand why you do it. For those people, here’s the reasons why. Share it and retweet it with them until
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If you’ve ever used the compression bags that you vacuum all the air out of to store duvets and the like, you may have wondered if they’d be any use for camping? While we wouldn’t expect these to put up with a lot of wear and tear, they’re just right for one off longer trips where
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A few years ago, we set out on a wild camp with only £100 to spend on the actual camping kit. This being the age of austerity, we decided to implement swingeing cuts (was swingeing even a real word five years ago?) and try to do the same for £80. We chose our kit here
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At Mud and Routes we camp in style and luxury, but still with a lighter pack weight than most. We’ve always been a bit partial to our coffee on the mountain, but we’ve never thought of roasting our own coffee on the mountain and freshly grinding it in the morning! We bought some green coffee
The Ultimate Wild Camping Coffee – A Proper Roasting Read More »
You could easily carry a small bag of store bought popcorn onto a wild camp, but making your own popcorn is too easy to miss out on and simply a load more fun! The result will only be as good as your preparation, so give it a go at home first in order to perfect
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You may remember when we set ourself a challenge a few years ago to kit someone out with wild camping kit for under £100, so we decided to see not just what that same budget would buy you four? years on but seeing as according to the UK’s ‘elite’ it seems that we’re all in it
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If you’re out for a wild camp in your usual UK conditions, over a few days then do you really need to be spending top dollar for specialist camping food? We take a look at the alternatives to the expensive specialist camping food that you can pick up in your local supermarket and don’t involve
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Ok, we’ve drawn you in, and we’ll admit that technically it isn’t ‘free’ – it depends what you’ve got hanging about the house and what mapping apps (if any) you’ve already bought. The idea came to us when we forgot our regular GPS for logging a route, and realised we annoyingly had to use our
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