Issue October 2023 - Trail (2024)

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If you love to sling on a backpack, head for the hills and do some wild camping, Trail Magazine is for you. Each issue is packed with: - Routes with full OS mapping - Reviews of the latest outdoor kit - The UK’s best outdoor writing - Exclusive picture and video content As the UK’s biggest and best-selling hillwalking magazine, we specialize in the most beautiful, most spectacular and most challenging regions of Britain and Europe – and inform you about all the tools you need to explore them. If you want adventure you’ll love Trail, and Trail will love you.

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In This IssueALWAYS BE BOTHEREDI went walking in the Lake District a couple of weeks ago. Nothing particularly unusual about that, because I do it a lot. But what was unusual about this trip was the fact it was just me and my seven-year-old son, because although we’ve climbed a few hills together I’ve never previously committed to a full dad-and-lad walking trip. Before we headed north I was worried he’d get bored of staying in a remote mountain hostel, or scared off by the Cumbrian weather, or tired of pounding uphill for hour after hour. But I’m pleased to report I was wrong. In fact, he loved every second of scrambling over rocks, splashing through streams, thrashing me at board games in our hostel, and posing heroically on mountain summits. And it made…1 min

In This IssueMEET THE JUDGESYOU!We’ll be giving you the chance to vote for your favourite image once the final shortlist has been chosen, and the public vote will count as one of the final votes alongside our judges. NADIR KHANAn acclaimed adventure sports photographer and filmmaker who specialises in mountains, Nadir’s photography is published in the books Extreme Scotland and Extreme Lakeland. GUY PROCTEREditor of Country Walking Guy is passionate about helping more people discover the outdoors. TOM BAILEYThe photographer behind the award-winning photography in Bauer Media’s outdoor portfolio, Tom is a mountaineer, naturalist and enjoyer of the countryside on foot. LOUISE PARKERTrail’s art editor has been a judge in every Mountain Photo of the Year competition since 2013. What she doesn’t know about impactful mountain images isn’t worth knowing. MATT MERRITTAuthor and editor…1 min

In This IssueTRAIL PicksWILD CAMPING WINWe’re still celebrating the successful appeal against a ruling that saw the right to camp under the Dartmoor Commons Act repealed. The case hinged on whether wild camping counted as open-air recreation, and the Court of Appeal panel eventually agreed with the Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA) and Open Spaces Society that it does. The British Mountaineering Council is now calling for a 12-month trial where wild camping is permitted on open access land across several different National Parks in England and Wales, saying: “We want to see more land open to respectful, responsible, legal wild camping. It is time to clarify the laws around wild camping.”VIEW WITH A ROOM LANDPODS, YHA ESKDALEThe YHA has always excelled at well-priced accommodation in handily placed hillwalking locations, and in recent…2 min

In This Issue“A Tolkien-esque landscape, uninhabited by people”WILD SLEEPS Merrick Grasmoor Ben Cruachan Ben More (Mull) Black Combe TRAIL 100 BIVV Y COUNT 52/100Bucket lists – what’s on yours? I pass halfway on my ‘Trail of 100 Nights’ this month and have been joined by two camping buddies with lists of very different lengths.Galloway nightsA tricky, rocky path mixed with bog and turned into an obstacle course by deforestation trucks makes the first half of the climb on Merrick hard going. “This one has been on my bucket list for a long time,” says Jay. And he has a lot of lists – Wainwrights, Munros, Nuttalls, Hewitts and, of course, the Trail 100. Once you enter the montane zone it’s a different story – magnificent views over a Tolkienesque landscape, uninhabited by people, perhaps only by elves…3 min

In This IssueOut thereAn Teallach Wester Ross“Had a great weekend hiking An Teallach last month, and managed a cloud inversion as well!” Emma TollanYr Wyddfa (Snowdon) Eryri (Snowdonia)“Me, Rebecca and our dog Holly on Snowdon for sunrise. We are so lucky to live here in Snowdonia, with all these fantastic mountains on our doorstep.” Alwyn ParryBlencathra Lake District“Your first mountain summit is special. This pic is from 5-year-old Sofia’s first top-to-bottom mountain, Blencathra. We can’t tell you what it meant to be with her, as she touched the OS trig point with so much pride.” Carolyn and Neil MinshullBen Macdui Cairngorms“This is Andy and I having summited Ben Macdui on our first day of Trail 100 adventures up in the Cairngorms – no other soul in sight and holding on for dear life!…3 min

Issue October 2023 - Trail (2024)

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