The Outdoors Station

And so we drag ourselves away from the most perfect wild camping spot in the UK and make the final push from Sandwood Bay to Cape Wrath. The weather is fantastic, sunny and fresh and one would expect the going to be easy underfoot. However the last few miles were the toughest of the whole trip. And then, suddenly that's it. It's all over ... now just got to catch the ferry to Durness in time...

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We finally arrive at Sandwood Bay and try to share our surroundings with listeners as best we can. In the most perfect wild camp spot surrounded by Skylarks we eat a gourmet meal, with freshly baked Bannock Bread cooked on the Bush Buddy washed down with a nice chilled white wine. In the morning, it is kit review time before setting off for the Cape!

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On the way to Kylesku we meet other walkers on the hill and hear what the area means to them. Then we pitch under a huge road bridge, but with an excellent view while I enjoy the first Bush Buddy meal of the trip. The following day I have a slight disaster of the footwear kind and due to our preset time scales, have to really push on towards Kinlochbervie. Exhausting!

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After a bracing wash in the River Oykel we follow the river to Inchnadamph Bunk House. The following day we are once again stunned by the beauty of the area as we climb towards Glas Bheinn, through the gully and have to reflect on the unbelievable view.

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Join Lee Wells and myself as we start our 100 mile walk from Ullapool to Cape Wrath, in early May 08. This starts our journey off and we talk route, landscape, history, weather and of course .. gear!

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Following a successful early May trip to Cape Wrath using a Paramo Velez Smock, I thought I would take a closer look at the range. Matt Semark from Paramo takes me through the current popular items in the range and explains some of the keys features.

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The landscape of our islands is constantly changing. We tend to think we notice changes…houses, roads, wind turbines, but some changes are more subtle, as the countryside and its use over centuries becomes modified and eased into a developing world. With his farming background, and more recent career as an outdoor writer, Mark Richards is uniquely placed to discuss how we can interpret these changes, and enjoy our countryside walks in an environmentally-conscious way.

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Tony Howard and Di Taylor have been climbing and trekking in the mountains of North Africa and the Middle East for well over 30 years. In 1984 they discovered the climbing and trekking area of Wadi Rum, and wrote the guidebooks to that area. They return to Jordan every year and their discoveries reveal an unexpected land of forested hills, dales carpeted in flowers, huge canyons sometimes with fast-flowing rivers, caves, perfect limestone cliffs in wooded valleys and high mountains with lunar landscapes. This is the country of world famous sites of antiquity such as Petra, Pella, Ajlun and Kerak.

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The John Muir Trail is a spectacular trek through California’s High Sierra from Yosemite (El Capitan and Half-Dome) to Mount Witney, highest peak in the continental US. The 216 mile route can be comfortably fitted into a three-week holiday, but planning and preparation is critical as Ronald Turnbull will tell you – tune in to find out more, then get the Cicerone guidebook and off you go!

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We finally find the winner of the fab Canon G9 Camera competition, meet the UK's only wooden kayak maker, talk to Mark Richards about his new book Mountain Walks in the Lakes and here about the Charity Community Action in Nepal.

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