🍂The leaves on the trees are beginning to crimson, and this can only mean one thing... The Great Outdoors Reader Awards are officially open! 🏆 These awards are the UK’s biggest democratic celebration of the best of our outdoor culture. Have your say now: www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/news/the-gre...

⛺ We partnered with Trek Scotland & Minreet Kaur for a first-time Munro wild camp in the Cairngorms. 🌄 Minreet's mum Pal is in remission. She's 75 in November - and is nails enough to attempt Bynack More in the dark! Watch this space for her full story. An inspiration! 👏 📸 @davidlintern.bsky.social

Motivational magazine just been delivered 🏕🥾🏔👍 @tgomagazine.bsky.social

⛺Britain's most experienced gear team reveals TGO's Gear of the Year. 🥾With 200+ years of experience & countless hours working outdoors, we can distinguish between hype & innovation. Wary of the latest freebie praised online? You’re in the right place! www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/gear-guides/...

Uncover Britain’s mountain myths & legends in our new bumper issue 🧙‍♀️ 🏆 PLUS: we reveal the world-class bits of kit and the brands announced victorious in our annual Gear of the Year Awards! Get your copy of this special issue of #TheGreatOutdoors now: www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/latest-issue...

Second attempt to recci a route for @tgomagazine.bsky.social ended in failure. ROW shown on OS 1:25,000 map around Castell Caerau not visible on the ground. Shoulder deep in bracken, gorse and heather most of the morning. 🙄 #solstice #eryri #gwynedd #parccenedlaetholeryri #cymru #snowdonia #castell

Spreads from the bumper edition of @tgomagazine.bsky.social loaded with poetry, boating, walking and scrambling… and our annual roundup of the best outdoor kit for 2025

I wrote this article for @tgomagazine.bsky.social based on my experiences at the Kinder rising mass swim last week. Draconian rules and a hostile management policy towards the public is bad for public safety and health. See my full thoughts: www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/opinion/kind...

Tonights reading material sorted 👌 @tgomagazine.bsky.social

📚 Our nine-year old reviewer and avid reader - who definitely does do mountains - shares their take on this Cairngorms adventure tale by @scattyscribbler.bsky.social.

⛺Backpackers & walkers who value the freedom of sleeping under the stars celebrate today's Supreme Court ruling after years of tireless campaigning to defend a right under threat on #Dartmoor. ✨@dpadartmoor.bsky.social @righttoroam.bsky.social #wildcamping www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/news/dartmoo...

"The Water Company Who Cried Wolf" On the 93rd anniversary of the Kinder Mass Trespass, hundreds of protestors dipped in defiance of access law and landowner policy which decrees that the public do not have the right to swim in our reservoirs. @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social reports.

🧗 As it turns 100 this May, Katy Dartford celebrates Britain’s oldest purpose-acquired climbing hut; launchpad for countless adventures, shelter from Eryri/#Snowdonia’s storms and a gathering place for generations of climbers. 📸: The Climbers' Club www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/news/helyg-1...

🕰 @kathillauthor.bsky.social time travels to Maol-bhuidhe, one of Britain’s most remote bothies. With photographer @nicholasjrwhite.bsky.social, she retraces the steps of teachers who travelled between Highland communities. Read on in #TheGreatOutdoors: www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/latest-issue...

In the shadow of giants 🏔️ ⛺ Peter Elia joins a once-in-a-lifetime trek to K2 Base Camp and finds splendour, strength and comradeship in the heart of Pakistan’s Karakoram range. 📸: Alun Richardson Read on in #TheGreatOutdoors: www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/latest-issue...

📸 Will Lake enjoys nothing more than escaping his desk with camera in hand, often to the #LakeDistrict. It is an antidote to "endless metrics, goals and rankings". His images are refreshingly unprocessed and joyful. See more in new #TheGreatOutdoors: www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/latest-issue...

Go beyond wild camping in #TheGreatOutdoors ⛺ 5⃣ adventurers share their strange sleeps outside 🕰 Kat Hill travels back in time to a remote bothy 🖼 Will Lake does landscape photography without fuss 🏔 Peter Elia camps in the shadow of K2 and more! Read now: www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/latest-issue...

FREE STORY: A line down the spine of England 🥾 🥳To celebrate the #PennineWay's 60th, we asked those who have walked, run, danced and sung their way along the 268 miles of England’s first National Trail to share their stories. You'll be surprised by what's changed... And what hasn't.

Food… Politics… Environment… Marmot ontology! New May issue of @tgomagazine.bsky.social focuses on National Parks, including an alt take on the GR54 in the French Haute Alps. We are what we eat, make sure it’s wholesome: www.google.com/search?q=tgo...

The Last Wainwrights. More than 40 years after ticking off the Wainwrights himself, @aleator.bsky.social set out to complete his father’s unfinished round. While bagging those final 24 summits, he discovered new layers of meaning in the landscape. Read on: www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/latest-issue...

RAF and mountain rescue veteran David “Heavy” Whalley, who helped save hundreds of lives during his career, has died at the age of 72. A previous editor of The Great Outdoors magazine, Cameron McNeish, remembers a friend, colleague and a gentleman of the hills.

