Category: outdoors
July 20, 2019
Cycling Adventures On The Big Screen
TOUS EN SELLE is the first event fully dedicated to bicycles on the ‘Big Screen’ which will take place in the Grand Rex, one of the most beautiful cinemas in the world with one of the largest screens, in Paris on 26 September this year. The event, with the slogan of ‘Human Adventure’, is entirely dedicated to cycling with three and a half hours of exciting documentaries from around the world.
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
Traynor On The Trail 