Competition: win £100 to spend on winter goodies from Fat Face
I’ve always been a little bit in love with Fat Face’s philosophy: “Hunt down the perfect wave, ski from dawn till dusk, shed your 9…
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Review: Brasher Hillmaster hiking socks for women
Cold Hawaii – the Danish surf mecca
Surf fan and fellow girl outdoors Karina Kold on catching the best of Danish waves at Klitmøller.
View PostReview: Hi-Tec Lynx Trail mid women’s boots
I like post. Especially when it’s a box containing a lovely new pair of Hi-Tec Lynx trail hiking boots (£54.00) from the very nice people…
View PostMud Runner 2012 – nothing tougher!
Last Sunday Hayley, Pete and I made it through seven grueling, muddy, sweaty miles of the Mud Runner Classic 2012, at the beautiful Eastnor Castle…
View PostHow to use a storm kettle
If you’re as much of a fan as I am of going off on adventures down rivers in wooden canoes, Famous Five Style (lashings of…
View PostWanderlust Blog of the Week
The Girl Outdoors is Wanderlust magazine‘s blog of the week! And they’ve published the Girl’s Guide to surviving the Amazon on their website, which is…
View PostPhotoblog: a day on Dartmoor
Surfspiration: desk based wanderlust
I’m not going surfing for another two weeks, so in the meantime I am going to stare at this periodically.
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Lazy Sunday afternoons with The Simple Things
Gorgeous new magazine The Simple Things is my new obsession. Gentle, friendly and different to other brash, consumerist and advertising heavy publications, The Simple Things…
View PostHow to: go glamping
Leaky tents, muddy fields and tepid baked beans do not a happy weekend of camping make, but tend to be the inevitable reality. Luckily, the…
View PostSecret Outdoors London
Urban paradises are made all the more beautiful by their incongruous surroundings. When I’m in London I can’t go more than a few days without…
View PostThe Beauty of Barbour
This is a little bit of a love letter to the jackets that I once eschewed as being worn only by fashion victims and the…
View PostHow to: pack for a trip to the Amazon jungle
After sustaining more than 70 mosquito bites on one leg in the depths of the Bolivian Amazon, I feel authorized to advise on these matters,…
View PostHow to: take a girls-only road trip
The phrase “road trip”, in true Kerouackian style, always conjures up images of wide-open spaces and the freedom to roam. Whilst a driving adventure with…
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