Inspiring Travel Writing from Anthony Toole
Anthony Toole was born and brought up in the English Lake District, where he has walked and climbed throughout his life. His particular interests are in writing about the outdoors, including hill walking and mountaineering, conservation issues, nature reserves and national parks.
He writes frequently about the North of England, Scotland and Ireland. His travels have taken him to Norway, the Italian Dolomites, Lanzarote, Madeira, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Australia, about all of which he has published features in a wide variety of British and Irish publications, both print and online.
In 2005, 2006 and 2007, he won Awards for Excellence in feature writing from the Outdoor Writers? Guild.
He writes frequently about the North of England, Scotland and Ireland. His travels have taken him to Norway, the Italian Dolomites, Lanzarote, Madeira, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Australia, about all of which he has published features in a wide variety of British and Irish publications, both print and online.
In 2005, 2006 and 2007, he won Awards for Excellence in feature writing from the Outdoor Writers? Guild.
Articles by Anthony Toole
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Climb Napes Needle
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Anthony Toole
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United Kingdom
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Lake District
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Wasdale
This 60-feet-tall rock pinnacle stands high above Wasdale in the English Lake District. It was first climbed in 1886, and is regarded as the birthplace of British rock climbing. Its summit can hold no more than two people in precarious comfort....
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Snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef
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Anthony Toole
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Australia
This fulfils the expectations kindled by all those wildlife programmes seen on television.
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Contrasts in a Red Desert
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Anthony Toole
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Australia
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Northern Territories
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Ululru-Kata Tjuta National Park
When a front tyre burst, I thought events could get no worse. Things had looked ominous as our plane landed at Alice Springs, and we were handed umbrellas for the short walk to the terminal building. We had arrived at the driest part of the...
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Bloodless Mountaineering
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Anthony Toole
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United Kingdom
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Scottish Highlands
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Glencoe
I was only slightly above the 1000-metre contour, yet I was puffing and wheezing as though I were four times as high. I should have been running up the final gentle slope to the summit. Instead, I was crawling, and having to sit down in the snow...
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Mosedale Horseshoe
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Anthony Toole
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United Kingdom
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Lake District
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Wasdale
I passed not a single car on the drive up Wasdale. Though it was February, midweek, and a long time out of the tourist season, I did expect to meet someone, for the mountains were at their very best, white with snow beneath a cloudless sky. Flurries...
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Discovering the Missed Hills of your Youth
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Anthony Toole
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United Kingdom
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Lake District
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Cumbrian fells
When I first discovered the Cumbrian fells, in my early teens, I soon became obsessed by peak-bagging. I would venture out under any conditions to add just one more hill, even an insignificant one, to my growing list. Fine weather and a good view...
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Teesmouth Nature Reserve
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Anthony Toole
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United Kingdom
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Northumbria
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Teesmouth Nature Reserve
Teesside, in the North-east of England, is one of Britain’s major regions for heavy industry. Most of this is concentrated around the mouth of the River Tees. To the north is the port of Hartlepool. Between this and Middlesbrough, to the south...
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Between Reef and Rainforest
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Anthony Toole
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Australia
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Queensland
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Cairns
We first glimpsed the atolls from five miles high. Turquoise patches stitched onto a green sheet, and beneath us, the even darker green of the rain forest. Cairns is a thriving town with a population of about 70 000. It is spread out across a strip...
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Bird Watchers' Paradise on the Solway Coast
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Anthony Toole
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United Kingdom
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Southern Scotland
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Dumfriesshire
The coastline of Dumfries and Galloway follows a tortuous route from Gretna to Loch Ryan. The direct distance is less than 150 kilometres, but the meanderings to north and south more than double this. Around a backbone of low hills, the rivers Annan...
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Achill Island
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Anthony Toole
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Ireland
The Atlantic coast of Ireland, 300 miles in a direct line from Malin Head to Mizen Head, is an unbroken succession of jagged headlands, fiord-like inlets and craggy islands. Since the retreat of the ice-age glaciers, these bulwarks have stood...