When I was young, all my best birthdays were spent in the valley – picnic on the banks and swimming in the rivers with my favourite people. I was lucky enough to grow up in the Lake District in...

I'm Patricia Berthelier, a dedicated 63-year-old French mountain bike and gravel bikepacker, and I've become addicted to ultra-distance bikepacking! I started cycling at the age of 40 and took part...

After sitting at a desk for 25 years and contributing to a "normal" way of life, my partner and I gave it all up to pursue personal wellness by doing what we want to do. We have been at it for 3...

As a child I had a bike and would often be asked to take messages to my father - so I would have to cycle to the other side of the farm, or had to deliver eggs using the basket on the front of my...

The Trans Alp Bike Race claims to be the toughest amateur Mountain Bike stage race in Europe. Six hundred teams, each made up of two riders, set out from Imst in Austria on a seven-day epic that...

I recently spent 4 weeks trekking with my 3-month-old baby on the GR11 route across the Pyrenees. It was (mostly) an incredible experience seeing the mountains through new eyes and also allowing us...

I celebrated my year of turning 50 with a year of training for two massive goals - a 32-mile marathon swim and a 10K swim with a 4-hour time limit. I did both in August 2017. For my marathon swim, I...

I am an advantaged girl from a working-class background attempting to sea kayak around Ireland! I would love you to read about the challenges I faced and the people I met. It has taught me so much...