Activity Holidays

Primus Vacuum Lunch Jug

Tough stuff: The best gear for the adventure traveller

Want a flask that keeps your coffee warmer for longer? Or headphones that keep your ears warm? Mark Harris has the answers

Inside Activity Holidays

Have a Swale of a time walking in the Yorkshire's Dales

Sunday, 2 November 2008

Walk of the Month: Walk one of Yorkshire's most dynamic waterways, says Mark Rowe

The Complete Guide To: Mountain biking

Saturday, 25 October 2008

Autumn is a great time to get off the beaten track. Chris Moran gears up for a two-wheeled adventure, via gentle hills and gritty descents

Cyclo-therapy: My wife had her first fall and realised that coming off your bike can hurt, but it won't kill you

Saturday, 18 October 2008

Cash strapped by the credit crunch, my wife and I decided to take our summer holiday in Wales this year. To help keep things cheap, we waited till the end of September when the cottage rents came down, and took nothing with us but a few books and our bikes for entertainment.

Lapland: Regal splendour

Saturday, 23 August 2008

High in Swedish Lapland, beside glacial lakes and snow-tipped mountains, Rhiannon Batten is captivated by the 'King of Trails'

Pacific quest: The dive of a lifetime

Saturday, 16 August 2008

When a BBC team was despatched to find new marine species in Micronesia, the trip gave Kate Humble the chance to dive in some of the world's most spectacular underwater environments

Itay: Walking up an appetite

Saturday, 2 August 2008

Trekking across Umbria to Assisi might sound like a pilgrimage, but for Robin Lustig, the delights of the journey, from great scenery to gastronomy, were as sensual as they were spiritual

Trail Of The Unexpected: Boxing in Cuba

Saturday, 26 July 2008

Get fighting fit with Fidel

Jersey: A leap of faith

Saturday, 26 July 2008

The rugged sport of 'coasteering' is not for the faint-hearted. Matt Carroll feels the arendalin rush as he jumps, swims and dives his way around the rocky Jersey coastline - and finds his 'inner bloke' along the way

Swiss Alps: High Anxiety

Saturday, 26 July 2008

I'm French-kissing a rock face and I don't want to stop. Because stopping would mean having to put my tongue back in my mouth. And if I do that I think I might never stop screaming. To be honest, I hadn't asked the rock how it felt about the situation. When you're 850 metres above ground clinging to a slippy, muddy and - most importantly - tiny metal rung sticking out of a cliff face, you tend to forget about etiquette.