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.

The UK’s highest frontier to its most northerly? Sounds like a job for the UK’s next big-selling Vauxhall, the new Frontera

11.2km / 7 miles / 7 hours Ascent 1177m/3863ft

That wasn’t all that enjoyable really,” mutters Chris Akrigg, peering back up a cascade of 200 vertical metres of boulders towards the barren, rocky summit beyond. That hilltop was Chris’s starting ga

Kerry Walker takes a road trip through Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Bealach Fèith nan Laogh is perhaps the most far-flung destination in our UK Climbs series. Just getting to it is a test in itself. Tucked away on the banks of Loch Sunart in the west of Scotland, it r