June 26, 2019
June 25, 2019
Supporting Adventure For Vulnerable Young People
The Youth Adventure Trust’s ‘Hike Bike Paddle: Snowdonia 2019’ challenge is an opportunity for adventure brands, retailers and other industry professionals to compete in the great outdoors whilst supporting the charity’s work with vulnerable young people. Through a long-term outdoor programme, it uses the ‘power of the outdoors’ to transform the lives of vulnerable young people.
June 23, 2019
Marmot To Share Product Impact In-Store
From Spring 2020, new packaging from Marmot, a globally-distributed brand of high-performance, technical clothing and equipment, aims to ‘put sustainability front and center in the outdoor shopping experience.’ With the launch of its Sustainability Initiative, Marmot products will feature a transparent rating system that helps consumers to understand the sustainability footprint of every product throughout the entire Marmot outerwear and sleeping bag lines.
June 22, 2019
How About An ‘Ultimate’ Self-Guided Bike Tour Across Europe?
Freewheel Holidays is offering travellers the fun and freedom of its new ‘Ultimate Cycling Holiday’, stating that, ‘it might just be the greatest cycling holiday of all time.’ It has combined as many as ten tours in a row to explore Europe’s back roads, small towns, historical sites, culinary gems and urban highlights.
June 21, 2019
Travelling Light On Two Wheels
It’s often said that with experience comes the ability to manage with less but starting with less is a far better tack to take. Not only starting with less but sticking with it. Camping is fun but, surely, the point of cycle touring is to enjoy the journey with its new places and people not battle with heavily laden bikes each day?
June 20, 2019
Roaming The Scottish Border Marches
Scottish Marches was the term used for the England-Scotland border region during the medieval era, when violence and cross-border raids were a way of life. Hundreds of years ago, parts the Scottish Borders were known as the Debatable Lands where the locals raided the hills and valleys benefitting from being far from the reach of the law as they robbed, looted and stole cattle in the 16th century.
June 18, 2019
Club Displays Historic Photos Of Climbers And Campers
An exhibition is to go on display in England and Wales giving a unique look at a recently-rediscovered collection of historic photographs from the 1930s. The exhibition – ‘Climbing, Camping and the Club’ – features 35 black and white photographs taken by members of the Camping and Caravanning Club’s Mountaineering Section, as it was then known.
June 17, 2019
Traynor On The Trail 