A runner in black gear with a backpack trail running on a mountainous coastal path during the Madeira Ultra Race.

ADVENTURE

Last Place Never Felt So Good: Running the Madeira Ultra

Seasoned ultrarunner Sophie Ranson set out to run 104km across the Portuguese island paradise of Madeira. She got lost, nearly quit, hallucinated in the woods – and somehow ended up on the podium.

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Where to find them | What to look for | When to go

How to Catch a Cloud Inversion

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Camp Notes

The Best Ways to Brew Coffee When Camping

Life’s too short to drink bad coffee, even when you’re camping. To save you from sub-par brews, here’s how to make great-tasting coffee that’ll supercharge your mornings, wherever you wake up.

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The WildBounds Map

All of our journal posts in one easy to use map. Explore stories based on location and start planning your next advenutre.

OUR NEWEST STORIES

Camp Notes

Five Reasons Why a Bivvy is Better Than a Tent

When it comes to sleeping outdoors, most wild campers go for a tent. But we reckon the finest way to spend a night in the hills is nestled in a bivvy bag. To prove the point, here are five reasons why bivvying beats sleeping under canvas.

Two hikers ascending a grassy hillside trail using trekking poles for support on the climb.

Camp Notes

Trekking Poles Explained: The Ultimate Buying Guide

More speed, more stability, less strain on your knees – just three good reasons why experienced long-distance hikers almost always use trekking poles. Here’s everything you need to know before buying a pair.

Hand filling a LifeStraw Go filter bottle from a cascading waterfall. Wild water is everywhere in the hills – the trick is knowing what's in it.

Camp Notes

The Ultimate Guide to Filtering & Purifying Water

Turbidity, parasites, bacteria, viruses and chemical pollutants – there are five reasons that innocent-looking stream might make you ill. Here’s what can lurk in wild water, and how to make sure it’s safe to drink.

EDITOR'S PICKS

Adventure

Into the Wind: Solo Bikepacking Down Scotland’s Great North Trail

From Thurso to Struy the wrong way round – straight into a headwind – Paul Glendell rides the Great North Trail through the wild Flow Country, featuring remote glens and a cast of unforgettable characters.

A sea of jagged mountains in the Dolomites, seen from the final stretch of the climb to the summit of Punta Ovest del Forame from Cimabanche.

Adventure

Iron Ways and Old Wounds | Via Ferrata in the Dolomites

The Dolomites are famous for their world-class via ferrata – but for writer Nike Werstroh, it’s the wartime history hidden high in the mountains that keeps drawing her back.

Adventure

Fellwalking With All The Feels | Trekking the Fjällräven Classic

Staged by Sweden’s best-loved outdoor brand, this multi-day trek is a unique melting pot of international outdoor culture that might just change your mind about the notion of ‘organised fun’.

Movers

Interview: Alice Goodridge, SwimWild

An evangelist for swimming in Scotland’s lochs and rivers, writer and wild swimmer Alice Goodridge reveals how her love of the water became a vocation that is tempting more and more Scots to take a dip.

Movers

No Straight Lines | The Story of Angelino Zeller, Paraclimber

In 2017, a freak mountain accident forced Austrian climber Angelino Zeller to take a new path. Six years on, he’s pushing the boundaries of paraclimbing further than ever before.

Style

Get Geared Up for Interrailing

Interrailing around continental Europe was the essential 1970s backpacker travel experience – and now it’s back in a big way. If you're taking to the tracks, here’s all you need to travel in style and comfort.

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7 Under the Radar Hikes and Treks

No phone signal, no crowds, and sometimes no guidebook either. Just seven lesser-trodden trails for your bucket-list – from lunar salt lakes in Tajikistan to glacier-carved peaks in Uganda.

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Switzerland’s Five Lake Hike: A Guide to the Pizol 5-Seen-Wanderung

Everything you need to know about Switzerland’s Five Lake Hike – the Pizol 5-Seen-Wanderung. Routes, difficulty, getting there and what to expect.

Britain’s Best Lighthouse Walks

From Cape Wrath to Beachy Head, discover Britain’s best lighthouse walks, with distances, difficulty grades, getting there guides and coastal highlights.

