The Great Outdoors

TGO Magazine is your essential guide to hillwalking and backpacking in the UK and overseas. Get out more! We provide all the inspiration you need to plan your next trip, plus expert reviews and tips. The Great Outdoors is for anyone who loves walking in the hills, mountains and wild places. With information on the latest gear, in-depth features and stunning photography, The Great Outdoors will help you access the high peaks and long trails of Britain and beyond. Our enhanced digital addition includes even more great photos and interactive content.

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The Great Outdoors

THRILL SKILLS • In the mountains, every day is a learning experience. The Great Outdoors is full of expert advice to help you continue the journey – onwards and upwards

Meall an Inbhire, Isle of Mull

ADYA MISRA Paddle coach and founder of People of Colour Paddle • Paddle sports coach Adya hopes to embrace a summer spent out on the water

Readers’ page • Share your views, your experiences and your favourite photos tgo.ed@kelsey.co.uk

The Lost Paths: A History of How We Walk From Here to There

ON THE LOOKOUT • Natural highlights in the hills this month

Lake District’s longest-serving fell top assessor retires

We need a summer of walking and talking for the sake of our health

BEINN TARSUINN • Jim Perrin recalls porridge-fuelled forays on the Isle of Arran, where the southernmost top of the Goatfell massif proved pretty irresistible

AMBLESIDE • Vivienne Crow finds there’s a warm welcome for those wearing muddy boots in this charming little town, which has much to offer walkers wishing to tackle the South Lakeland fells

FROM LAKELAND with love • Fell runner and backpacker Norman Hadley shares a beautiful reflection on what it means to inherit and pass on a love of the outdoors

COLD DAY in the sun • Mistakes made in the heat of the moment can lead to a chilling ordeal in the sun. Francesca Donovan and her husband learn just how dangerous ‘good weather’ can be on exposed mountain tops, as the temperature is turned up in the Devil’s Kitchen

KINGDOM of the CAMOSCI • Not far from the Dolomites tourist trails, the Marmarole welcome fewer visitors than they deserve. Charlie Jarvis joins a historic section of the Alta Via 5 – Strada Sanmarchi – in the hoofprints of four-legged guides

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GEAR • News from the world of outdoor kit, and product reviews from the UK’s most experienced gear-testing team

NEW REVIEWS • Chris Townsend puts exciting new gear to the test

ONE-PERSON TENTS • Deputy Editor and keen backpacker David Lintern considers a wide range of one-person tents for all seasons

Features

BACKPACKING MEALS • Alex Roddie fuels his mountain adventures with 10 of the best rehydrated meals

Features

WILDWALKS

1 Glas Bheinn & Leum Uilleim Central Highlands SCOTLAND

2 Beinn Mheadhonach Perthshire SCOTLAND

3 Ben Cruachan South Highlands SCOTLAND

4 The Helvellyn Range Lake District ENGLAND

5 Windermere to Patterdale Lake District ENGLAND

6 Black Combe Cumbria ENGLAND

7 Ingleborough Yorkshire Dales ENGLAND

8 Blea Moor & Great Knoutberry Hill Yorkshire Dales ENGLAND

9 Tarren Hills Eryri/Snowdonia WALES

10 Box Hill via the North Downs Way Surrey Hills ENGLAND

Sheep thrills • Emma Schroeder argues a sense of ‘awwww’ helps when the walking gets tough