Outdoors Leisure Archive

Swiss balls, dumbbells, ab wheels, stationary bikes, vibration plates, trampettes, body toning belts...

New year's resolutions.

The quad bike's tyres throw up a cloud of volcanic ash as I skid to a halt.

What got me most about this trip was the fact of Cambo Estate's very existence.

It's a bitterly chilly morning, the temperature hovering around freezing as I tentatively place a foot on the path in front of me, checking for ice.

Location: South Lanarkshire

What in God's name is he doing?

It is possible to get through to Christmas Day without seeing much of Santa, but not if you go out of the house in December, or decide to take your children to a festive attraction, and certainly not if you venture to visit any of the following: The Santa Train Ride, Santa on the Slopes, Santa at Dobbies or The Great Edinburgh Santa Run (in which it is possible to offer your kids the challenge to "guess the real Santa" from the hundreds galloping round).

Location: Kilpatrick Hills

We set out for our walk just as the neighbours are settling down for the night, drawing their curtains against the cold and dark, switching on the TV for Strictly and You've Been Framed.

FELICITY Aston reckons she would have been voted the person least likely to do anything remotely adventurous when she was a schoolgirl.

Travel: Yorkshire.

Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife

Location: Glen Roy, Lochaber