I asked Microsoft Copilot to give me a route description for Corsica’s GR20…

December 20, 2023 Humour chatgpt, corsica, france, gr20, guidebooks, long-distance trails 2 Comments

You wouldn’t believe what happened next! It’s that time of year again, when I delve into the wonders of modern technology and ask AI (that’s artificial intelligence, not insemination) to help make sense of the world’s great mountain questions.

Happy 50th birthday to Cicerone guidebooks

January 2, 2019 Reviews and tributes book reviews, cicerone guides, gear reviews, guidebooks, mountain literature, travel blogging, walt unsworth 0 Comment

One of the things about writing an outdoor blog is that people sometimes ask to send me free stuff. I’m very bad at receiving presents and don’t want to encourage it, but today I’m going to make an exception.

The best guidebook to Nepal is now available as a paperback

November 1, 2017 Reviews and tributes guidebooks, himalayan travel guides, kathmandu, nepal, the longest way home, tourism, travel writing, trekking 3 Comments

Back in May I reviewed a new guidebook to Nepal, written by the man behind The Longest Way Home website. Then it was only available as a PDF, but it’s now been published as a paperback by Nepali publisher, Himalayan Travel Guides.

Move over Lonely Planet — here are the best travel guidebooks to Nepal

May 10, 2017 Reviews and tributes cicerone guides, guidebooks, kathmandu, lonely planet, nepal, the longest way home, tourism, trailblazer, trekking 0 Comment

I’ve mentioned a couple of times how I’m a keen follower of The Longest Way Home blog, written by UK-born travel writer David Ways. He’s also been writing a series of guidebooks to Nepal, and while I was there in March I took the opportunity to try one of them out.