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    Beauty on your doorstep
    Mal Grey
    • Apr 18, 2020
    • 7 min

    Beauty on your doorstep

    I have seen so many things this month, as the world has remarkably quickly come out of winter and moved into joyous spring.
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    A Weather Window on Creag Dhubh
    Mal Grey
    • Mar 15, 2020
    • 4 min

    A Weather Window on Creag Dhubh

    After a week of wild weather, confining us to lower slopes, a final window of opportunity saw us grabbing a few magical hours on Creag Dhubh
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    Last House in Craig
    Mal Grey
    • Mar 11, 2020
    • 4 min

    Last House in Craig

    The bothy at Craig sits a few miles beyond the end of the winding road to Diabaig, nestled in a sheltered glen, behind a wild beach.
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    A year of wild camps
    Mal Grey
    • Dec 26, 2019
    • 7 min

    A year of wild camps

    A review of my year of wild camps, time spent living in the landscape, not passing through it.
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    The Rhinogydd - heather, holes, hills and high camps.
    Mal Grey
    • Oct 6, 2018
    • 15 min

    The Rhinogydd - heather, holes, hills and high camps.

    The Rhinogydd, known colloquially as the Rhinogs, lie between southern Snowdonia and the sea, making up the high ground between the...
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    Take a break - alternatives to motorway services
    Mal Grey
    • Jul 7, 2018
    • 5 min

    Take a break - alternatives to motorway services

    For some time, I'd been thinking how much nicer it would be, when on a long drive, to pull off the motorway and explore, rather than stop...
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    The Sound of Snow
    Mal Grey
    • Mar 15, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Sound of Snow

    Every year, old friends Steve and Nigel and myself head north for a week in the winter in search of snowy hills. We've been doing this...
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    A Room with a View – 2 nights at Uags Bothy
    Mal Grey
    • Mar 9, 2018
    • 4 min

    A Room with a View – 2 nights at Uags Bothy

    As the moon rose, full and bright, over the wild moorlands, the lonely ruined gables of abandoned crofts were outlined against the...
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    Bothy nights
    Mal Grey
    • Feb 28, 2018
    • 1 min

    Bothy nights

    Uags bothy lies on the remote Applecross peninsular, in the northwest Highlands. We're here for a few nights break from the winter hills,...
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    That one magic moment
    Mal Grey
    • Feb 22, 2018
    • 2 min

    That one magic moment

    I have this theory. Every single time I go out for a quiet walk, or for a solo paddle in the canoe, something will catch my eye that is a...
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    So, what's it all about then?
    Mal Grey
    • Feb 14, 2018
    • 1 min

    So, what's it all about then?

    If you've explored the rest of my website, you'll hopefully have realised that I love the outdoors. First of all, I wanted to simply have...
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    I've always loved the outdoors, and take great pleasure from both the big adventures and the days close to home. Through my writing and photography, I hope to help others understand that by simply getting outside with open eyes, having adventures is easy.

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