A beginner’s guide to walking kit
First came the beginner’s guide to cycling, now I have blog followers asking for a beginner’s guide to walking. More so than any other outdoors activity, walking requires specific kit for each season and...
Category: Walking
Kit review: Icebreaker Merino baselayers
* See 10% discount code for Icebreaker at the end of the post. Everyone raves about Merino wool. But until you have tried a Merino wool baselayer for yourself you can never truly appreciate...
5 Munros for the price of 6 in Glen Affric
Five Munros in one day would be more than enough for most people. That’s five Munros with a total ascent of 2,300m (the combined height of Snowdon and Ben Nevis!). It is also five...
Kit review: Hi-tec waterproof walking boots
“Let’s take the dog for a walk,” I said. “But I only have my heeled shoes”, said the G-Force’s Mummy. “Well, maybe I can help,” I offered. I had just that week been sent...
Munro series: Only 10 to go
I’m dedicating a (hopefully) short blog series, “Only 10 Munros To Go”, to the G-Force. He would have preferred to have finished the full Munro round of 283 (maybe only 282 now) a year...
283 Munros… could become 282
I’m not quite sure how I’m going to break the news to the G-Force. He is only 10 Munro summits away from compleating (this is the proper way to spell a “compleat Munro round”) his...
Sign up for a new Scottish walk challenge
Breakthrough Cancer, based in Edinburgh, want to raise vital funds. So they have launched a new walking event in Scotland. The Perthshire Trek 2011 takes place on September 9 and 10 this year. The...
Kit review: North Face Women’s P8 Waterproof Jacket
A miracle has happened. For one whole day in many months we have not had any rain. And for the first time in more weeks than I can count I have left my waterproof...
Deaf & blind 70-year-old’s Ben Nevis bid
Walking one of Scotland’s Munros is enough of a challenge for the average person. A Munro is defined as a mountain in Scotland that is more than 3000ft (914m) and many require a good...
An outdoors birthday weekend of discovery
I love a birthday. It doesn’t matter whether it’s mine or anyone else’s. I enjoy the fun, the treats, the surprises and the excuse for a party or celebration. So I’ve never really worried...
