Outdoors

The previous day we’d crossed the jagged mountain peaks from Switzerland into Italy. Now, on Day 8 of our Tour de Mont Blanc walk we …

There are few things better than going on a really beautiful hike, but the location can make a huge difference in how memorable the experience …

The clear blue pool and waterfalls give Paradise Valley in Morocco its name. It certainly lived up to it when we visited to walk through …

I’m sitting on the beach at Taghazout as the family head out into the water in their wetsuits, to try out their surf and body-boards. …

“Like walking in 4-Wheel Drive” was how Elaine described Nordic Walking to me, as we strode along the snow covered path on Dartmoor. I’m no …

Today’s walk on the Tour de Mont Blanc would take us from Ferret in Switzerland, over the high mountain pass into Italy. The previous day’s …

After walking on the Tour de Mont Blanc in September, I was pleased to take a somewhat less arduous stroll in the Pyrenees. I’d be …

Our previous year’s Tour de Mont Blanc walk had taken us across the mountains from France into Switzerland. Now our train from Geneva airport was …

As you leave the green plain on the south side of the Greek island of Zakynthos, the land rises into dry, mountainous terrain that makes …

Getting up close and personal with the fabled big 5 in Africa is the dream of many a traveller, but long believed to a privilege …

The South Downs Way offers white chalk cliffs at one end and leafy lanes at the other. The long distance trail meanders through Southern England, …