BUYING GUIDES

Camp Notes

Trekking Poles Explained: The Ultimate Buying Guide

More speed, more stability, less strain on your knees – just three good reasons why experienced long-distance hikers almost always use trekking poles. Here’s everything you need to know before buying a pair.

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Brands

Best US Outdoor Brands: Our Favourite All-American Kit

From Filson to Patagonia, discover the best American outdoor brands, their hero products and what makes them special. Curated by WildBounds.

A woman cocooned inside a purple mummy sleeping bag with only her eyes and nose visible, sitting in a tent doorway

Camp Notes

Sleeping Bag Ratings Explained

Confused by sleeping bag season ratings and technical jargon like comfort, lower and extreme temperature limits? Our simple guide explains it all.

CAMP NOTES

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Five Reasons Why a Bivvy is Better Than a Tent

When it comes to sleeping outdoors, most wild campers go for a tent. But we reckon the finest way to spend a night in the hills is nestled in a bivvy bag. To prove the point, here are five reasons why bivvying beats sleeping under canvas.

Trekking Poles Explained: The Ultimate Buying Guide

More speed, more stability, less strain on your knees – just three good reasons why experienced long-distance hikers almost always use trekking poles. Here’s everything you need to know before buying a pair.

The Ultimate Guide to Filtering & Purifying Water

Turbidity, parasites, bacteria, viruses and chemical pollutants – there are five reasons that innocent-looking stream might make you ill. Here’s what can lurk in wild water, and how to make sure it’s safe to drink.

FIELD GUIDES

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Snow-streaked peaks of the Dachstein massif rising above dense spruce forest, Filzmoos, Austria

Field Guide: Filzmoos & Dachstein Mountains, Austria

If you’re keen to explore the Northern Limestone Alps of Austria, the picturesque town of Filzmoos makes a great basecamp for the many accessible trails that run through the Dachstein Mountains

Sunset on Bamburgh Castle, on the Northumberland coast of North East England.

Field Guide: Northumberland

From storm-battered castles and Roman frontier walls to vast dark-sky forests and a wildlife-rich coastline, Northumberland is England’s most gloriously overlooked county.

Field Guide: Cornwall

Cornwall boasts more than 300 miles of coastline – from wild, surf-battered beaches to sheltered turquoise coves. Here’s how to uncover the best of it, from ancient castles and cliff-top walks to the finest seafood spots.

MOVERS

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10 Up-and-Coming Adventurers to Watch in 2026

From inspirational Instagrammers to hilariously entertaining Tik-Tokers, here are 10 of the best up-and-coming personalities in the outdoor and adventure scene.

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10 Adventurous Women to Follow on Instagram 2026

If you’re looking for a daily dose of Instagram inspiration, here are ten incredible female adventurers who are guaranteed to liven up your feed.

View over River Feshie in Glen Feshie, Cairngorms National Park. Image by Jon Sparks via Alamy.

Interview: Lisa Chilton on Rewilding Scotland

Scotland’s iconic landscapes hide an uncomfortable truth: it’s one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. The leader of rewilding charity ‘Scotland: The Big Picture’ explains why restoring the nation’s wild heart is paramount.

BRANDS

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VÅGA | The Story

A pandemic project born on the southern fringes of the Lake District, VÅGA set out to fix the one piece of running kit everyone had opinions about and nobody seemed happy with: the cap.

Two pairs of feet in Darn Tough wool hiking socks kick up through a shower of autumn leaves in Vermont.

Darn Tough | The Story

The socks that saved a Vermont factory from bankruptcy – and built a brand with the best lifetime guarantee in the entire outdoor industry.

A man wrapped in a striped Nomadix Ultralight Towel in the Switchback Multi colourway looks out over a red desert landscape with distant hills

Nomadix | The Story

How a smoke-billowing '98 Subaru Outback, a month without a shower and a minimalist mantra turned into one of the most travelled towels in America.

STYLE

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Two men sitting on a granite rock in a forest, laughing and relaxing in casual shorts.

From Trail to Tide: Seriously Good Shorts for Summer 2026

Retro chinos, technical hiking shorts, workwear canvas, surf trunks, amphib crossovers – we’ve got more shorts on WildBounds than you've had soggy bank holidays. Here’s our pick of the best, whatever the summer throws at you.

What’s your Sunski style?

