When researching online for a decent but good value sleeping bag earlier this year, I saw a few comments from people complaining that they’ve camped in a three-season bag in four degrees and had to “wear clothes”, suggesting that the … Continued
The overriding reason for coming up with and then completing my GetOutside Activity Challenge was to demonstrate, to actually show you in deeds rather than words, how many different things there are to do outdoors. All too often we assume … Continued
November is a notoriously cold, dark and damp month. Which is rubbish. Really rubbish. I mean, don’t get me wrong, November is a great month. I think it’s particularly excellent because it’s the month in which I celebrate my birthday. … Continued
One Hour Outside is my little campaign to get you – yes, you – to spend a little bit of time outside every single day. It was my response when I heard that a quarter of people in the UK feel … Continued
For my next entry in my series of GetOutside interviews, I’d like to introduce Lisa to you. Lisa Wells lives on Snowdonia’s doorstep, and loves to adventure with Olive and The Beast… you’ll have to read on to find out … Continued
Last weekend I celebrated Ordnance Survey’s National GetOutside Day by setting myself a silly challenge to see how many GetOutside activities I could take part in during one weekend. In all I took part in more than 50 activities in 48 … Continued
This week my GetOutside Interview series travels down to one of my favourite places in the world – Dartmoor in Devon – where I remember many happy childhood walks and explorations. It must be the place I learnt to read … Continued
Here we go… it might have been a silly idea I had on my lunchtime a good few months ago now, but as soon as I heard about what Ordnance Survey wanted to do with National GetOutside Day this year, … Continued
My GetOutside Interviews feature continues this week with Matthew Kettlewell, who spends half his year leading expeditions, and the other half selling jam… yes, you read that right. I love that the GetOutside brings together people with absolutely all kinds … Continued
The best thing about the great outdoors is that it is there for everyone. And I mean everyone. It doesn’t matter what your age or ability, spending time outside is good for us all! This week in my GetOutside Interviews … Continued