CLIMBS ETC

Cratcliffe Tor. Two sheer-sided prows and, on the deck above, a Zen garden of boulders.

Throw in your crampons or spikes - you won't regret it

It's a joy to catch the first bright weekend in April. But would you spend it pondering on the last journey of the dead?

Follow the Sarsen Way to Adam's Grave to find out. See an astonishing late Stone Age barrow. Shiver at the ghosts of Saxon warriors on a...

Yes we can, whatever we believe or don't believe. As long as we're walking or hiking to enrich our lives and hoping for something extra...

A wild swim high on the Fiz. A remote, intriguing hut-to-hut hike. Oh! And the flowers... Lac d'Anterne, the ramparts of the Fiz behind A...

Don't miss the goodies on the lower shelf. Ffynnon Lloer. If you are staying at Idwal Cottage in the Ogwen Valley, your most obvious...

Swallow your pride. Begin again. Yes, well. Here's a place to get back into climbing after two years of lockdowns and other...

It is early morning and already hot. It is early morning and snowflakes are getting in my face. It is early morning and there is a whiff...

I was thinking about how when I was 19 years old I hiked with my brother to the edge of Venezuela's Gran Sabana and climbed Mount...

An unrelenting trudge. Dozens of people in front and behind. Crunching through frozen snow in the dark. Your head-torch lights up patches...

This fellow is 5,600m up on the Khardong pass in Ladakh. He is seated on a dzo. It is about 1925. What draws him here? "The sight of...

Once more, we did the February meet at the Black Sail YHA hut. If you read on you will find a cautionary tale about what not to do in the...

To many practised rock aficionados the Southwest Face of the Dent is a bit of a cheat because the spectacular Burgener slabs have a line...