How Wild Bison Are Transforming the Southern Carpathians
Features, Romania, Conservation, Case Studies

How Wild Bison Are Transforming the Southern Carpathians

We go on an animal-tracking adventure in Romania, where bison were reintroduced in 2014 after 200 years away...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 23 Feb 2022 • 7 min read
Watch: Crossing the French Mountains on Skis and a Skateboard
Features, France, Lunchtime Cinema

Watch: Crossing the French Mountains on Skis and a Skateboard

We talk to Bastien Vidonne about skiing, skateboarding and hiking across the Bauges mountains in eastern France

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 18 Feb 2022 • 6 min read
Northern Lights and Starry Skies: An Arctic Photo Story
Features, Community, Norway, Northern Lights

Northern Lights and Starry Skies: An Arctic Photo Story

Staying in an 'Arctic Aurora dome', Emma Hall discovers the colourful, flickering skies, and the magic of Norway...

  • Much Better Adventures
    Much Better Adventures
Much Better Adventures 17 Feb 2022 • 5 min read
In Praise of Talking to Strangers
Features

In Praise of Talking to Strangers

We don't expect interactions with strangers to go well, but travel opens us up - and there's a catharsis to conversation...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 17 Feb 2022 • 7 min read
Mules, Mountains and Imlil, the ‘Moroccan Chamonix’
Features, Community, Morocco

Mules, Mountains and Imlil, the ‘Moroccan Chamonix’

We caught up with the man behind our hiking trips in Morocco. He spoke about why he loves what he does and how tourism aids his hometown of Imlil, known as the ‘Moroccan Chamonix’.

  • Pete McEwan
    Pete McEwan
Pete McEwan 11 Feb 2022 • 5 min read
Skiing in Scotland | A Guide to the 5 Resorts
Guides, UK

Skiing in Scotland | A Guide to the 5 Resorts

An intro to Scotland's five ski spots; Cairngorm Mountain, Glencoe, Glenshee, Lecht 2090 and the Nevis Range...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 8 Feb 2022 • 11 min read
A Walk Down The Abandoned Olympic Bobsleigh Track in Sarajevo
Features, From the History Books, Bosnia & Herzegovina

A Walk Down The Abandoned Olympic Bobsleigh Track in Sarajevo

A site of Olympic unity in 1984, the bobsleigh track in Sarajevo later became an artillery site in the Bosnian War

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 4 Feb 2022 • 7 min read
Shine On: The Search for Shackleton's Lost Ship and a Solo First on Everest
Features

Shine On: The Search for Shackleton's Lost Ship and a Solo First on Everest

Good news? In this era?! 'Shine On' brings you five short snippets of good news to start your February off right

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 4 Feb 2022 • 6 min read
Book Club: Shackleton - A Biography
Features, Book Club

Book Club: Shackleton - A Biography

“To write about Hell, it certainly helps if you have been there,” writes Ranulph Fiennes, in his new biography of Shackleton

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 31 Jan 2022 • 5 min read
The Green Revolution: How Cuba Became an Accidental Eden
Features, Conservation, Cuba, Case Studies

The Green Revolution: How Cuba Became an Accidental Eden

The U.S. embargo, and environmental policies, have led to Cuba becoming the Caribbean's biosphere superpower

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 24 Jan 2022 • 8 min read
All Points North: The 1000km Cycle Around the North of England
Features, Lunchtime Cinema

All Points North: The 1000km Cycle Around the North of England

Follow Rupert Robinson as he rides for 60 hours, with only 40 minutes sleep, to finish ultra-distance event All Points North...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 17 Jan 2022 • 5 min read
Shine On: Destroyed Dams and a New Hiking Trail for London
Features

Shine On: Destroyed Dams and a New Hiking Trail for London

Good news? In this era?! 'Shine On' brings you five short snippets of good news to start your January off right

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 17 Jan 2022 • 6 min read
5 of the Most Memorable Munros in Scotland
Guides, UK, Hiking

