FionaOutdoors

I was vegetarian for more than a decade but then I started running (training for my first Glasgow Women’s 10k) and cycling and I began to feel tired. Something in me started to crave red meat. I haven’t often looked back and I do now eat meat regularly but I sometimes wonder if I could [...]

If you have any doubts about the power of blogging and social media please read on. And if you’re already aware of the benefits of blogging, read on anyway for further proof! You see, my blogging has reaped the very great benefit (to me) of becoming a Planet X sponsored athlete. The background to blogging [...]

Travelling, camping, on holiday or generally just hanging out with kids, most parents now rely on a host of electronic gadgets to keep them happy/quiet/entertained/out of mischief. But sometimes some of us hanker after a wee bit of interaction with our children – and maybe even a little ol’ traditional game. When I was sent [...]

My guest blogger Mark finds a treasure trove of walking on an island better know for clubbing holidays. Find out more. The first thing that springs to mind when you think of Ibiza is probably mad nights of clubbing into the wee small hours, then sleeping it off on the beach the next day before [...]

I can remember when I first heard about Inov-8 off-road running shoes. I was editor of Weekend Living on the Herald and I actually spoke to the owner of Inov-8 Wayne Edie. He was so passionate about his new style of off-road trainers and I gave him a fair amount of publicity in the magazine. [...]

Nick Green, aka the mobile bike mechanic, took part in the recent epic ironman-distance event, the Rat Race City to Summit. It was the inaugural event, including a Forth of Firth 1200m swim (cut from the 2.4 mile swim due to cold and conditions), a 112-mile cycle from Edinburgh to Glencoe and then a full [...]

Energy for sports comes in all shapes, sizes and packets. Most of it, in my experience, is sweet and sickly and can only be tolerated in small amounts. I favour Hi-Five gels (the version that doesn’t require too much water to be taken on board at the same time) and I find that Honey Stinger [...]

A favourite among families and one of the UK’s most visited counties, Cornwall offers a great many options if you enjoy the great outdoors. The county boasts a diverse landscape with surprisingly big and rolling hills and a fabulous coastline.  This blog looks at some great thing to do and suggests one of the many [...]

Have you seen what round-the-world record-breaking cyclist and adventurer Mark Beaumont is up to in Scotland right now? On June 1 he set off to swim and run the Highland Fault Line, starting on the Isle of Arran and heading roughly north-west to Stonehaven  and then Aberdeen. He will be stunned to find himself taking [...]

More and more I hear of people cycling – or planning to cycle – the LEJOG (Lands End to John O’Groats). This is a blog account from a freelance collegaue Mike Dales of Big Pond Scotland. He completed the epic  1085-mile journey with his partner Fiona. Here’s what he writes: Wow, what a journey. Land’s End to [...]