Scrambles in Snowdonia To celebrate the launch of the new Scrambles in Snowdonia by Steve Ashton, published by Cicerone, we’ve collated the best selection of Grade 1 scrambles in Snowdonia. We’ve steered clear of the trickier scrambles and kept to the easier grade 1 routes. Be warned that these are far from being ‘easy’ routes! …
Hebridean Way Guidebook – Interview with Richard Barrett We interview Richard Barrett, author and creator of The Hebridean Way Guidebook, a long-distance trail route along the length of the Outer Hebrides. The guidebook to walking the Hebridean Way in Scotland, published by Cicerone, is a long-distance route along the length of the Outer Hebrides from …
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We interview Alex Kendall, author and creator of The Snowdonia Way Guidebook, a long-distance trail route through Snowdonia from Machynlleth to Conwy. The guidebook to walking the Snowdonia Way in Wales, published by Cicerone, is a long-distance route through Snowdonia National Park from Machynlleth to Conwy. All 156 km (6 to 8 stages) of the …
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I’ve been a keen user of digital maps ever since I bought the whole of Wales in 1:50k mapping from Tracklogs over ten years ago. That really got me hooked, but only to a certain degree as ‘proper’ 1:25k mapping was simply too expensive. I’m fully used to the way Tracklogs works, having tried out …
You may have noticed that the OS Explorer maps have recently had a face lift on the covers, but maybe not that they represent what’s possibly one of the most significant event since they printed the first OS maps? While digital maps have been around for years now, they can prove to be expensive to …
When we saw these for sale we thought – “ooh, a new map!” So we bought it on line, expecting some new sort of mapping that we aught to get accustomed to, perhaps something similar to the Harvey Map Superwalkers. So imagine our surprise (and disappointment) when we received the map and realised it’s no …
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You may be tempted to bivvy out by virtue of the romance of sleeping out under the stars, or by a more clinical need to pare weight to the bare minimum. Whatever your inspiration, or if you’re just a little bit curious as to wether this is for you, then you’ll benefit from reading the Book of …
If you’re fed up eating the same old dried meals while you’re camping, Moveable Feasts by Amy-Jane Beer and Roy Halpin contains everything you’d ever want to know about camp cookery and then a fair bit more. Split into two unequal sections, the first section starts off with a ten chapter detailed reference section which contains anything and everything …
There are so many guide books out there today that it’s often difficult to see which one will be the next Poucher or Ridges of Snowdonia. This book is destined to be one of the very few that will be reprinted and will be gracing bookshelves in a generation’s time. Scotland is a hybrid reference …
It’s always easy enough to throw money at a problem, providing you’ve got the money, rather than really getting to the root of the problem. This is partially why I think we strive to cut the weight of our kit, either spending hours producing kit that’s 5g lighter than what we’ve already got or £600 …
I’ve taken to buying old books on ebay, and I recently got one called Backpacker”s Handbook by Derrick Booth. Ok, the cover”s good for a laugh. It even has them posing in jeans on the front (which he does, to be fair, say is not recommended wear for the hills). Originally published in the early …
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