A friend, Hilary, recently walked the West Highland Way with her 11-year-old daughter Holly. The 96-mile walking trail is the most popular walking route in Scotland and some 50,000 people from across the world...
Hiking can be a very enriching experience and a way to enjoy the great outdoors alone, with friends, or with members of your family. However, before you go on your hiking trip, you’ll need...
Maps International have launched a series of Collect & Scratch maps for walkers and cyclists. The maps include, Wainwrights, Munros, Alpine Climbs, UK cycling climbs and Alpine cycling ascents. I love these! (They already...
It was only when I passed the half-way mark in a full round of 282 Munros that I started to imagine I might finish them. But, until that point I wasn’t an official “bagger”....
Known in Japan as shinrin-yoku, forest bathing means to “take in the forest atmosphere”. It was first developed in the 1980s and has been making its way across the world ever since. Put simply, forest...
Most people know that I receive many jackets to review. But not every jacket receives comment from other people. From the moment I wore the Jottnar Thorsen jacket out and about, people have been...
I think we should talk a lot more about the menopause. For women, it helps to know we are not alone amid the crap of it all. For men, it’s important they can understand...
Always on the hunt for clothing that keeps me warm, but without being too bulky, I agreed to give ZeroFit’s Heat Rub baselayers a try. I don’t know about you, but ZeroFit sounds a...
Scottish sports drink company Active Root has launched a new version of the Original Ginger flavour and a new product, Active Root Green Tea and Ginger drink. I should confess I am already a...
There is still time to enter the Coast to Coast 2018 event that is organised by Rat Race Adventure Sports. The run, bike and kayak challenge takes place on the weekend of September 8...
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Ken, 68, to cycle 3000km solo for charity
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Helmet law leads to drop in bike-related injuries
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My outdoor clothing guide to surviving the winter
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Running in a Gore-tex Active Shell jacket
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Why wearing a bike helmet makes sense to me
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