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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Five amazing must-surf spots

Five amazing must-surf spots

I think it may be time to accept the sad inevitability of it being winter. again
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Lazy Sunday afternoons with The Simple Things

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&…
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How to: go glamping

How 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&…
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Secret Outdoors London

Secret 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 …
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The Beauty of Barbour

The 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&…
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How to: pack for a trip to the Amazon jungle

How 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,…
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How to: take a girls-only road trip

How 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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A little outdoors inspiration

A little outdoors inspiration

The lovely Elizabeth Grant rounds up some fun and easy ways to get outdoors this summer.
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The Garden Project at Jose Soria orphanage, La Paz, Part 2

The Garden Project at Jose Soria orphanage, La Paz, Part 2

The finished product, after two hectic weeks spent painting rainbows on everything and trying not to let the orphanage kids get too messy. A space&…
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The Garden Project at Jose Soria orphanage, La Paz

The Garden Project at Jose Soria orphanage, La Paz

Our volunteer team has been working with Bolivian orphans in La Paz for more than two months now, and as well as running workshops with&…
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Places to stay: La Senda Verde animal refuge

Places to stay: La Senda Verde animal refuge

Last weekend we stayed in one of the loveliest places in the world.
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The Best of La Paz

The Best of La Paz

I’ve lived in La Paz for six weeks now and am finally getting used to the insane traffic, bustling fruit markets and lung-burning altitude. …
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Review: the GoPro HD Hero camera

Review: the GoPro HD Hero camera

Snowboarder Simon Andrews waxes lyrical over his favourite bit of kit, the GoPro Hero camera.
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Snow girl style: photos from the pistes

Snow girl style: photos from the pistes

Check out what the coolest girl skiers and boarders are wearing in my resort, Cervinia.
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Guest post: The UK’s Best Rock Climbing Spots

Guest post: The UK’s Best Rock Climbing Spots

There’s some spectacular scenery that’s ideal for rock climbing in the United Kingdom, and wherever you live in Britain, you’re sure to …
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