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Ireland's Wicklow mountains are a stunning cycling destination. Where better then for a 200km day-ride with 2000 other...
With endless single-track, hairpin bend-laced mountains, crystal clear blue skies over glassy lakes and classy café...
Winter sun and sailing are a match made in heaven. Christine Ottery reports back on some hard and fast multi-hull...
Tree Top Adventure A new attraction set high up in the trees of a Snowdonia forest in North Wales offers a challenge,...
Five of the best walks We take a look at five of the best walks in Wales
When in Wales... Only about 20 per cent of the Welsh population speaks Welsh (and of those, all speak English), yet a...
Rock Stars... Snowdonia boasts some of the best and most varied rock climbing in the world. One of the UK’s best...
When it comes to mountain biking, you can follow one of two (cycle) paths; either set off by yourself using your own...
Paddle Power Given that Canolfan Tryweryn, near Bala, was established in 1972 with the aim of providing white-water...
The sheltered waters of the Menai Strait provide ideal sailing waters for all levels of ability. The Plas Menai, the...
When the river water levels drop in summer, gorge walkers head for the coast. As opposed to sea-level traversing,...
The West of England is a beautiful and often overlooked part of the country with a lot of exciting options for outdoor...
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty... Stretching from the Strule Valley in the west to Lough Neagh in the east, the...
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty... Once ‘highly fashionable’, the Lincolnshire Wolds still bear the indelible...
Paddle-on-Wye... Kayaking down the River Wye, while camping in snug native American-style tipis, is Matt Carroll’s...