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 in the Malverns.
How 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 …
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Wanderlust 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 …
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Last weekend we stayed in one of the loveliest places in the world.
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