🌄#TheGreatOutdoors invites young photographers aged 15-25 to submit your favourite landscape photograph to be published in our magazine and win £75! 🥾Pick your best shot of mountains that move you & send it with 100 words describing the moment to [email protected]. 📸@veritymilligan.bsky.social

An inspiring article about the meaning and freedom offered by The Pennine Way in this month's @tgomagazine.bsky.social When I walked from Nottingham to Newcastle last year, I deliberately chose a different route (see, open.substack.com/pub/marekbidwe…) but maybe I should give the PW a go?

Britain's Natural Health Service 🥾 🗝 Our national parks were established as a people’s charter for the open air after WW2. They remain vital in introducing people to the outdoors. In new #TheGreatOutdoors, we give you the keys to these 15 natural kingdoms. 📸: Ryan Lomas Read on: tinyurl.com/4hxb35yv

🌄 @careydavies.bsky.social walks a bucket list trail, journeying through dramatic, inversion-draped Highland landscapes, a complicated history… as well as some diminutive but terrifyingly itchy wildlife. 📸 James Roddie Read on in #TheGreatOutdoors: www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/latest-issue...

🦅As Britain’s original mountain magazine, helping people explore from sea to summit for over 40 years, #TheGreatOutdoors exists to help you make the most of your time outside. 🌄Trail tales 🥾Honest reviews 🧭Walking routes ⛷Skills advice Subscribe to get your free gift: shop.kelsey.co.uk/TGO425SOC

Always something to learn from these type of quizzes. This one could help you avoid hypothermia, so it’s worth a read - even if you get all the questions right (I didn’t!).

'If you feel like you’ve lost your way, amid the mountain narrative, Pathfinding may help you to place yourself once again.’ The Great Outdoors Thank you to @tgomagazine.bsky.social for this wonderful review of @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social's #Pathfinding: www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/outdoor-book...

"He set records, but more importantly, he set an example." David Lintern remembers the trailblazing creator of Ramsay's Round, a sportsperson in the classic mould who took immense joy in encouraging people of all ages, creeds and colours into his beloved Lochaber hills. 📸 @davidlintern.bsky.social

Appropriately, yesterday having been St David's Day, the new edition of @tgomagazine.bsky.social includes a cute little article by me on you guessed it, St David, or rather the bijou city in the very south-west of Wales named in his honour. Get your copy via the website www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com

🇮🇪 The 130-mile circuit of Ireland’s Beara Peninsula layers historical intrigue and natural beauty. After a shaky start, @alexroddie.bsky.social finds joy, generosity and a sense of place on the Beara Way. ⛺ Read on in the new issue of #TheGreatOutdoors: www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/latest-issue...

As the #PennineWay celebrates its 60th birthday, we honour big trails in Britain & beyond. 🌍 Cross the roof of the world on the Pamir Trail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Walk the Fisherfield Munros 🇮🇪 Go coastal on the Beara Way ⛺️ DIY backpacking meals ➕ more in new #TheGreatOutdoors: www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/latest-issue...

Can you capture the magic of outdoor escape through your camera lens? Are you aged between 15 and 25? #TheGreatOutdoors magazine invites all young photographers to submit your favourite landscape photograph to be published in our upcoming July issue. 📸 Kalyani Lodhia (September 2024)

📢 Thanks to your support we have been awarded The Open Outdoors award by @tgomagazine.bsky.social 🎉 We're working hard to make #walking inclusive, widening access to the outdoors for everyone & promoting the benefits of everyday active journeys 🚶🧑‍🦽 Read more: www.pathsforall.org.uk/news/news-po...

Mountain Rescue teams see dozens of cases of hypothermia each year. How much do you really know about avoiding it? This quiz devised by the pros at Mountaineering Scotland guides you through a pitfall-packed winter day. Can you emerge toasty & triumphant?

Ignore the 'blue monday' BS, and choose Bluebird Monday instead... Read Anna Wells' full feature on her record breaking winter round, from our print magazine & now online for free, and with bonus video. Password: BluebirdMonday www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/inspiration-...

Dressing for winter - take a layered approach www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/skills/how-t...

Our March issue (yes we know, why do mags do that 🤷‍♀️) landed, and we’re feeling good about it. By women. About women. For everyone. www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/latest-issue...

David Solomon: "My presence in the mountains carries a message" | TGO Magazine www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/news/david-s...

Ignore the 'blue monday' BS, and choose Bluebird Monday instead... Read Anna Wells' full feature on her record breaking winter round, from our print magazine & now online for free, and with bonus video. Password: BluebirdMonday www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/inspiration-...

STONE FREE: Thousands of ancient sites across England are off limits, cutting us off from a unique heritage, as well as a closer connection to our place in the present and future. @righttoroam.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/news/stone-f...

Bags of tips and tricks to beat the January blues from this salty bunch of hill reprobates www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/skills/peak-...

Nice review of my book www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/outdoor-book...

Hallo - Britain's original outdoor magazine is bloomin' delighted to arrive on Bluesky, please give us a follow! We'll start sharing stories & skills advice soon. Want to know more in the meantime? - find us at www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com Here's a sneak preview of our new cover out soon ;)