Beginners’ guide to bivvying

Get it wrong and you risk being kept awake all night by the bang and crack of tent fabric – or the loss of the tent altogether. Get it right and you’ve got yourself a warm, secure shelter. Here’s how to pitch your tent when the wind really picks up.

Moments enjoyed, lessons learned, handy advice, weird stuff that happened: welcome to the little bits and pieces that don’t make big stories, but do make all the difference.

On a dark and eerily silent night, with a thick fog swirling around my tent, I’m beginning to see why author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle chose to set his 1902 murder mystery The Hound of the Baskervilles i

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Getting away from it all isn’t just for experts with expendable income. Lara Dunn tried out a few more modestly priced options to help you achieve wanderlust lift-off

Alastair MacDonald Jackson spent two years visiting as many of Scotland’s west coast islands as possible. Here he showcases some of the greatest wonders of the west – and offers practical advice on how to see them