News · 26 Oct 2016
Cicerone author Kev Reynolds celebrates success
Cicerone author Kev Reynolds is celebrating with two notable achievements including Abode of the Gods being Highly Commended at the OWPG Awards.
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211 articles found
Article · 8 Sep 2016
UTMB: Kingsley Jones' DNC (Did Not Connect)
Kingsley Jones recently made the tough decision to pull out of the iconic Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) race. Here, he discusses the spirit of the event.
Feature · 11 Jul 2016
In The Long Run - South West Coast Path Record
Running the South West Coast Path marked the culmination of a journey from hiker to runner for Cicerone guidebook author Damian Hall. On the 24th of May Damian reached Minehead,...
Feature · 11 Jul 2016
Walking with young children - exploring a tidal island
Rachel Crolla and family set out on a storybook adventure to strand themselves for the day on uninhabited tidal island of Hillbre off the coast of the Wirral in Merseyside. She...
Article · 22 Jun 2016
Paddy finishes the Pennine Way
Paddy Dillon has been walking the Pennine Way in order to update his guidebook to the first National Trail. Here he gives us his general thoughts on his walk.
Article · 2 Jun 2016
Five people you'll meet on the Pennine Way
Paddy Dillon is walking the Pennine Way in order to update his guidebook. Now that he has walked it several times it has become clear that there are several types of walkers that...
News · 31 May 2016
Damian Hall breaks South West Coast Path record
The speed record for running the South West Coast Path was recently broken by Cicerone author Damian Hall, setting a new time of 10 days 15 hours and 18 minutes. We were so...
Article · 5 Feb 2016
A quick chat with Paddy Dillon
Paddy Dillon is one of Cicerone's most prolific authors and has written over 70 walking and trekking guidebooks. We pin him down to ask a few questions of this 'indefatigable long-distance walker'.
News · 26 Jan 2016
A new era begins for Everest trekking guidebook
Cicerone's Everest Trekking guidebook is to have a new author.
Feature · 9 Nov 2015
Api to Jumla: A truly magical mystery trek
In this final extract from his inspirational memoirs about trekking in the Himalaya, Abode of the Gods, Kev Reynolds recalls a trek with a very real sense of mystery from Api to...
Feature · 9 Nov 2015
Off the beaten track in the Lakeland fells
Mark Richards sings the praises of wandering off the beaten track in the English Lake District and shares his story of finding a novel route up Thornthwaite Crag in the Far...
Feature · 13 Oct 2015
Dolpo: Nepal's Hidden Region Powered by Yak Dung
In this third extract from his inspirational memoirs about trekking in the Himalaya, Abode of the Gods, Kev Reynolds describes the moment when he reached Nepal's remote Dolpo...
Feature · 14 Sep 2015
Unforgettable encounters on the South Downs
Here Kev Reynolds, prolific chronicler of the outdoors from the Himalaya to what he calls his own ‘Kentish Alps’, and author of two Cicerone walking guides to the South Downs,...
Feature · 6 Aug 2015
A gentler pace in the Auvergne
For Rachel Crolla walking the mountains of the Auvergne in central France will always be associated with a unique time in her life – the time when she and Carl were completing the research for their second Cicerone guidebook ‘Walking in the...
Feature · 6 Aug 2015
A second winter in Ladakh
Ladakh's trekking opportunities can extend year-round, and here are accounts of the Sham Trek, Chadar Trek and Markha valley trek and a new winter trekking route via a frozen river between Zanskar and Central Ladakh. Cicerone author and trek leader...
Feature · 6 Aug 2015
Because it's there – Everest trekking
In these two extracts from a chapter of his inspirational book ‘Abode of the Gods’, which captures the wonders of trekking in the Nepal Himalaya in eight vivid stories, Kev Reynolds recalls his first arrival at Namche Bazaar and first glimpse of...
Article · 21 Apr 2015
Paddy Dillon meets a reader
Paddy Dillon, author of many Cicerone walking and trekking guidebooks, seems to be walking and either researching new guides or updating old ones every day. But it's not often he has chance to chat to guidebook users such as James.
Feature · 25 Mar 2015
A difficult day in the Pyrenees
An extract from A Walk in the Clouds by Kev Reynolds reveals that sometimes you can have 'Something of a doo-day'. This story takes place in the Pyrenees, near the valley d'Oô.
Feature · 10 Feb 2015
Fell Top Assessor: top job in the English Lake District
Graham Uney, one of the Lake District's two Fell Top Assessors, shares the secrets of the job that involves climbing Helvellyn every day right through the winter and keeping other...
Feature · 16 Dec 2014
Hole in One
Kev Reynolds and his climbing partner Hugh explore the Vignemale and Vignemale glacier in the Pyrenees, but all was not well when they crossed the glacier.