Walking in the Cotswolds sometimes feels like stepping back in time. It's a world of rolling green hills, neatly-trimmed hedgerows and winding paths, which lead to country pubs built from distinctive, ...

There are several breaks in Porthcawl, including Black Rock, a point break which when it’s working well can produce a long, fast right-hander, The Esplanade (aka ‘The Esp’), a fast left-hander ...

Walks in Bristol may bring to mind a visit to Clifton Suspension Bridge or a tour of Banksy's street art, but the wider county has much more to offer. Bristol regularly crops up in lists of the UK's ...

This guy caught a train during the 1904 Tour. Not too surprising given he's rocking the stereotypical villain look. The second edition of the Tour de France had more unnecessary violence than your ...

What’s the best part of cycling? Going downhill! Obviously. We’re not saying that the odd-ascent can’t be enjoyable, but it’s the views at the top and the promise of the slope swapping around that ...

The Suunto Vertical 2 arrives with a fairly bold mission statement: take the already excellent Vertical (released in 2023), blend in the best upgrades from the newer Suunto Race 2, iron out a few long ...

If you’ve read our Best Places to Travel in August and Best Places to Travel in Autumn guides, you’ll know we’re big fans of chasing the right adventure at the right time of year. This one’s for when ...

Not all waves are created equal. The way a wave breaks depends on what lies beneath the surface — sand, rock, coral, or even man-made reefs — and that determines how it behaves, how powerful it feels, ...

September is results season. Teenagers up and down the country are clutching GCSEs and A-levels, plotting gap years, ski seasons and backpacking routes through Southeast Asia. But these days, they are ...

Italy might be world-famous for pizza, pasta, and picture-perfect piazzas, but you'd be a primo cornetto to forget its skyline. From the glaciated giants in the Aosta valley to the bonkers limestone ...

Autumn is hands-down one of the best times of year to travel - temperatures are cooler, trails are quieter, and landscapes blaze with colour from Japan to the Julian Alps. In short, it’s shoulder ...

France is a land of world-class wine, culinary delights, rich history and, last but not least, some of the most dramatic alpine landscapes in Europe. The highest mountains in France have served as a ...