When I was a horse-mad but £-poor teenager, I signed up to help with a local Riding for Disabled children’s group in return for free rides and access to the sort of camaraderie that…
Tess CavenApril 12, 2022
If you’ve read Part 1 of “Exercise and Ageing”, I hope you found (and tried) a few simple hacks to up your activity levels without too much disruption to your daily life. In this follow-up,…
Tess CavenMarch 17, 2022
I am intrinsically lazy. Honestly, trust me, I am. So obviously I am the right person to write a blog about walking. Now, in case you are still doubting my laziness, let me tell…
Hilary MinesFebruary 17, 2022
When my brother and I were little, my parents believed that, armed with a packed lunch and a flask, fresh air and a trek up the side of a mountain were the best tonic…
Hilary MinesJanuary 16, 2022
How old are you? I realise that’s quite a personal question to open with, but bear with me. Because your age will probably dictate what you take from this blog. Or whether you read…
Tess CavenDecember 22, 2021
Guerrilla geographer Dan Raven-Ellison spends his days ‘challenging myself and others to see the world in new ways’. He wants to turn our concept of what is a National Park on its head and…
Hilary MinesJuly 20, 2021
Have you heard of Dogs for Autism? They provide autism assistance dogs, at no charge, to autistic people of any age, anywhere in the UK. Dogs for Autism is the first charity in the…
Hilary MinesJuly 13, 2021
Hilary, or Hil as she much prefers to be called, thought of the concept of something like trundl about 15 years ago. The enforced down time of the pandemic gave her time to start…
Hilary MinesJuly 1, 2021
