Keep cosy outdoors all winter with a fire pit in your back garden. This super simple step by step guide will help you build your own, ready for some serious marshmallow toasting.
7 great British surfing beaches
Frosty green waves, ominous grey skies and wearing a jumper underneath your wetsuit – it’s British surfing season again. Here are seven of the best&…
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Interview: Adventurer Alastair Humphreys
A chat with Microadventures author Alastair Humphreys on pedalling across the planet, singing in public and escaping to the wilderness.
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Places to stay: escaping to the Catskills
For my fifth Malibu #BestSummerEver adventure my friend Bobby and I went roadtripping into the beautiful, bear-filled Catskill mountains in New York State.
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Awesome autumn apparel
It’s jumper wearing, bonfire building, leaf crunching autumn again! Let’s rejoice in all the cosy cliches shall we? There’s no need to …
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Review: Manfrotto Active II backpack
Photographer (and awesome housemate) Jacob Little reviews Manfrotto’s Active II backpack, £89.95, for The Girl Outdoors.
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Interview: Wildlife wonder woman Sally Snow
A chat with Sally Snow, zoologist, documentary maker and self-proclaimed ‘environment bum’, on saving whale sharks in the Philippines and wanting to be Eliza Thornberry&…
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Top 10 outdoors and travel magazines
What’s your next adventure going to be? Give yourself a heavy dose of inspiration with a read of one of my ten favourite outdoors …
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The best water sports to try in Spain
Blessed by beautiful coastlines, miles of shiny beaches and just the right kind of wind, Spain is heaven for lovers of the life aquatic. Here&…
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Competition: WIN a copy of Wild Running
Get off the tarmac and into some of the UK’s most glorious wild places with new trail book Wild Running. I’ve got five …
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Places to stay: Peniche Surf Lodge review, Portugal
The awesome Karina Kold is still living the dream – here she hits the waves in Portugal and shares a day in the life at Peniche&…
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Review: Ultimate self inflating camping mat from Mountain Warehouse
Getting a good night’s sleep under the stars on Mountain Warehouse’s self-inflating camping mat, £24.99. Mountain Warehouse self inflating mat review Product description: “An …
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Keen Uneek Review: Uneek aquatic sandals from Keen
My review of the weird and wonderful Uneek sandal, £89.99 from Keen – lightweight, semiaquatic kicks crafted from just two lengths of cord and a…
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Review: STM laptop backpack review
I’ve got a new rucksack! I tried out the rather nice-looking STM Drifter laptop backpack, £94.95, for size on camping trips and cycle rides.
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How music can improve your athletic performance
Are you a ‘headphones on, world off’ kind of exercise fan? If so, you’re not just staving off boredom – new research shows that dropping&…
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Trying beginner Stand-Up Paddle board Yoga
I attempted to do the peaceful warrior on a stand up paddle board in central Bristol. And it was pretty awesome.
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