Loch Avon After weeks of changeable weather, the second half of April has seen day after day of fine weather. The first mountain camp of the...

The camp in Coire an Iubhair In response to the photo at the start of my recent post  about stove systems I was asked by Chris Sainty about ...

Using the original Jetboil in 2005 A lightweight backpacking stove system arrived for testing a few days ago, the third such new stove syste...

The May issue of TGO has a big feature on gear for wild camping. My contributions are reviews of four stoves - Fire Maple Petrel Titanium Ul...

Below Rakes Rocks. My first camp on the Pennine Way, April 7 On April 7 th , 1976, I set out on my first long-distance walk, a journey that ...

Camp in the forest With a big storm approaching and unsettled weather already here venturing into the high mountains didn’t seem a good idea...