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The Best Hiking Snacks

When you go out hiking it’s important not only to make sure that you have ample water with you, but also that you carry some food. Snacks can stop your blo...

Fell Running: Is it for You?

If you’ve ever been walking in the hills, you’ll almost certainly have encountered someone in shorts and shirt, carrying nothing more than a water bottle...

Geographical Sites & Their Use in an Emergency

You may have often, when walking or hiking, noticed a beautiful old church or an old ruined farmhouse in the midst of a field and remarked on how beautiful t...

Hiking for Older People

The wonderful thing about hiking is that anyone can do it. As long as you can walk (although you do see parents carrying babies in special backpacks) you can...

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Walking Holidays in Wales

Wales is perhaps one of the most underrated countries for walkers. In spite of its rugged, bleak reputation, Wales offers a huge diversity of landscapes, and...

Orienteering and Hiking

Although orienteering is a sport, one involving using map and compass to navigate an unfamiliar landscape, usually as quickly as possible, learning the rudim...

Walking in the Lake District

Mention hiking and it’s a fair bet that most people will think of the Lake District. Over the years it’s become the hiking centre of Britain. From Wordsw...

The Best Hiking Snacks

When you go out hiking it’s important not only to make sure that you have ample water with you, but also that you carry some food. Snacks can stop your blo...

Avoiding Leg Cramps When Walking

Most of the time, hiking is as injury-free a pastime as anyone is likely to undertake. There might be a slight sprain from a fall, but that’s usually the m...

Why Start Hiking?

Going walking is one thing, but taking up hiking is another. Walking is usually on pavements or on pathways, the kind of surface that’s intended for feet....

A First Aid Kit for Hikers

If you’re going out hiking, you really should have a first aid kit with you when you walk. It should only take up a small amount of room in your backpack,...

Planning Hiking Holidays

The prospect of a hiking holiday can be very exciting. It’s a chance to explore an area fully, to cover new ground and see fresh scenery. Once you’ve dec...

Paying Attention to the Weather

There’s no doubt that hiking is one of the most pleasurable forms of exercise, and the freedom of being out in the country is exhilarating, especially afte...

Walking for Physical Rehabilitation

Walking is excellent exercise, a good way to get and stay fit and lose some weight. Walking also has its place in physical therapy and rehabilitation. The ne...

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