Walking

Stick nation! Why do 3 million people – including me and my kids – love stick reviews?
The internet’s go-to gathering place for those who rate and revere sticks is big and growing fast. The appeal is simple ...
Morwenna Ferrier
31, Jan, 2025 @5:00 AM

The best women’s walking boots to hit the trails in style and comfort, tested by our expert hiker
From waterproof versions to leather designs, we put women’s walking boots to the test to find the best for every adventure
Sian Lewis
23, Jan, 2025 @10:59 AM

Country diary: Winter has come and gone in a week | Paul Evans
The Marches, Shropshire: As the ice thins and the paths begin to stick, the ravens and owls are getting busy with their breeding season
Paul Evans
23, Jan, 2025 @5:30 AM

Country diary: Low-octane thrills at a high place | Phil Gates
Derwent Walk Country Park, Gateshead: The mosses here, inseparable from the rock, have a staggering beauty rooted in the ability to survive
Phil Gates
17, Jan, 2025 @11:00 AM

My petty gripe: I just want one ding from speeding cyclists. How hard can it be?
It’s called a shared path for a reason – but a peaceful walkway can turn into something more like a racetrack
Viv Smythe
16, Jan, 2025 @2:00 PM

‘Women are the best to women’: has Iceland found the antidote to toxic ‘girlboss’ feminism?
Fifty years ago, Icelandic women went on strike, kickstarting a gender revolution. Today, the concept of ‘konur eru konum bestar’ is everywhere – including the female-led coalition government
Miranda Bryant
16, Jan, 2025 @10:00 AM

Country diary: The ever-changing woods give and take away | Ed Douglas
Hay Wood, Derbyshire: I’d come here for one thing, and found another – a new fallen tree, with nuggetty fungus like nightmarish toenails
Ed Douglas
14, Jan, 2025 @5:30 AM

‘Get on my land’: the farmers who want strangers wandering their fields
A growing number of landholders are joining forces with right-to-roam campaigners to boost public access to the countryside
Patrick Barkham
08, Jan, 2025 @7:00 AM

Hadi Nazari's camera and campfire found as search continues for hiker missing in Kosciuszko national park
NSW police ‘hopeful’ of finding 23-year-old Hadi Nazari alive in remote national park as they track movements since he was last seen on Boxing Day
Rafqa Touma
07, Jan, 2025 @4:47 AM

Country diary: Gadding about on the river | Nic Wilson
Hitchin, Hertfordshire: Is it a mallard, is it a gadwall? In fact we have one of each, paired-up in an example of waterfowl hybridisation that isn’t unusual
Nic Wilson
06, Jan, 2025 @5:30 AM

How I learned to navigate in the Welsh mountains
Learning to read a map and use a compass turns disorientation into discovery in the Eryri national park
Andy Pietrasik
04, Jan, 2025 @11:00 AM

Country diary: Somewhere around this glorious loch, beavers are at work | Merryn Glover
Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms: Reintroduced here after local extinction for 400 years, 10 pairs are settling in well – at least two even have kits
Merryn Glover
04, Jan, 2025 @5:30 AM
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