Outdoors Leisure Archive

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

Location: Glasgow

I don't recall when I first became aware of Tough Mudder, and the garish orange headband its graduates gain the honour of wearing.

When I last visited Tunisia I was in no hurry to return.

Location: Bute

Location: Perth and Kinross

Andrew Macintyre, gymnastics coach.

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.

If British joggers, dog-walkers and cyclists were to put up a statue, it should arguably be to Richard Beeching.

Location: Dumfries and Galloway

Location: Braemar

'Perfect weather for a gaol break!" says the bellhop at my San Francisco hotel, squinting at the fog.

Location: by Killin, Stirlingshire

WITH the spring comes better weather and longer days – and the chance to get out and about.