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Covers:  Hiking, cycling, active and adventure travel, green travel, wildlife, conservation, history, heritage
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Writer, editor and photographer with over two decades' experience, focusing on active and adventure travel, wildlife and conservation, history and heritage. Mostly out hiking trails, interviewing experts in unusual fields, and discovering new topics for pub chats.

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Is New Zealand's new walking route the best one-day hike in the world?

Is New Zealand's new walking route the best one-day hike in the world?

Somewhere above my head, R2D2 and the Clangers were having a right old ding-dong. At least, that's how it sou…

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Sailing the West Fjords, Iceland

Sailing the West Fjords, Iceland

I'd given up trying to sleep. A pale but insistent light had been soaking through the wide skylight above my …

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A walking tour through India's villages

A walking tour through India's villages

They say you're either a dog person or a cat person. Me, I'm a cat person. Dogs bark, and drool, and smell, a…

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Kenya: Embark on a safari in suburbia

Kenya: Embark on a safari in suburbia

I nearly didn't spot that first ostrich at all. You'd think that a 9ft-high feather duster might stand out a …

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Trail Of The Unexpected: Mount Kenya

Trail Of The Unexpected: Mount Kenya

God, they say, moves in mysterious ways. Even so, I wasn't expecting His wrath to be meted out by means of te…

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Explore Fès, Morocco: Morocco's spiritual capital

Explore Fès, Morocco: Morocco's spiritual capital

It's a story that's all too familiar: Muslims, suffering the brutal aftermath of rebellion, flee around and a…

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Where to hike when: 24 hikes for 2026

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By Paul Bloomfield Verified
| Lonely Planet Verified
The world's greatest hikes don't care what month you want to walk them. Monsoons close Himalayan passes in summer; desert canyons become dangerous in July heat; Patagonia is only at its glorious best between November and March. Timing is everything. This guide – drawn from Lonely Planet's Where to Go When: Hiking – matches you with two unforgettable trails for every month of the year. Wherever you are, whatever time you have: there's a perfect hike waiting.
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Where to go in England this summer if you want to skip London Original

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By Paul Bloomfield Verified
| BBC Verified
By Paul Bloomfield16th May 2026 From remote islands and wild moors to slow canals and starry skies, these six destinations encapsulate all that’s best about England in summer. E England in summer is sweetly intoxicating. During these long, languid days, London's parks buzz with picnickers and festivalgoers, the honey-hued architecture of Oxford, Bath and the Cotswolds glows in the afternoon sun, and the solstice casts its annual spell on Stonehenge. Who picked the list?
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Where to go in England this summer if you want to skip London

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| Flipboard
2 hours ago Swatch have closed their stores in cities across the UK after hundreds of people queued outside branches eager to buy a new limited watch. The Swiss firm said it would not open its branches in the capital "in light of safety considerations for both our customers and our staff". Stores in Birmingham, …
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