The trials of keeping a travel diary

May 11, 2011 My books and writing 8000m peaks, camping, cho oyu, everest, himalayas, makalu, mountain photography, tibet, travel diaries, travel writing, trekking, youtube 2 Comments

Well, I returned from my last trip to the Himalayas in November, and I’ve just got round to getting my travel diary from my expedition to Cho Oyu online, six months later. Does anyone care? Half the team who might

In praise of Cumbria’s northern fells

May 5, 2011 Trip reports britain, camping, carrock fell, cumbria, fairfield, great dodd, helvellyn, hill walking, lake district, langdale, navigation, pennines, scafell pike, skiddaw, st sunday crag, striding edge, stybarrow dodd, wild camping, wilderness 5 Comments

I’m going to say something that I don’t believe many people say: some of my favourite hills in the English Lake District are the rolling grassy bogland hillsides of its northern fells. There are some impressive looking mountains in the

A weekend escape to the Brecon Beacons

April 12, 2011 Trip reports brecon beacons, britain, camping, cribyn, facebook, fan y big, hill walking, pen y fan 4 Comments

Joking aside, I think the view up Fan y Big must be about the best in the Brecon Beacons, looking back across the cwm to Cribyn, with Pen y Fan, the highest mountain in South Wales, behind it. It was

Putting together an adventure travel kit list

January 19, 2011 Opinion and advice adventure travel, backpacking, camping, climbing, trekking, walking boots

It’s a familiar story (though hopefully not too familiar). Your bags are all packed, you’ve put your passport and e-tickets somewhere accessible and you’re heading to the airport when a sudden thought strikes you. “Shit, I’ve forgotten to pack my