ANTHONY
TOOLE TRAVEL / MOUNTAINEERING
/ OUTDOORS
More than
300 travel features published in newspapers, magazines and online. The overwhelming
majority of these are concerned with outdoor interests, including walking,
mountaineering, the countryside and natural scenery, conservation issues,
Nature Reserves and National Parks. A smaller number of features deal with
travel in cities and towns.
Frequent or
regular contributor to: The Northumbrian,
Multiple
features published in: Financial Times, Inside Ireland, Mountain, Cumbria,
The Great Outdoors (TGO), Climber, High, Global Adventure, North-East Times,
National Parks International Bulletin, Scottish Mountaineer, Ireland of the
Welcomes, The Countryman, North-East Life.
Single
features in: Adventure Travel, Rocksport, Lakeland Walker, Sunday Sun,
English Nature Magazine, Outdoor Enthusiast, Scotland Magazine, Portugal
Magazine, Australia & New Zealand Magazine, Morning Calm (Korean Air).
Essays
published in: Classic Rock (
50 Walks in
Call of the Wild
(Rucksack Readers – 2005)
Walking the
World’s Natural Wonders (New
Books: A
Boot up the
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A Boot up the
Travel
features published on the Internet at Travelintelligence.net,
Goworldtravel.com,
Travelmag.co.uk, Suite101.com
Selected
features:
Northumberland.
The Simonside Hills. (Mountain - 1976). Rock climbing on the crags above Rothbury. (Read)
A Small
Piece of Magic.
(The Northumbrian – 2001). Walking the hills around the Breamish valley in the
Cheviots. (Read)
Birds of
the Farne Islands. (Sherkin
Comment – 2005). The bird life of the islands off the coast of Northumberland. (Read)
A Cold, Clear Day on Grey Nag. (The Northumbrian – 2005) Winner
of the Outdoor Writers’ Guild Award for Excellence – 2006. Judges’
comments: “A winter walk to a little known Northumbrian viewpoint. Very nicely
observed and tempting the reader to follow.” (Read)
Durham.
Bleak
Birthplace of the Tees. (Durham Town and Country – 2002). The National Nature Reserve of
Moorhouse-Upper Teasdale. One of a series of articles commissioned by English
Nature. (Read)
A Hidden
Tributary of the Tees. (Durham Town and Country – 2007). Explorations around Hudeshope Valley,
to the north of Middleton-in-Teesdale. (Read)
Rookhope
– In the Footsteps of W. H. Auden. (North-East Life – 2011). A search for some of the
Lake District.
High on
an Eskdale Crag.
(Cumbria – 1981). The first ascent of a rock climb on a crag on the south-east
slopes of Scafell. (Read)
Ruthwaite
Lodge in the 1960s.
(Now and Then – 1989). Reminiscences of a life-changing week. (Read)
Sunset
on the Fells.
(Cumbria – 1998). A challenge which led to a rapid evening ascent of Helvellyn
and an almost transcendental experience. (Read)
Scotland.
Ring of Steall. (Irish Mountain Log – 2002). One of the toughest mountain walks in
Scotland, following a horseshoe that encompasses four Munros. (Read)
On the
Forcan Ridge. (Scottish
Mountaineer – 2006). One of Scotland’s finest scrambles. (Read)
Isle of
An
Island Not So Far Away. (Irish Mountain Log – 2004). The Isle of Man Walking Festival. (Read)
Ireland.
The Wild
West Show.
(Financial Times - 1990). An evening in a bar in Doolin, a world-famous centre
of Irish music. (Read)
A
peculiarly Irish Phenomenon. (The Great Outdoors – 1992). The annual pilgrimage to the summit of
Croagh Patrick, Ireland’s holy mountain. (Read)
God’s
Hostile Refuge.
(Global Adventure – 2001; Irish Mountain Log - 2001). The Skelligs Rocks – the
site of a Dark Ages monastery, eight miles from the Kerry coast. (Read)
Storm
and Silence in Connemara. (Scottish Mountaineer – 2004). Winner of the
Outdoor Writers’ Guild Award for Excellence – 2005. Judges’ comments: “Foul weather on the Twelve Bens of
Connemara. Short and atmospheric, reminding us all of our more uncomfortable
and our more exhilarating moments on the hills and how they come close on each
other’s heels.” (Read)
Norway.
Hurrungane
Wanderings. (Irish
Mountain Log - 1997). Climbing some of the Alpine peaks in the south-west
corner of the Jotunheimen mountains. (Read)
Into the
Home of Giants.
(Morning Calm - 2007). A trip into Sognefjord and Naeroyfjord. (Read)
Italy.
The
White War. (Irish Mountain
Log – 2003). Ascents of glaciers and mountains in the Dolomites, which were
among the scenes of fighting in the First World War. (Read)
Lanzarote.
The Fire Mountains of Lanzarote. (Sherkin Comment – 2005; National
Parks International Bulletin – 2005). Geology, wildlife and conservation in
Timanfaya National Park. (Read).
Madeira.
Madeira
– Above the Clouds in a T-shirt. (The Scottish Mountaineer – 2008; Irish Mountain Log – 2008). Walking
the mountains and levadas on the island of Madeira. (Read).
Madeira
– Wild Garden of the Atlantic. (Sherkin Comment – 2008; Portugal Magazine – 2008). The wild life to be
found on Madeira. (Read).
Australia.
The
Largest Sand Castle in the World. (Sherkin Comment - 2002). A visit to Fraser Island, the world’s largest
sand island, off the Queensland coast. (Read)
Snowy
Mountain Rambles.
(Irish Mountain Log - 2002). An ascent of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest peak in
Australia. (Read)
Wild
Melbourne. (Sherkin
Comment – 2007). Some of the wildlife that can be seen within the boundaries of
Melbourne, and efforts being made to conserve it. (Read)
Moonrise
with Crocodiles.
(Sherkin Comment – 2006; Goworldtravel.com – 2007). Winner
of the Outdoor Writers’ and Photographers’ Guild / Headwater Award for
Excellence (Best Travel Feature) –
Into the
Wilderness.
(Australia & New Zealand Magazine – 2010). A cruise into the Gordon River
wilderness of Tasmania, with a visit to Sarah Island penal colony. (Read)
Singapore.
Singapore Stop-over. (Digireader.com – 2005). A short visit to the cleanest
city on earth. (Read)
Thailand.
Taken for a ride on a Thai tuk-tuk. (Travelmag.co.uk – 2006) A
two-night stop-over, exploring the Buddhist temples and transport facilities of
Bangkok. (Read)
