Competition: Design your own Joules wellingtons
Ahh, the simple pleasure of kicking through autumn leaves in welly boots! Celebrate the season by entering Joules’ lovely new competition and design your very…
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Horse riding across Dartmoor
Giddyingup on a ride across Dartmoor on a gorgeous quarter horse called Fred. I met a proper cowboy and everything. Then I wrote about it…
View PostMary goes cycling in Catalonia
My wonderful and bike-mad mate Mary Spender took a five day cycle trip through Catalonia. Here’s her diary from her time exploring this beautiful part…
View PostStunting to the limit with Dell Technology
Fancy raising your adrenaline levels over your lunchbreak? Watch Finnish adrenaline junkies StuntFreaksTeam perform incredible feats and then edit them into a stunning action video…
View PostWild swimming around the world
In my third travel column for The Independent I’ve rounded up some of the world’s most beautiful and unusual swimming spots, from Thai waterfalls (modelled…
View PostMy Autumn Edit for 2015
Ahh autumn, the time of mists, mellow fruitfulness and really great jumpers. I am unashamedly in love with all of the season’s sparkler-waving, pumpkin-carving, fire-warming…
View PostStandup paddleboarding on the Thames
I’ve found the dream way to get about in busy London – paddling along the Thames. Last week I spent a fantastic day with my…
View PostRiding around the Black Mountains
Abergavenny to Hay on Wye and back with the dream cycling team. We took pony selfies, conquered the Gospel Pass and ate our weight in…
View PostCooking with Tenderstem® in the great outdoors
I’ve teamed up with wonder vegetable Tenderstem® and the lovely Josh of the Guyrope Gourmet to create a set of easy recipes that celebrate al…
View PostHow to: Make foraged blackberrry and apple mini pies
If you’ve been as obsessed with picking the glut of blackberries currently growing down country lanes as I have, these cute mini pies are the…
View PostReview: Teva Terra FI Lite walking sandals from SportsShoes
My Teva Terra walking sandals, £29.99 from SportsShoes, have been out on many an adventure with me this summer, and I am a big big…
View PostGet off the beaten track with Tracker
To mark 30 years fuelling adventures in the great outdoors Tracker have teamed up with athlete James Cracknell and the Woodland Trust to get you…
View PostMy active travel column in The Independent
For my second adventure column for the The Independent I’ve hunted out incredible trips combining active travel with wildlife encounters, from swimming with whale sharks…
View PostReview: Grisport’s Typhoon walking boots
Grisport’s bright and bold Typhoon, £49, proves a decent entry-level walking boot that’s pocket friendly too.
View PostInspiring women at the Adventure Travel Film Festival
What are you up to this weekend? If you find yourself in London town then you should head straight for the Adventure Travel Film Festival.…
View Post#TaketoThailand to win a luxury escape
Moped adventures along the coast, diving with rainbow-coloured fish off Koh Tao, exploring bustling Bangkok… Thailand is definitely one of my all-time favourite countries to…
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