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“Go for a walk, it's free!” True – if you step out of your door on an empty stomach, devoid of skills, and naked. Walking can cost a lot of money but the hills should be open to all regardless of budget.
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“Go for a walk, it's free!” True – if you step out of your door on an empty stomach, devoid of skills, and naked. Walking can cost a lot of money but the hills should be open to all regardless of budget.
Get #TheGreatOutdoors' low-cost adventure special:
www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/latest-issue...
We want your tips for hillwalking on a budget! 🥾
🎒If you’ve dreamed up a brilliant way to save on gear, transport, food or anything else (and you want to share your genius hiking hacks in Britain’s original mountain magazine) email the team via TGO.ed@kelsey.co.uk 📧
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⛺ Juls Stodel advises a lonely camper seeking hiking friends for the edge of the world – the Mackenzie to their Collie – and it's fair to say, this month's column is a little jammy.
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So delighted that @righttoroam.bsky.social has been voted campaign of the year in The Great Outdoors Reader Awards!
It’s been a big year on access with the Supreme Court victory for wild camping on Dartmoor.
Thanks to @tgomagazine.bsky.social
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The Walkhighlands app has been commended in the @tgomagazine.bsky.social reader awards! “Essential for walking in Scotland”, commented one reader to TGO. Another said they “have explored areas I would never have thought of on paths I would never have found thanks to this app!”
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NEW BUMPER ISSUE: be inspired by 32 pages of mapped routes & tips on moving to the mountains from folks who've actually done it in our guide to following your outdoor dreams in 2026 🧭
📸 James Roddie featuring Alex Roddie, Suilven
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REVEALED: The Great Outdoors Reader Awards Winners!
🌄 Thank you to every one of you who nominated and voted for your favourite outdoor people, organisations and places. Congratulations to winners and all shortlisted. Here's to a great new year outdoors!
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"Directors Rachel Grady & Heidi Ewing have crafted an honest portrait of the complexities of coming of age that is as uplifting as it is, at times, deeply affecting to watch." - @tgomagazine.bsky.social.
FOLKTALES is in UK cinemas & on digital from 5 Dec
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🥾 You nominated in your droves & we are delighted to reveal the shortlist in The Great Outdoors Reader Awards 2026!
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You may already know that Windermere is dying. But this footage of the destructive algal blooms must be seen to be believed.
Watch the new film - a continuation of the upstream battle to rid England’s largest lake from sewage - from Matt Staniek and the @savewindermere.bsky.social campaign now:
Roger Smith was the founding editor of #TheGreatOutdoors and bought the TGO Challenge to life. He shepherded both for many years with a careful ethos and calm approach.
Following his recent death, we asked friends and colleagues to share their memories of a quiet, kind and remarkable man.
Running round Whitbarrow checking a few directions for @tgomagazine.bsky.social - not too onerous work.
Follow in the footsteps of the dinosaurs and ice age polar bears with our mountain time travel issue 🦕
❄️Plus! Skill up and make this your best winter yet with our 10-page skills guide in collaboration with the pros at Glenmore Lodge.
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🍂 LAST CHANCE: Nominate your outdoor heroes in #TheGreatOutdoors Reader Awards - and please share the news so other can have their say!
⏳ Nominations close on October 31 2025 at midnight. Thank you for taking part.
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Explore Scotland’s most unruly park with our 'High Culture' special 🌄
⛰ Much like art, the mountains are at their most thrilling when they don’t play by the rules. We hope this issue inspires a creative impulse in you.
📸 Paul Skea
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🍂The leaves on the trees are beginning to crimson, and this can only mean one thing... The Great Outdoors Reader Awards are officially open!
🏆 These awards are the UK’s biggest democratic celebration of the best of our outdoor culture.
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⛺ We partnered with Trek Scotland & Minreet Kaur for a first-time Munro wild camp in the Cairngorms.
🌄 Minreet's mum Pal is in remission. She's 75 in November - and is nails enough to attempt Bynack More in the dark!
Watch this space for her full story. An inspiration! 👏
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Motivational magazine just been delivered 🏕🥾🏔👍
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⛺Britain's most experienced gear team reveals TGO's Gear of the Year.
🥾With 200+ years of experience & countless hours working outdoors, we can distinguish between hype & innovation. Wary of the latest freebie praised online? You’re in the right place!
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Uncover Britain’s mountain myths & legends in our new bumper issue 🧙♀️
🏆 PLUS: we reveal the world-class bits of kit and the brands announced victorious in our annual Gear of the Year Awards!
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Second attempt to recci a route for @tgomagazine.bsky.social ended in failure. ROW shown on OS 1:25,000 map around Castell Caerau not visible on the ground. Shoulder deep in bracken, gorse and heather most of the morning. 🙄
#solstice #eryri #gwynedd #parccenedlaetholeryri #cymru #snowdonia #castell
Spreads from the bumper edition of @tgomagazine.bsky.social loaded with poetry, boating, walking and scrambling… and our annual roundup of the best outdoor kit for 2025
I wrote this article for @tgomagazine.bsky.social based on my experiences at the Kinder rising mass swim last week.
Draconian rules and a hostile management policy towards the public is bad for public safety and health.
See my full thoughts:
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Tonights reading material sorted 👌 @tgomagazine.bsky.social