Walking & Active

Features, tips and advice to help you spend more time being active in the great outdoors.
Outdoor and nature book recommendations

WELLBEING | Brilliant Nature, Travel & Folklore Books To Inspire Your Outdoor Adventures in 2025

I love a good book and often pick up recommendations from the most unlikely of places. I've usually got 3 or 4 books on the go at any one time and always take a book away with me on camping trips. Recently I've read some brilliant books from some incredible authors, most of whom are female, so I thought I'd share them with you.

Silverdale Country Park Walk in Winter

WALKS | Discovering New Winter Country Park Walks in Staffordshire

🕒 2-3 minute read I feel extremely fortunate to have had an extended Christmas break, with a whole glorious 2...

Voyage Privé festive spa treatment breaks

Spa Breaks in The UK: What Are The Hottest Places To Visit?

Collaboration In the UK, spa breaks are becoming a popular weekend getaway choice, thanks to the increasing awareness of wellness...

Fitness wins with Garmin venu 3s

WELLBEING | Celebrating The Joy Of Little Wins With a Bit of Help From My Garmin Venu 3S

Celebrating fitness wins with help from Garmin

Hike and Camp: Best Trails in the Peak District

ACTIVE | Hike and Camp: Best Trails in the Peak District

Collaboration The Peak District lies to the southeast of Manchester and is a popular walking and camping destination for many...

nature meditation for beginners

WELLBEING | 10-Minute Nature Awareness Mini Meditation for Beginners

This is an ideal nature mindfulness exercise to do whilst camping, but you can head to any green space like a park or garden and a warm sunny day is best.

Routin Brig Waterfall Scotland

WELLBEING | Witches Whispers From Routin Brig Waterfall, Scotland

I share my experience of visiting Routin Brig waterfall in Scotland and consider whether this historically significant and long-revered site, might have played a part in a powerful nature meditation I enjoyed there.

Swimrun beginners guide

ACTIVE | The Complete Beginners Guide To Swimrun

Swimrun is a pretty new sport, originating in 2002 as a drunken bet between friends in Stockholm to race each other across the Stockholm archipelago. Read on to learn more and find out how to get started...

Cosy Books For Autumn 2023

WELLBEING | Cosy Books For Slow Living & Enhanced Wellbeing

Books can provide a soothing refuge, and having recently updated my list of books to read, I thought I'd share some of the little gems I came across....

Alderford swimming lake

NEWS | Experts Urge Brits To Remember These 6 Open Water Rules

Experts Urge Brits To Remember These 6 Rules If Cooling Off In Open Water This Weekend

Mastering Me Retreat

WELLBEING | 1/2 Price Mastering Me Retreat Offer

Finding time for ourselves isn't always easy, but the Mastering Me retreat which takes place can help you achieve some much-needed calm. Read on to find out more and claim your half price retreat place.

Keen Roll Out UK Community Walk Series With Mental Health Mates

NEWS | Keen Roll Out UK Community Walk Series With Mental Health Mates

Footwear brand Keen is on a mission to make outside inclusive and accessible to all, and is delighted to announce their partnership with Mental Health Mates for a series of community walks in the UK commencing Spring 2023.

Woodland wellbeing

WELLBEING | Prioritising Your Health: Why It Is Never Too Late To Improve Your Wellbeing

Making wellbeing a priority makes sense and can help to improve your overall health. Learn some easy ways to prioritise your wellbeing here...

Beginners guide to SUP

ACTIVE | SUPer Water Sports – A Beginner’s Guide to Paddle Boarding

Fancy trying something new? How about giving stand up paddle boarding, known as SUP a try? Read on for our bigeinners guide to SUP.

New year's resolutions

WELLBEING | Don’t Do New Year’s Resolutions – Set Small Goals Instead

Just before the new year posted on Instagram about New Year's Resolutions, why I don't like them and how I approach change from a healthier perspective that's less likely to end in failure. Read on to find out more.

WELLBEING | How to Get Your Nature Fix In The Depths Of Winter

Countless pieces of research cite the many benefits of spending time outside in winter, but knowing it's good for us isn't always enough to persuade us to get outside!

Stacking stones on the beach

WELLBEING | Why We Need To Talk About Menopause – My Peri-Menopause Journey

My experience of peri-menopause after 4 years of struggling with symptoms that are still not being treated holistically.

walking in snowdonia

WELLBEING | A Snowdonia Walk And Thoughts On Experiencing Adversity Positively

As I walked in Snowdonia during a solo weekend camping trip I was struck by how differently I experience adversity since beginning my quest for enhanced wellbeing and greater equanimity.

Fat runner

WELLBEING | The Fat, Asthmatic, Reluctant Lockdown Runner – My Journey From Hating To Loving Running

I hate running. I can't run. At the age of 46 that's what I have spent all of my life believing, but then one day, during the third interminable lockdown, something changed. I share my journey from hating to loving running.

VAngo Stargrove II Tent

WELLBEING | I Find Some Time To Rewild On A Solo Camping & Wild Swimming Micro Adventure

I spent some time reconnecting with nature and grounding myself on a recent solo camping trip.

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