Category: outdoors

July 18, 2019

Wild Winter Camping

After a long day spent backpacking in the Cairngorms, it was a relief to head downhill to our planned pitch for the night. Despite the energy-sapping deep snow, the day had been glorious as had the weather. Warm, dry and comfortable in layers of high tech clothing, we were determined to get camp set up long before it got dark.

July 16, 2019

Denmark On Two Wheels

‘The highest point in Denmark is only 170 metres above sea level. In the rolling landscape there are no hills that cannot be climbed with ordinary pedal-power, and that is just one of the many reasons why Denmark is the ideal territory for cyclists.’ Those were words that helped make the decision to nip over, pick up a hire car and make our base at a coastal summer house in West Jutland with hire bikes for transport.

July 13, 2019

Alpine Hikers Battle Bed Bugs

According to the DAV, its mountain huts are very suitable habitats for bedbugs because of the many corners, cracks and crevices. Their distribution is aided by infected objects as, without realising it, mountaineers and climbers may carry hitchhiking bugs in their backpacks from hut to hut.

July 11, 2019

Recharge The Outdoors Update

Battery manufacturer GP Batteries launched its ‘Recharge the Outdoors’ campaign to the UK outdoor industry last year. In a bid to reduce the 600 million batteries thrown away in the UK every year, the bold move was the first time a battery manufacturer has challenged an entire industry to switch to eco-friendly rechargeable batteries.

July 10, 2019

Exploring The Backbone Of England

It was a book found in a charity shop that prompted the regular exploration on the Pennine range forming a natural boundary in the north of England between east and west over hundreds of miles. In W. A. Poucher’s The Backbone of England he describes ‘a galaxy of loveliness in the valleys and in the charming villages which are dotted about them.’ He was quite right in 1946 and the description holds true today.

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Keïteï Ventures

One Adventure at a Time

Freelance Videographer | Nature Inspired Creative

Fun Writings for the Future is more than a Great Green Adventure for families.. Read, sing and play.

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Cycling Around Japan

The Travelling Bean Counter - A naive but enthusiastic cyclist tackling the mountains Japan over approximately 4 months, to experience japanese culture and learn the language. https://www.instagram.com/thetravellingbeancounter/

In Flow with Otto

Creativity is within us all

Back Road Journal

Little treasures discovered while exploring the back roads of life

William Kemsley Jr.

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