How to create an effective wellbeing strategy
In today’s fast-paced world, the wellbeing of employees is more crucial than ever. As businesses navigate the complexities of maintaining productivity while ensuring a healthy work environment …
Using Tech to Make Hiking and Outdoor Adventures Better
In recent years many devices and gadgets are enhancing rather than hindering our connection with nature and the outside world …
Treewilding: Our Past, Present and Future Relationship with Forests
It’s a great feeling to finally share my new book Treewilding with the world. I explore how to restore global forests and our relationship with them …
The Joy of Volunteering
I bent down and blew air into the base of the bonfire, the coals grew bright and wood smoke curled up, blending with the mist of a damp autumn day. Around me the other wildlife conservation group volunteers were busy clearing scrub from the hillside …
The Early Retirement Playbook for Active Adventures
Retirement is the perfect time to hit the open road and take part in those trips and experiences you’ve always dreamed of …
The Pennine Way Challenge 2024
I have wanted to walk the Pennine Way ever since I knew it existed. That would have been 2013 or possibly before …
Why Walking is the Perfect Partner for a Happy Mind
Anxiety, depression and stress have become unwelcome companions in our fast-paced lives
Post-Walk Pampering: How to wind down after a long walk
Image source: Deposit photos There’s no better way to reset your mind and body than getting out for a good long walk in nature. Walking is a great exercise with fantastic physical and mental health benefits whether you are hiking the hilly South Downs or strolling on a windswept beach in Northumberland. The other great…
Fearless – The Back Story
It is 5.16 in the morning. I am balancing a bowl of congealed porridge in my left hand, juggling a pile of scripts in my right. I have to be dexterous, taking care not to drop the 40 pages because that will waste precious time. And time is not on my side …
Being with Cows by Dave Mountjoy
Gandhi called cows ‘Poems of compassion,’ and it is my greatest wish that through the book, people are given the opportunity to feel the deep sense of wonder, compassion and heartfelt gratitude
The Magic of Walking
Julia Bradbury is once again championing Living Streets’ National Walking Month. This May, she’s joining people across the UK in discovering the magic of walking to boost their health and wellbeing
10 Tips to Make Your Dog Your Hiking Buddy
Dogs make fantastic hiking buddies, bursting with excitement to explore the outdoors. However, taking them on an adventure trail comes with risks, and you must know how to manage their energy and safety.