Casting a fly, or blazing a trail? 40plus gets back to nature...
Adventure - or misadventure - in the French Alps
Rain crashed down on the metal roof with a frightening force. It sounded like millions of stones being dumped above us and seemed as if the entire ancient wooden building where we huddled on mattresses in the second floor loft might collapse under the ragging downpour. This was our first night in the Refuge d'Orgeval, an alpage in the Rhone Alps.
Discovering Cheshire - it's not just about the cheese!
Those who don't really know Cheshire are likely to think only of rich crumbly cheese, produced by large numbers of docile cows, contentedly munching the lush green pasture - pleasant enough countryside but hardly of interest to country walkers. In fact, that commonly held view is a long way from the real truth...
Rambling around Pembrokeshire
Tucked away in the south-west corner of Wales, it is not difficult to see why Pembrokeshire has long been a favoured area for the discerning holidaymaker. A long and well-varied coastline combines spectacular rocky headlands and coves with wide beaches of superb sand, little ports, towns and villages.
Pedaling in Mozart's tracks
The Mozart Radweg (bike route). The 250-mile long route meanders through stunning scenery of mountains, lakes and undulating valleys, past places that featured in the composer's life. The trek begins in Salzburg, crosses into Germany, then leads back to Salzburg.
North Iceland cycling adventure
Few areas in the world offer such natural beauty as North Iceland. The diverse mountainous landscape - which combines active volcanoes and vast black deserts, with lush oases, hot springs and fumaroles - are sights seldom encountered elsewhere on earth. It is this stunning terrain that Cyclewild's week-long July 2007 'Cycling Adventure' will explore...
Gamefish galore off the Kenyan coast!
'Marlin approaching the outrigger rod!' These words, hollered by our boat skipper, sent the adrenalin rushing through my veins. Just prior to this rude awakening, I found myself drifting into a state of complete relaxation as my body and soul succumbed to the gentle sway of the big-game fishing boat as it negotiated the gentle swells of the Indian Ocean just off the coast of Kenya.
Fishing Camps in Mozambique, Africa
If you dream of going deep sea fishing in an exotic part of the world, you might consider traveling to the eastern coast of Mozambique. There, on the Indian Ocean, in a chartered boat, you can try your luck for big fish. One of several serious fishing camps, located along that coast, may be for you.
Partnerships prove key to Red Kite recovery
There can be few more elegant sights in the bird world than a Red Kite gliding effortlessly across the sky on slightly bent wings, the two halves of its long forked tail seemingly moving independently of each other, and its red tints - from which it gets its name - glinting in the sunshine...
Barn Owls
Although they are mainly nocturnal and can be extremely unobtrusive, the pale, almost ghostly, form of a Barn Owl floating silently over a meadow in the soft light of dusk or dawn can hardly fail to excite the birdwatcher.
Bird Migration
Where do Swallows go in winter? Just over two hundred years ago, this was the subject of lively debate between those who believed they migrated and those who believed they hibernated. In his Natural History of Selborne Gilbert White includes his correspondence about this; although some of his correspondents were clearly watching the migration of birds through Gibraltar...
