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Olly Beckett
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Travel writer (bylines inc. Fodor's, Travel + Leisure, Time Out, National Geographic, Cruise and Travel), member of British Guild of Travel Writers. Editor of Mountains Magazine. Specialising in:
Mountain tourism | Responsible travel | Cruise | Hiking

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More issues of Mountains Magazine Issue 1 going in the post today, get your copy here: www.mountains-magazine.com/shop or here: www.mountains-magazine.com/Shop-Locations
September 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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A joy and a pleasure to reminisce about my @travwriters.bsky.social trip to Sri Lanka in the Sri Lankan High Commission, and to hear about fellow members' memorable experiences.

Just noticed how amazing those flowers are!
Me with a cheesy smile in front of a lecture FULL of flowers and in front of the Sri Lankan and UK & NI flags
September 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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If you've not yet got your copy of Mountains Magazine here's a list of UK shop locations from which you can buy it for just £4.99 > mountains-magazine.com/Shop-Locations

(That's £4.99 for 100 pages of top-quality content from a variety of travel writers. Yes, it's a bargain)
Front cover of Mountains Magazine issue 1
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Still can't quite believe that I touched the ACTUAL 1988 JAMAICAN BOBSLED. Pinching myself. Other parts of Calgary also really lovely, particularly the riverside.

#Travel #Canada #Calgary
Jamaican bobsled looking somewhat scuffed Tall glassy skyscrapers and a large sculpture featuring thick threads Old buildings line a pedestrianised street with skyscrapers in the background Clear river runs beside trees and more skyscrapers in the background
September 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Tim Horton's and the Rockies = living the Canadian Dream 🇨🇦
September 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Perfect sunset over Whistler Olympic Park yesterday evening.

#Travel #Mountains #WeAreWhistler #StayIconic #ThisIsCanada
Sunset backdrops mountains and a large forest
September 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Mountains Magazine is now in 100s of shops across the UK, I'd love to know if you see it on a rack somewhere
Mountains Magazine on a magazine rack
September 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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My penultimate Proms of the season
The large, circular inside of the Royal Albert Hall, with seats filled and a stage awaiting its orchestra
August 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Such a beautiful building in which to enjoy music
August 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Prom #3 this week
Large and elegant auditorium mostly filled with people and a stage for a large orchestra and choir
August 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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At the Proms (1 of 6 this year)
August 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Mountains Magazine Issue #1 is now available for pre-order, with prices from just £2.99: www.mountains-magazine.com/Shop

100 pages of peak content including:
- Theth National Park
- British Columbia
- Zomba Plateau
- Sri Lankan Highlands
- Los Glaciares National Park
- Alpine Wellness
Mountains Magazine cover which features a photo of Mount Fitz Roy and the headline "Hiking heaven in Los Glaciares National Park Argentina"
August 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Lovely Margate sunset, good enough to earn applause from all who watched
Sun is mostly set into the sea. On the right is the silhouette of a lighthouse and people
July 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Subscriber numbers to Mountains Magazine emails are creeping up. Here's what subscribers have been getting:
⛰️Fresh stories from the mountains
⛰️Surveys which shape the website
⛰️Mountains Magazine news, including about the magazine launch

Subscribe here: www.mountains-magazine.com/Mountains-Ma...
Screenshot of the 6 July Mountains Magazine subscriber email which shows a large sun icon and the headline "It's time to break in the hiking boots, oil the bike chain, or dig out the swimsuit for a sunny dip in a mountain lake" beneath which is the smaller text "Summer's just around the corner in the northern hemisphere, I've collated some facts and figures about enjoying this sunny season in the mountains."
July 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Don't you just hate it when you're enjoying a nice quiet time at the waterpark then realise a murderous dictator has sat down to judge your waterslide technique?
Two waterslides end in a pool, someone is in the air having just flown off the end of one of the slides. Watching them at the side of the pool are Kim Jong Un, his wife and daughter, all three sitting on cheap garden chairs. To Kim Jong Un's side is a foldaway table with what looks like a glass of wine and ash tray on top. Behind them stand a man in military uniform and a man in a suit
June 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Kinda surreal watching this cycle race going through Coal Drop's Yard in King's Cross. Racers have 55 mins to complete as many laps as possible
June 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Alp blossom cheese. Excellent work, Austria 🇦🇹
Thin wedge of rich yellow cheese with a skin of colourful dried flowers, with more of those flowers scattered on top
June 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Warm-up jaunt to the Hill 99 tower in Culbin Forest before setting out into the Cairngorms tomorrow.
High up view down to a forest floor with a staircase just in shot View over a pine forest canopy, the sea in the far distance View over a pine forest with the edge of a viewing platform Path through a pine forest
June 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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This is terribly sad news for Blatten and the Lötschental valley. It looks as those these historic buildings and the Tschäggättä mask maker's shop have been lost.
May 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Although the @mountains-magazine.com Kickstarter continues to fail miserably I'm still very excited about the magazine, not least because I've now received Austin Madinga's Zomba Plateau story (currently being edited and added to Issue #1)

#Travel #Mountains #Kickstarter
Screenshot of Affinity Publisher 2 with magazine pages being designed
May 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I'm currently in Sri Lanka for @mountains-magazine.com. There's been white water rafting, hiking on chilly mountains and peering through bushes at majestic elephants. Everywhere I go I'm met with pure kindness and welcoming smiles. #srilanka #SriLankaTourism #visitsrilanka #travwriters
May 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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It must have been fascinating to watch it slowly come together. It was interesting to see it being constructed on the one day I visited, many years ago
May 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Stormy weather off Margate Beach
May 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Visited Libraria on Independent Bookstore Day and it's definitely getting added to my Favourite London Bookstore list. Bought a tantalising magical realism book that I'm looking forward to tucking in to
Narrow bookshop with yellow shelves, a reflective ceiling and a mirror at the far end which makes the small shop appear twice as large
April 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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While I sit on an indefinitely delayed train back to London (currently 20 mins late and probably an hour away still, gotta love British railways) I'll be transporting myself back to this remote Lake District waterfall I walked to earlier.
A thin waterfall gently cascades into an almost perfectly round pool
April 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM