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Wild camping for the first time
Wild camping gives you the opportunity to extend your walks out on the hills, unrestrained by daylight hours or public transport. Nature can be experienced truly first hand, unspoilt by busy routes or climbing hotspots. Not only that, “It gives...
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First Aid Kits
Which First Aid kit would you most like to find it's way into your pack? Which First Aid kit would you most like to find it's way into your pack?online surveys
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NEW ISSUE, NEW VIDEO: Country Walking climbs Hay Stacks
Celebrate the 20 greatest walks in the Lake District with a magnificent trip up Hay Stacks - the favourite fell (and final resting place) of the greatest fellwalker of them all, Alfred Wainwright. The new issue of Country Walking explores...
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Win over £1,000 of GPS and digital mapping from Mapyx
Win over £1,000 of GPS and digital mapping from Mapyx by answering one simple question. Enter here. What's up for grabs? Check it out here... WIN! 3x Mapyx Quo OS GB 50K (£95.99 + VAT each)Latest version from Ordnance Survey....
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Guy Procter, ex-Trail editor, looks back on a golden era
I was a hill-walker from my childhood and Trail was the only outdoors magazine that I felt I could leave hanging around my bedroom without feeling like an old fart in a young body. I think it’s still that way....
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Ex Trail editor Ed Kenyon on arm-wrestling and meeting Chris Bonington
I was editor of Trail from 2000-2002, when I then became the publisher. I had previously been a staff writer on Trail in the mid-90's. I got involved in Trail as it was the best mag for adventurous hill-walkers (of...
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Victoria Tebbs edited Trail from 1997 to 2000. Here’s what she made of her time on the mag.
As part of my editorial training in 1993/4, I worked as a staff writer across Trail and Country Walking. I then moved across to the running market and became editor of Today’s Runner (RIP) in 1996. I formed a new...
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Pictures of the week
Congratulations to LFTO user "crabby", winner of the last "Pictures of the week" competition, with the image Crib Goch View. This week, here's another selection of fantastic images for you to cast your votes on. Slieve Binnan - finnmcool Stac...
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Trail’s ex-editor David Ogle recalls his stint on the magazine
I joined Trail as news and features editor in 1990 for the third issue, when it was bi-monthly and called Trail Walker (when I became editor I changed the name of the magazine to Trail and incorporated some climbing and...
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7 hot new products debut at OutDoor 2010!
LFTO is at Friedrichshafen this week to get a look at some of the superb new outdoor products due to hit the UK in the coming months. It's a GREAT year, and some of the gear we've seen over the...