Outdoors/Leisure

  • Travel: Guernsey
    18 May 2013

    Topped with raspberries, the mountain of a cake I'm looking at is decorated with grapes, figs and berries, and garlanded with ivy and wild flowers.

  • Travel: cycling the Canal du Midi, France
    11 May 2013

    Just as "slow food" generally tastes better than fast food, slow transport – at least on holiday – is a more enjoyable way to travel.

  • Travel: Buenos Aires, Argentina
    11 May 2013

    You could be forgiven for experiencing a sense of geographical displacement on arrival in Buenos Aires.

  • The cycle The Isla Way
    13 April 2013

    Location: Moray

  • Weekender: Glasgow subcrawl
    13 April 2013

    When I arrived in Glasgow as a fresh-faced young pup, a friend offered to show me the sights on a pub crawl with a twist: we would stop off at the city's finest – and a few less salubrious – hostelries along all 15 of the Subway stops.

  • The art of the slow marathon
    13 April 2013

    It's 8.30am on a bright April day and it feels like we're in the middle of nowhere.