Links

Please take a bit of time to browse these:

Find out about texting 999 here: You MUST register for this. emergencySMS.org.uk
Very often a text signal can get out where voice won't.



Good friends and family are here:

Sian & Bob, travellers and authors extrordinaire,
Saundersons Hardware,
Wigton Pine,
Crofton Plants,
Griot Creative,
The Old Crown Pub,
how diverse are they??

Look out too, for Jack Simpson Joinery.

* * * Support Mountain Rescue * * *

Some suggested professional associations:
Mountain Training Association,
Institute for Outdoor Learning,
Royal Insitute of Navigation
Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Mountain Bike Leader Award.
British Caving Association
Cumbria Amenities Trust Mine Heritage Society.


I support The John Muir Trust and the Mountain Bothies Association, have a look and see what they do.

Like any outdoor person, I'm a bit obsessed with the weather. Get these:


The Met Office has regional forecasts, synoptic charts and a lot of other stuff if you're heading abroad, or to sea even.

Scottish weather here or here, and Scottish avalanche conditions. Oh, and this might be helpful.


If you’re planning being out at night, check out the moonlight

Go to UKC or UKH for a rant or a chuckle; for insurance & current affairs: Mountaineering Scotland.

Health Information for travelling abroad here or here

Support independent shops: these places are also founts of local and foreign knowledge. God preserve us from identical, homogenised high streets!
Outside Edge, Oban.
The Keswick Boot Company, Keswick.
Catstycam, Glenridding.
and Needle Sports, Keswick.

Enjoy!