5 of the Most Memorable Munros in Scotland

Andrew Dempster, author of 'The Munros: A History' talks us through five of his favourite Munros in the country

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 14 Jan 2022 • 8 min read
New Year's Letter: Our Reflections and Outlook
HQ

New Year's Letter: Our Reflections and Outlook

With 2021 in the rearview mirror, we've put together a quick recap of the key moments from another big year

  • Much Better Adventures
    Much Better Adventures
Much Better Adventures 13 Jan 2022 • 11 min read
Inside GBDURO: The Toughest Endurance Race in the UK
Features, Lunchtime Cinema

Inside GBDURO: The Toughest Endurance Race in the UK

We speak to Markus Stitz about his new short film on Mark Beaumont and GBDURO, a 2000km bikepacking race with a #noflyride policy

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 12 Jan 2022 • 6 min read
9 of the Best Outdoor and Adventure Reads from 2021
Guides

9 of the Best Outdoor and Adventure Reads from 2021

From globe-trotting cycles to stories of ice axes and rewilding...

  • Much Better Adventures
    Much Better Adventures
Much Better Adventures 10 Jan 2022 • 4 min read
The Man Who Gave His Name to 282 Mountains in Scotland
Features, From the History Books

The Man Who Gave His Name to 282 Mountains in Scotland

The story of Sir Hugh Munro, and the table of 3,000ft mountains that changed mountaineering in Scotland forever

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 6 Jan 2022 • 7 min read
21 Things That Made The World A Much Better Place in 2021
Conservation

21 Things That Made The World A Much Better Place in 2021

Beyond the gloomy headlines, us humans made some pretty amazing progress too...

  • Much Better Adventures
    Much Better Adventures
Much Better Adventures 31 Dec 2021 • 17 min read
Tackling Guatemala's 5 Volcano Challenge: A Photo Story
Features, Community, Central America

Tackling Guatemala's 5 Volcano Challenge: A Photo Story

Ever camped beside an erupting volcano? Here's how.

  • Much Better Adventures
    Much Better Adventures
Much Better Adventures 21 Dec 2021 • 6 min read
5 of the Best Wainwrights to Climb in the Lake District
Guides, UK, Hiking

5 of the Best Wainwrights to Climb in the Lake District

Karen and Dan Parker, authors of 'Peak Bagging: Wainwrights', talk us through their favourite walks up Alfred Wainwright's 214 fells...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 16 Dec 2021 • 8 min read
Cocaine, Cannabis and Whisky: The Medical Kit of Ernest Shackleton
Features, From the History Books

Cocaine, Cannabis and Whisky: The Medical Kit of Ernest Shackleton

Shackleton's 1907 Nimrod expedition to Antarctica made use of a variety of unlikely and unusual treatments to fend off illness...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 15 Dec 2021 • 6 min read
TranSending: A Story of Self-Discovery and the Seven Summits
Lunchtime Cinema, Features

TranSending: A Story of Self-Discovery and the Seven Summits

Erin Parisi is aiming to become the first transgender athlete to climb the highest mountain on each continent

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 7 Dec 2021 • 4 min read
Shine On: Tiny Bridges, Sharks and Britain's Most Remote Pub
Features

Shine On: Tiny Bridges, Sharks and Britain's Most Remote Pub

Good news? In this era?! 'Shine On' brings you five short snippets of good news to start your December off right

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 7 Dec 2021 • 6 min read
Shooting the Stars of the Slovenian Alps: A Photo Story
Features, Community, Slovenia

Shooting the Stars of the Slovenian Alps: A Photo Story

"I’ve been to the Alps in Austria and France before, but this was on another level – and seemingly undiscovered..."

  • Much Better Adventures
    Much Better Adventures
Much Better Adventures 30 Nov 2021 • 4 min read
Much Better Adventures named ‘Best Travel Agency’ of 2021
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Much Better Adventures named ‘Best Travel Agency’ of 2021

The win was one of two claimed at the Travolution Awards

  • Much Better Adventures
    Much Better Adventures
Much Better Adventures 29 Nov 2021 • 2 min read
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