Underground Navigation
I am spending a lot of time at the moment helping the BBC with a new series and have spent the last few days in…
Tag: extreme
Which way are we looking? Updated.
My thanks to Mark Evans who not only flew over from Oman for a course, but also sent me this great time lapse photo from…
Sunday Times
There was a ‘mini-review’ of the book in yesterday’s Sunday Times Culture section’s seasonal selection of the books of 2010. Here it is in its…
Condry Festival
The third Condry Festival, ‘Nature and Outdoor Writing at its Finest’, took place on Saturday at the Tabernacl in Machynlleth, Wales. I was honoured to…
Sweet Times on Sugar Loaf Mountain
For the love of God, spare us from any more blog titles like that, you are thinking. But persevere, there is a point to it.…
Camping at the Hay Festival
Last night we got back from a family camping trip to a site near the Hay Festival in Herefordshire. It was my first visit to…
Light Snow Compass
Just back from minus 15 degrees in the Scottish Highlands and the unseasonable season continues! It’ s great – even if it has cost me…
Libyan Sahara
Just back after a fantastic and physically intense fortnight in the Libyan desert. This photo of me scaling a dune was taken after nine hours…
Sand Dunes and Endurance
I spent this evening studying some well-respected sand dune theory before my upcoming trip to the Libyan Sahara. It had been a long day, with…