Sucess: CNF Outdoors exposed by BBC Wales

You may remember my review on CNF Outdoors from January 2016, where I purchased a sleeping bag that I never received and had to threaten the company with all sorts before finally getting a refund. It was only after I read other horror stories online, I realised I wasn't the only person to receive such a shoddy …

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2016 – The year of the tarp

Well today is New year's Eve or Hogmanay if you're up here in Scotland, and you could say 2016 has been a funny old year. I could write about the celebrity deaths over the past 12 months, or even Brexit and Donald Trump. I could even write an article on my beloved Hibernian FC winning the Scottish Cup for …

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Navigating with a smart phone

Navigating on the hills with a smartphone has become quite a contentious subject and there are a lot of misconceptions around how GPS works on a smartphone. In this article, I aim to explain how to safely navigate with your phone and at the same time, debunk some of the myths I often see mentioned on social media. Firstly, I can't stress …

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Life after the Munros and the bagging epiphany.

I recently read Ed Byrne's piece 'Confessions of a Munro-bagger' and having compleated the Munros myself, I found myself nodding and smiling in agreement. But the dust has long since settled on my Munro compleation on a cold, damp Ciste Dhubh back in September 2014. I have since found myself naturally moving onto the Corbetts, but something wasn't quite right, I couldn't put …

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Navigation and the best of both worlds?

Navigation seems to be ripe for discussion at the moment, are the tables finally turning? Will GPS replace the traditional map and compass?  I've recently read two interesting blogs on the subject, one from Outdoors Father, Navigation in the 21st century Part 1 – are you up to date? and Alex Roddie's Going paperless in the hills – …

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