Whether you’re a wind-burned alpinist, roving troubadour, beach bum or 4x4 fanatic, Californian brand Sunski has a set of sunnies for you.

Outdoor Gift-Giving Solved: What to Buy for Every Type of Adventurer

From outdoor cooking obsessives to vintage vanlifers, we’ve matched the best outdoor brands to every adventurer on your list.

CULTURE & PIONEERS

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Uffington White Horse. Prehistoric Bronze Age chalk hill figure Oxfordshire, England. Close up over head, eye, ears and neck. By David Matthew Lyons via Adobe Stock.

Walking into Other Worlds | Britain’s Real Fantasy Locations

From a chalk horse cut into Oxfordshire hillside to a Pembrokeshire beach scattered with painted pebbles, Britain is full of places where real and imagined worlds collide. Here are six locations that inspired some of fiction’s greatest fantasy writers.

Close-up of a vintage Crosley record player with a Columbia Records vinyl playing, shot from above on a warm wooden surface

Ultimate Log Cabin Albums: 10 LPs to Disappear Into the Woods With

Rain drumming on the roof, a whiff of woodsmoke in the air, and no signal for miles around – we reckon these are the ten albums that should sit right next to the record player in any backwoods retreat.

Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team carrying out a difficult stretcher rescue in the teeth of a storm. Photo by Steve Penny courtesy of Tweed Valley MRT.

Into The Storm | A Brief History of British Mountain Rescue

They go out when everyone else turns back, they work for nothing, and they never say no. This is the remarkable history of our mountain rescue teams – and why it’s time they were properly recognised.

OUTDOOR LARDER

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A folded campfire burrito filled with chilli, guacamole, cheese and tomato, served with a bowl of Spanish rice on an enamel camp plate

Recipe: Campfire Burritos

The best thing about a proper campfire chilli? It makes enough for two nights. Here’s what to do with the rest of it.

Stack of American pancakes topped with grilled bacon and maple syrup on an enamel camp plate, served on a log stump outdoors

Recipe: American Pancakes

Six ingredients, one pan, and the best reason to fire up the stove before breakfast. Fell Foodie’s campfire pancake recipe has earned its place in the Outdoor Larder.

Foraging Guide: Rosehips

Found in parks, gardens and hedgerows, vibrant and vitamin-rich rosehips – the fruits of wild and domesticated roses – can be combined with apples to make a delicious autumnal jelly.

Last Place Never Felt So Good: Running the Madeira Ultra

Seasoned ultrarunner Sophie Ranson set out to run 104km across the Portuguese island paradise of Madeira. She got lost, nearly quit, hallucinated in the woods – and somehow ended up on the podium.

Life’s too short to drink bad coffee, even when you’re camping. To save you from sub-par brews, here’s how to make great-tasting coffee that’ll supercharge your mornings, wherever you wake up.

The WildBounds Map

OUR NEWEST STORIES

Five Reasons Why a Bivvy is Better Than a Tent

Trekking Poles Explained: The Ultimate Buying Guide

The Ultimate Guide to Filtering & Purifying Water

Into the Wind: Solo Bikepacking Down Scotland’s Great North Trail

From Thurso to Struy the wrong way round – straight into a headwind – Paul Glendell rides the Great North Trail through the wild Flow Country, featuring remote glens and a cast of unforgettable characters.

Iron Ways and Old Wounds | Via Ferrata in the Dolomites

The Dolomites are famous for their world-class via ferrata – but for writer Nike Werstroh, it’s the wartime history hidden high in the mountains that keeps drawing her back.

Fellwalking With All The Feels | Trekking the Fjällräven Classic

Staged by Sweden’s best-loved outdoor brand, this multi-day trek is a unique melting pot of international outdoor culture that might just change your mind about the notion of ‘organised fun’.

Interview: Alice Goodridge, SwimWild

An evangelist for swimming in Scotland’s lochs and rivers, writer and wild swimmer Alice Goodridge reveals how her love of the water became a vocation that is tempting more and more Scots to take a dip.

No Straight Lines | The Story of Angelino Zeller, Paraclimber

In 2017, a freak mountain accident forced Austrian climber Angelino Zeller to take a new path. Six years on, he’s pushing the boundaries of paraclimbing further than ever before.

