Notes
My review of ‘Along the Divide’ by Chris Townsend in the latest issue of TGO
In the October 2018 issue of The Great Outdoors, I review Along the Divide: Walking the Wild Spine of Scotland by Chris Townsend. This is an excellent book, perhaps my favourite from this author: Along the Divide treads that skilful line between serious, important landscape writing and a damned good
What I’ve been reading this week No.1
Pretty much since I started the Pinnacle Newsletter in January 2018 I have been including a brief ‘links of interest’ section. I thought it was time I expanded that resource here on my blog. Each week, I’ll curate a list of articles I’ve found useful, entertaining or relevant.
Eight years today
I’m a lucky man.
My work’s appearing in a photo book published next month: The Hidden Tracks
Today I received word that several of my images from the Pyrenees, captured in 2016 during my HRP section hike, are being published in an upcoming book called The Hidden Tracks by Gestalten. I don’t know which images they’ve selected for inclusion – I submitted a bunch of them
Field notes: Hiking the Jotunheimstien, Norway
A long walk in the woods In July 2017, I stepped outside the train station in Oslo city centre and directly onto a long-distance trail. 205 miles later, I stepped off the trail again at Gjendesheim, an outpost on the edge of the Jotunheimen National Park surrounded by Norway’s
Mercantour Traverse gear debrief
Ultralight gear choices in the high Alpine
Trip planning: Mercantour Traverse, July 2018
A long-distance trail in the Maritime Alps I had originally planned to take a year off from European backpacking routes while I focus on other areas of my life, but I find myself unable to resist the lure of big, wild, glaciated mountains. The Mercantour National Park is a corner
Boredom is impossible when immersed in nature
I have long suspected that most boredom is caused by modern life. I’m sure our palaeolithic forebears experienced it sometimes too, but they lived more vital lives, closer to the nature around them and the nature of their own selves. Today, boredom and stress seem to be two sides
Field Notes: the Ardgour-Mull Trail
A long-distance trail from Glenfinnan to Mull On May the 29th 2017, I began what was to be a tough walk in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, meandering its way over the bealachs and hills of Ardgour before crossing the sea to Mull and continuing its circuitous path there. I
The context of place
When I first visited the Lake District as a child, I wasn’t too impressed. I remember sitting in our family car at the jetty in Ambleside with rain washing down the windscreen. Dad pointed at mountains in the distance – barely visible through the murk – and said “Those are the