FionaOutdoors

I have never been a big fan of the gym. I’ve also tried numerous fitness gadgets at home but inevitably thrown them to the back of a cupboard, or sold them on eBay. I like straightforward training programmes that use the most basic of tools and do not require me to remember too many sequences [...]

Head down and holding tightly on to the G-Force we push up the Munro, Bynack More. With constant 70mph winds driving across the mountain, I struggle to stay upright and have already been forced to my knees and flat on the ground several times. But there is a determination inside me that keeps me walking [...]

Katrina Tweedie is a friend, a fellow journalist and a mum of three young boys. Fast approaching the dreaded 4-0 she decided that she wanted to mark the occasion with something memorable… Something a little more than just waking up with an almighty hangover headache. She was born in Zambia and Africa has long been [...]

Woohoo! The G-Force has made Munro-bagging history! His name is now on the SMC’s official Munro compleatist list. He is listed as number 4917. What a fantastic achievement. Read about his compleation. PS. Compleatist is spelt like this when referring to people who compleat (complete) all the Munros!

The winter mountains are utterly beautiful – but they can also pose a real danger for walkers and climbers. Unless you have a great deal of experience in the hills, or you are setting out with someone who does, it is wise to learn a few skills to keep you safe. There are a range [...]

This is a true story! (It was a PS tagged on to the end of my last blog but I think it’s funny enough on its own to merit a blog.) Walking in Glencoe the other weekend I had been doing my usual “counting up women”. For the first time I counted as many women [...]

I have always avoided nights in bothies. What? FionaOutdors prefers B&B shocker? Well, no, I actually enjoy wild camping and I’d even prefer to sleep in the back of an estate car (this we have done several times to avoid the midge menace)  but bothies to me have always meant: Too Much Loud Male Snoring. [...]

Running uphill without any flat sections for 5k on a gorgeously sunny, but breezy and chilly, day in the Bavarian Alps with two top French bloggers and runners, Greg-Runner and Mountain Goat Sylvain, makes me sweat. Of course it does! It’s faster than my usual pace, steeper than my usual hills, at higher altitude than [...]

Totally Cool Christine (who I first met at The Mighty Deerstalker) was looking to borrow a couple of tents for two very different occasions. I happened to have two tents for her to try. Here is her review of a Halfords pop-up tent and a Go-Lite two-man Eden tent. In fact, with the summer at [...]

It was wet. Very wet. The views were almost non-existent. But the day of walking was one of the best ever. Accompanied by 25 friends and family, the G-Force bagged the  final Munro of his first full Munro round. In contrast to the rather deflated Munro bagger a few weeks ago, his mood could not [...]