Can you outrun a wildfire?
I am following a small path, and reach a point where the glen steepens and narrows. Soon the glen is reduced to steep
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The Light’s Fantastic
‘Where the hell is it?’ I probe the darkness with the fading beam of my head torch searching for the bothy. In the dwindling
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Fire and Men
It’s dark and raining heavily now. The bothy fire smokes for a few minutes, coughs, splutters and then dies. Charlie, my walking companion
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The Gravity Trap
Normally, when I’m out in the hills, I don’t worry too much about what the ground beneath my feet feels like. The earth
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The Truth Behind the Smile
First appeared in ukhillwalking.com
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You Can’t be Too Careful
The helicopter lurches violently as it swings round the end of ridge and into the head wind coming down the glen. “Good of
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Bothies, Bikes and Bogs
I can see the bothy from here. It’s tantalisingly close. In fact I’ve been able to see the bothy for quite a while.
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The freedom of the hills
First published http://www.ukhillwalking.com/
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