Get Geared Up for Interrailing

Interrailing around continental Europe was the essential 1970s backpacker travel experience – and now it’s back in a big way. If you're taking to the tracks, here’s all you need to travel in style and comfort.

No phone signal, no crowds, and sometimes no guidebook either. Just seven lesser-trodden trails for your bucket-list – from lunar salt lakes in Tajikistan to glacier-carved peaks in Uganda.

Everything you need to know about Switzerland’s Five Lake Hike – the Pizol 5-Seen-Wanderung. Routes, difficulty, getting there and what to expect.

From Cape Wrath to Beachy Head, discover Britain’s best lighthouse walks, with distances, difficulty grades, getting there guides and coastal highlights.

BUYING GUIDES

Trekking Poles Explained: The Ultimate Buying Guide

Best US Outdoor Brands: Our Favourite All-American Kit

Sleeping Bag Ratings Explained

When it comes to sleeping outdoors, most wild campers go for a tent. But we reckon the finest way to spend a night in the hills is nestled in a bivvy bag. To prove the point, here are five reasons why bivvying beats sleeping under canvas.

More speed, more stability, less strain on your knees – just three good reasons why experienced long-distance hikers almost always use trekking poles. Here’s everything you need to know before buying a pair.

Turbidity, parasites, bacteria, viruses and chemical pollutants – there are five reasons that innocent-looking stream might make you ill. Here’s what can lurk in wild water, and how to make sure it’s safe to drink.

If you’re keen to explore the Northern Limestone Alps of Austria, the picturesque town of Filzmoos makes a great basecamp for the many accessible trails that run through the Dachstein Mountains

From storm-battered castles and Roman frontier walls to vast dark-sky forests and a wildlife-rich coastline, Northumberland is England’s most gloriously overlooked county.

Cornwall boasts more than 300 miles of coastline – from wild, surf-battered beaches to sheltered turquoise coves. Here’s how to uncover the best of it, from ancient castles and cliff-top walks to the finest seafood spots.

From inspirational Instagrammers to hilariously entertaining Tik-Tokers, here are 10 of the best up-and-coming personalities in the outdoor and adventure scene.

If you’re looking for a daily dose of Instagram inspiration, here are ten incredible female adventurers who are guaranteed to liven up your feed.

Scotland’s iconic landscapes hide an uncomfortable truth: it’s one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. The leader of rewilding charity ‘Scotland: The Big Picture’ explains why restoring the nation’s wild heart is paramount.

A pandemic project born on the southern fringes of the Lake District, VÅGA set out to fix the one piece of running kit everyone had opinions about and nobody seemed happy with: the cap.

The socks that saved a Vermont factory from bankruptcy – and built a brand with the best lifetime guarantee in the entire outdoor industry.

How a smoke-billowing '98 Subaru Outback, a month without a shower and a minimalist mantra turned into one of the most travelled towels in America.

Retro chinos, technical hiking shorts, workwear canvas, surf trunks, amphib crossovers – we’ve got more shorts on WildBounds than you've had soggy bank holidays. Here’s our pick of the best, whatever the summer throws at you.

Whether you’re a wind-burned alpinist, roving troubadour, beach bum or 4x4 fanatic, Californian brand Sunski has a set of sunnies for you.

From outdoor cooking obsessives to vintage vanlifers, we’ve matched the best outdoor brands to every adventurer on your list.

From a chalk horse cut into Oxfordshire hillside to a Pembrokeshire beach scattered with painted pebbles, Britain is full of places where real and imagined worlds collide. Here are six locations that inspired some of fiction’s greatest fantasy writers.

Rain drumming on the roof, a whiff of woodsmoke in the air, and no signal for miles around – we reckon these are the ten albums that should sit right next to the record player in any backwoods retreat.

They go out when everyone else turns back, they work for nothing, and they never say no. This is the remarkable history of our mountain rescue teams – and why it’s time they were properly recognised.

The best thing about a proper campfire chilli? It makes enough for two nights. Here’s what to do with the rest of it.

Six ingredients, one pan, and the best reason to fire up the stove before breakfast. Fell Foodie’s campfire pancake recipe has earned its place in the Outdoor Larder.

Found in parks, gardens and hedgerows, vibrant and vitamin-rich rosehips – the fruits of wild and domesticated roses – can be combined with apples to make a delicious autumnal jelly.

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