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Alex Roddie

Happiest on a mountain. Writer, story-wrangler, digital and film photographer. Editor of Sidetracked magazine. Machine breaker.

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Field Notes – Isolation and Connection, a journey through Knoydart

Why do we search for solitude when we go into the mountains? Is it to get away from it all, or is it to connect with something else?

Field Notes – Isolation and Connection, a journey through Knoydart
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Are we being good role models for wild camping?

How can we do better?

Are we being good role models for wild camping?
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Introducing The Pinnacle

I've started a Substack newsletter. I hope you'll join me.

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What I’ve been reading this week, 21 March 2021

The winter that was, a bolt of blue, beyond Craigellachie, and a safe space for women in the outdoors.

What I’ve been reading this week, 21 March 2021
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A Year with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

In March 2020, I took a leap of faith and switched camera systems to the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III. A year and several thousand frames later, here's how it has helped me to grow as a photographer.

A Year with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
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The Farthest Shore – a few publishing updates

The Farthest Shore: Seeking Solitude and Nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in Winter. I have a publication date!

The Farthest Shore – a few publishing updates
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What I’ve been reading this week, 14 March 2021

Calling it out, reflections on nature and 'the outdoors', environmental principles, and learning to deal with freelance anxiety.

What I’ve been reading this week, 14 March 2021
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What I’ve been reading this week, 7 March 2021

Ocean to Asgard, sunset on Suilven, the true risk of catching COVID-19 outdoors, and some good news from the publishing industry.

What I’ve been reading this week, 7 March 2021
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What I’ve been reading this week, 28 February 2021

Shooting the breeze, bending nature writing out of shape, in pursuit of purity, and is walking just a joyless trudge?

What I’ve been reading this week, 28 February 2021
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My first issue of Sidetracked magazine as editor: a learning curve, ice bears, and that Gucci cover

Our best issue yet, and my first at the helm, but one not without controversy.

My first issue of Sidetracked magazine as editor: a learning curve, ice bears, and that Gucci cover