NEWS FROM BASECAMP

You don't need to fly to the Alps to find world-class trail running. England has mountain crossings, wild moorland, dramatic coastline and hidden islands — all within a few hours of your front door. The complete guide to the best UK trail running holidays and running weekends.

The Albanian Alps are one of Europe's last genuine frontiers for trail running. Empty trails through mountains most people have never heard of. Blue Eye swimming holes in ancient woodland. Smugglers' paths crossing international borders. Here's everything you need to know about trail running in Albania.

You've run the trails near home until you know every root and switchback by heart. This is the guide to the trail running vacations worth flying across the Atlantic for — 13 destinations across three continents, fully guided, all experience levels welcome.

Over 90% of Pure Trails guests arrive alone. They don't know anyone in the group. Most were nervous before they booked. Almost all of them say it was the single best holiday decision they've ever made. Here's the honest truth about running holidays for singles.

Gran Canaria has been hiding in plain sight for decades. Volcanic peaks, desert canyons, a sacred summit at 1,813 metres and a cave restaurant carved into a canyon wall — and almost no trail runners know it exists. Pure Trails founder Charlie Knights on why that's about to change.

Over 90% of Pure Trails guests travel solo. Not in spite of it — because of it. Seven years of watching strangers become trail families has taught me something: the people who stop waiting and just go always say it's the best decision they ever made. Here's why.

Pure Trails founder Charlie Knights has been asked this question hundreds of times. Here's his honest answer — including who a guided trail running holiday is right for, what you're actually paying for, and what 500+ guests have taught him about what makes the experience worth it.

Wondering what a guided trail running holiday actually includes? Pure Trails guide Matt Rogers covers everything — from accommodation and meals to guiding, contingency planning and what a typical day on trail really looks like.

I started Pure Trails in 2019. Four trips. All four filled. Then 2020 arrived — and with it, the hardest decision I've had to make as a founder.

I want to tell you about the moment that changed everything. It didn't happen in a boardroom or on a motivational podcast. It happened on a trail in the Himalayas — and it took me years to act on it.