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Scrambling in the Lake District with Paul Rose and John Fleetwood
In our May Cicerone Live event, join Cicerone author John Fleetwood and special guest Paul Rose to explore scrambling in the Lake District.
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Article · 11 Mar 2021
What is gill scrambling?
Gill scrambling is something of an acquired taste that some find hideous and others consider to be the very best scrambling. Gill scrambling demands self-imposed rules for maximum enjoyment. John Fleetwood
Feature · 6 Mar 2021
Hiking in Romania's Apuseni and Retezat Mountains
Keen to explore the mountains of Romania, Mick Borroff set off for a fortnight of hiking, caving and scrambling. Spending a week in each area, Mick discovered the best that the...
Feature · 13 Feb 2021
Five best scrambles in the Lake District
The Lake District offers many scrambles, ranging from family-friendly rambles to iconic routes only suitable for experienced climbers. In his two new guidebooks to 'Scrambles in the Lake District', John Fleetwood has recorded over 390 individual...
Article · 23 Jan 2021
What is scrambling?
The sport of scrambling is not new. In fact, the ascent of the majority of Alpine peaks by their normal route involves some scrambling. But what is it? John Fleetwood, author of Cicerone's Scrambles in the Lake District South, explains.
Feature · 29 Nov 2020
Tackling the Cuillin Ridge traverse
After a failed attempt on the Skye’s Cuillin Ridge traverse in 2019, Caroline returned this year to have another go. Taking the Cuillin Ridge Light approach, she managed to complete the route in a day. Here, she tells the story of taking on the...
Article · 21 Nov 2020
Scrambles in the Lake District – South: A sample route
Covering Langdale, Coniston, Eskdale, Patterdale and High Street, John Fleetwood's Scrambles in the Lake District offers 106 scrambling routes in the south of the national park...
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Podcast · 28 Oct 2020
Skye's Cuillin Ridge Traverse with Adrian Trendall
A mountain traverse like no other in the UK, Skye's Cuillin Ridge is an aspiration for many climbers, mountaineers and scramblers. In this episode of highlights from our Cicerone...
Feature · 30 Aug 2020
A lifetime of walking and climbing in the Pyrenees
Alf Robertson has spent the last forty years exploring the Pyrenees, starting with summer trekking trips in Andorra before enjoying the crags, peaks and lakes from subsequent...
Live · 9 Jun 2020
Adrian Trendall chats about his new guidebook to Skye's Cuillin Ridge
We were live with Adrian Trendall talking about his new guidebook to Skye's Cuillin Ridge traverse. Find out why Joe has failed to do the route twice and some of Adrian's top tips...
Feature · 8 May 2020
Meet our Cicerone Connect members: "Oh the places we have been!"
Cicerone Connect, our new Facebook community, has become a brilliant place to share your trip photos, planning questions and bucket-list ideas. We thought we'd share a few...
Feature · 15 Feb 2020
The Cuillin Ridge Light
The Cuillin Ridge Light is the best ridge in the UK for mere mortals. It uses cunning and knowledge to take the easiest line, hard climbs are bypassed and the bar of necessary experience and skills is lowered. You still ascend the Munros, climb the...
Feature · 12 Jan 2020
The Cuillin Ridge in winter
A climb of alpine proportions, epic scenery and mile after mile of ridge make the Cuillin Ridge an adventurous and highly sought-after route that, says Adrian Trendall, should top any winter climber’s tick list.
Feature · 8 Jan 2020
The Mountains of Romania: hiking in the rugged Carpathians
‘What do you know about Romania?’ Ask someone this question and chances are their eyes will glaze over instantly. Janneke Klop didn’t know the first thing about this...
Feature · 29 Dec 2019
What Cicerone staff have been doing this year... 2019
Everyone who works at Cicerone is a bit of a fleece-wearing outdoor adventure junkie and we try to practice what we preach. Here's what we've all been up to in 2019.
Feature · 27 Nov 2019
Christmas in Africa
Exotic as it sounds, taking a Christmas break in North Africa can be light on the wallet as well as the stomach. Here, David Wood describes how some new discoveries in the Anti-Atlas have shaped his views about how to spend the festive season.
Video · 17 Nov 2019
Explore the world with a Cicerone guidebook
Choose a Cicerone guidebook for your activities - guidebooks cover walking, trekking, climbing, scrambling, trail running, cycling, mountain biking and more. There are hundreds of...
Article · 10 Aug 2019
Out with Grandpa in the Rätikon Alps
Kev Reynolds has many stories to tell from his years in the mountains. In this new series he will share some of his most memorable moments with us - some funny, some serious, but all very Kev. Each article will be illustrated by colleague and close...
Feature · 20 Jul 2019
40 years of Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees
Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees is 40 years old. First published in 1978, it’s never been out of print and, following numerous updates and reincarnations, the latest edition is...
Feature · 17 Jul 2019
Searching for Russell’s caves on the Pyrenean Haute Route
In spring 2018, while doing research for the new guidebook on the Pyrenean Haute Route, Tom Martens discovered that the Vignemale, France’s highest Pyrenean peak at 3298m, held...