Walking boots are getting lighter and more minimal and we’ve tested six cracking new models that range from streamlined barefoot-type minimal types through to more fully featured, but still light ...

According to Wikipedia, there are a total of 59 towns, villages or cities in the United States of America named Greenwood. There are seven in Canada too, and even a couple in Australia. We’ve never ...

It’s goodbye to Raichle boots this spring, but don’t panic if you’re a fan, the Swiss brand has simply been re-badged as ‘Mammut’ to match up with its parent company, so from this month – March 2009 – ...

Why We Chose The Ecco Biom 2.0 Breathru Walking Shoes: Innovative technologies, modern design, eco-friendly materials. BIOM stands for ‘Biomechanical Optimization’ and is part of Ecco’s wider ‘BIOM ...

The Forest of Dean is snugly sat between the Cotswolds and the Black Mountains, and within easy reach of South Wales, the Midlands, and cities such as Cardiff, Bristol and Gloucester. The forest is ...

Why We Chose The Adidas Terrex Techrock Gore-Tex Pro Jacket: Well-built, top-level performance, very lightweight for a four-season shell We reckon most people, at one point or another, will have owned ...

The Patagonia Super Alpine Jacket goes way back over a decade. Now we have the Super Free Alpine. This carries on the core essence of that original jacket while also bringing a very modern new fabric ...

Outdoors Magic: Build quality, pockets, easy access to main compartment, taut ventilated back system, proper belt pockets, ace trekking pole stowage, adjustable back length, super supportive. Outdoors ...

Outdoors Magic: Seriously light and packable, breathable, neat cut, good hood and at a super-competitive price. Outdoors Tragic: Nothing really unless you want a helmet hood. Outdoors Grabbit?

The Inov-8 Mudtalon Speed is designed for really muddy running – think Lake District fell races or those narrow footpaths in January that are churned up by suburban dog walkers. Its lugs are a ...

The MQM here stands for ‘Moving Quickly in the Mountains’. Sadly, the coronavirus lockdown put paid to my plans to rigorously test the Merrell MQM Flex 2.0 GTXs up gnarly, rocky mountains near my home ...

The Lake District National Park is England’s hiking paradise: where soaring fells, deep lakes, quaint villages, impossibly-balanced dry stone walls and Herdwick sheep. Alfred Wainwright, the great ...