Feature · 20 Feb 2021
9 days fell walking in the Lake District
Lesley and Jonathan Williams walked the entire 9-stage route of Lesley's book, The Tour of the Lake District, which explores the very best of the Lake District’s valleys and fells
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Podcast · 20 Jan 2021
Lightweight backpacking tips and stories with Paddy Dillon
President of the Backpackers Club and guidebook author Paddy Dillon joined us to give his top tips for lightweight backpacking, including advice for starting out, lightweight...
Feature · 3 Oct 2020
The UK's best wilderness walks
Wilderness walking routes crossing remote and pathless terrain can be an antidote to modern life and keep you safely away from crowded environments. True wilderness (entirely untouched by mankind) is hard to find, however these suggestions provide...
Article · 15 Jul 2020
This is NOT the West Highland Way...
Not the West Highland Way by Ronald Turnbull offers all the benefits of the West Highland Way trail with some additional tracks that are guaranteed to inspire the explorer within you
Article · 7 Jun 2020
The trials, tribulations, and joys of writing a guidebook to the West Highland Way
Terry Marsh reflects on the trials and tribulations – and joys – of writing and maintaining his guidebook to the West Highland Way.
Feature · 27 May 2020
How to write a guidebook: Jack or Jill of all trades – and master of... guidebook writing
Ronald Turnbull explains how writing is a rather small part of being a guidebook writer as well as dismissing once and for all some popular misconceptions about his chosen career.
Feature · 12 May 2020
A Very British Bog
Ronald Turnbull remembers encounters with quagmires, morasses, bogs, fens, flows, sloughs and other soggy bits of Britain. He is doing his best to help you avoid yearning for the hills and perhaps make you slightly happier about being stuck at home...
Feature · 6 May 2020
The beginning of a long walking career
Theresa May famously gave Angela Merkel a copy of one of Terry Marsh's guidebooks. Terry is one of Cicerone's longest-running authors and here he looks back at where his love of walking came from.
Feature · 4 May 2020
The joy of walking
Kev Reynolds has been reflecting on why he fell in love with walking many, many years ago and, despite only being allowed to walk circuits of his miniature garden, he is still daydreaming of walking holidays.
Article · 29 Apr 2020
Whinge along with me
Kev Reynolds is famous among walkers and trekkers as one of the most prolific guidebook writers of all time (maybe). As a 'vulnerable' person he is limited to walking around his small garden and he's gone completely stir-crazy. Here he expresses his...
Feature · 9 Feb 2020
A wee tour of Ben Nevis: A multi-day hike around 'the Ben'
The Annapurna Circuit and the tours of Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa are just a few of the routes that journey around those high mountains and draw the adventurous...
Feature · 28 Dec 2019
My first Cicerone guides
Good advice has always been central to Cicerone's guidebooks and, as they celebrate 50 years as a leading light in the outdoor world, nothing has changed, says Andy Hodges
Feature · 14 Dec 2019
The Ten Tors Challenge – preparing for the big day
In part one of a two-part feature, Andy Hodges describes the amount of time and work it takes to prepare a group of teenagers for the Army’s annual Ten Tors Challenge on...
Feature · 14 Dec 2019
The Ten Tors Challenge – the day arrives
In part two of his feature, Andy Hodges describes the hope, the worry and the wait while the teams take part in the annual event.
Article · 16 Nov 2019
The Shropshire Way rediscovered
Cicerone guidebook author John Gillham explains what’s so great about the new and improved Shropshire Way.
News · 23 Oct 2019
A proper Shropshire book launch
Hannah heads to Shrewsbury for the Shropshire Way guidebook launch... And a proper Shropshire cream tea.
News · 20 Aug 2019
Cambrian Way - Wales' answer to the Pennine Way?
Hannah from Cicerone meets some of the Cambrian Way Trust at the book launch in Cardiff and hears how Ramblers Cymru hope the trail will become Wales' answer to the Pennine Way.
Feature · 12 Aug 2019
The Big Rounds: the bridge to enchantment
David Lintern has written the first guide to Britain's 24-hour mountain challenges – The Big Rounds. It's a book about people and places and the magic that happens when they...
Feature · 3 Aug 2019
A day of synchronicity on one of the Big Rounds
David Lintern has written the first guide to Britain's 24-hour mountain challenges. It's a book about people and places and the magic that happens when they meet on equal terms...
Feature · 22 Jun 2019
The Great Outdoors Challenge: A first-timer reflects
In the second of his two articles, Peter Aylmer looks back on his first TGO Challenge experience. Would the landscape, the camaraderie and the weather live up to expectations?