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Reviews of kit and gear including fitness, running, walking, outdoors, camping, cycling

Book review: Walking Scotland’s Lost Railways

Scotland still has hundreds of miles of dismantled railways, which offer great scope for easy-going […]

Book review: Mont Blanc Walks

Cicerone has an amazing collection of books and when I am heading to a new […]

Book review: Trail running in Chamonix & Mont Blanc Region

The Cicerone book, Trail running: Chamonix & Mont Blanc Region, is a brilliant guide to […]

Review: New On Running Cloudrock Waterproof walking boots

The Cloudrock Waterproof is On’s first walking boot. It is a lightweight boot with the […]

New heat_it treatment for insect bites

I am very interested to hear about a new treatment for insect bites, called heat_it. […]

Review: On Running Cloudventure Peak (generation 2)

Swiss brand On Running has launched a new version of their hill and mountain trail […]

Have you tried: Islandeering?

Islandeering is the term for “bagging” an island by circumnavigation, whether on foot, by bike, […]

Review: The Big Rounds book by David Lintern

I can’t recall when I first heard about the UK’s classic Big Rounds, the Ramsay […]

Review: inov-8 ROCLITE 275 shoe (with graphene)

The inov-8 ROCLITE 275 shoe is part of a collection of shoes that are created […]

Review: New Columbia Sportwear Montrail Trail running collection

I am already a fan of Columbia Sportwear’s products, especially the long sleeve and short-sleeve […]

Review: SAxx Kinetic Pants

My guest kit reviewer Seth G has been testing SAxx Kinetic pants. The pants are […]

Review: Eyepod Breakaway prescription sport sunglasses

With a high prescription (-7), I am always on the look out for reasonably priced […]