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 Walk With Wallace YouTube channel • Robin's engaging, down-to-earth videos on his outdoor exploits in Scotland have earned a loyal following

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Skiddaw, Lake District • Vivienne Crow gives us a magnificent, bus-assisted tour of England's fourth-highest mountain

ASLEEP ON THE JOB • Russ Moorhouse recently set an unusual record, becoming the first person to wild camp on every Wainwright. Here, he explains how and why he ‘Fell Asleep’ (geddit?)

Solo sleepover • Fiona Russell is no stranger to the outdoors, but she had never wild camped alone - until recently…

How the outdoor community is supporting Ukraine • As shock waves from Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine ripple around the world, here’s what the outdoor world is doing to help – and how you can too

SHAFF 2022: the winners

SMARTWATCH DATA • REVEALS BOOM IN YOUNG PEOPLE HIKING

The Peatlands of Britain and Ireland: A Traveller’s Guide

Tales from the Big Trails

SLIEVE DONARD • It might not be the Mournes’ most thrilling peak, but for Jim Perrin this high point echoes with associations and legends

MOMENTS IN TIME • Britain’s most experienced long distance walker, Chris Townsend, reflects on his most memorable camping moments from a lifetime of backpacking around the world

THE INNER LIGHT • Following major illness, Ursula Martin set out on an exhaustive exploration of Wales on foot. On this staggering 3700-mile walk, she discovered kindness, the peace of nature, and her own inner strength

ISLAND LIFE • Stacey McGowan Holloway escapes the confines of lockdown on a musicinspired, public-transport-accessed backpack of the Hebridean Way

SUMMIT TO SEA • Rudolf Abraham and daughter take us 750km from the foot of Austria’s highest mountain to the balmy shores of the Italian Adriatic, via the Alpe Adria Trail

TRY THE TRAIL

SKILLS How and where to pitch a tent • There’s more to wild camping than meets the eye. Alex Roddie has a few tips to help you on your way to a perfect pitch

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

Finisterre • Biosmock

EDZ • Waterproof Socks

Osprey • UNLTD AirScape 68

SOLO TENTS • Gear Editor and long-distance walker Chris Townsend casts his eye over the latest in single-person shelters

Features

Vaude • Hogan SUL 1-2P

Sierra Designs • High Route 3000 1

Alpkit • Polestar

Vango • Heddon 100

MSR • Freelite 1

Terra Nova • Laser Compact 1

Hilleberg • Niak

Big Agnes • Fly Creek HV UL1 Solution Dye

Nemo • Hornet 2P

KIDS’ WATERPROOFS • David Lintern outlines a trio of the best rain jackets for the little people in your life, with the help of his...