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Vicky Balfour: The mountain biker finding ‘pockets of adventure’ in everyday life

Vicky Balfour: The mountain biker finding ‘pockets of adventure’ in everyday life

Oct 1, 2022

Vicky Balfour: The mountain biker finding ‘pockets of adventure’ in everyday life The Outdoors Fix is a podcast to inspire you to make the outdoors a bigger part of your life. It’s hosted by Liv Bolton. Are you desperate to go on more outdoors adventures but feel like...
Sharnee Gardner: From modelling for Vogue to life as a professional gardener

Sharnee Gardner: From modelling for Vogue to life as a professional gardener

Jan 1, 2022

James Michael Forrest, aka ‘Mountain Man’ Sharnee Gardner: From modelling for Vogue to life as a professional gardener The Outdoors Fix is a podcast to inspire you to make the outdoors a bigger part of your life. It’s hosted by Liv Bolton....
Kumbi Kariwo: The nurse who used rock climbing to get through the Covid-19 pandemic

Kumbi Kariwo: The nurse who used rock climbing to get through the Covid-19 pandemic

Dec 18, 2021

James Michael Forrest, aka ‘Mountain Man’ Kumbi Kariwo: The NHS nurse who used rock climbing to get through the Covid-19 pandemic The Outdoors Fix is a podcast to inspire you to make the outdoors a bigger part of your life. It’s hosted by Liv Bolton....
Helen Iles: Life as a mountain rescue volunteer and landscape photographer in Wales

Helen Iles: Life as a mountain rescue volunteer and landscape photographer in Wales

Dec 4, 2021

James Michael Forrest, aka ‘Mountain Man’ Helen Iles: Life as a mountain rescue volunteer and landscape photographer in Wales The Outdoors Fix is a podcast to inspire you to make the outdoors a bigger part of your life. It’s hosted by Liv Bolton....
Jack Williams: The Himalayas, cancer and mountain leading in Snowdonia

Jack Williams: The Himalayas, cancer and mountain leading in Snowdonia

Nov 20, 2021

James Michael Forrest, aka ‘Mountain Man’ Jack Williams: The Himalayas, cancer and mountain leading in Snowdonia The Outdoors Fix is a podcast to inspire you to make the outdoors a bigger part of your life. It’s hosted by Liv Bolton....
Elise Downing: Life after running 5,000 miles around the coast of Britain

Elise Downing: Life after running 5,000 miles around the coast of Britain

Nov 6, 2021

James Michael Forrest, aka ‘Mountain Man’ Elise Downing: Life after running 5,000 miles around the coast of Britain https://media.blubrry.com/theoutdoorsfix/p/content.blubrry.com/theoutdoorsfix/Elise_Downing_FINAL_EXPORT.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
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🎧 Host of the award-winning @theoutdoorsfix podcast.
📚Author of The Outdoors Fix book
🎤Festival presenter
📻 Journalist @bbcwomanshour

Summer days in Devon ☀️🌊🍦🍟🥾🌳🦭⛵️ Featuring boat tri Summer days in Devon ☀️🌊🍦🍟🥾🌳🦭⛵️
Featuring boat trip on the Dart for Mum’s 77th ❤️
Glimmers searched for and found ✨
Celebrating special friends at their stunning @mea Celebrating special friends at their stunning @meadowsomerset cafe with delicious food cooked outdoors by @ross_stacey_chef ☀️🕯️🍷🌸 Heavenly.
A much needed fun few days in Devon with some very A much needed fun few days in Devon with some very special friends 🍦☀️🕶️🌊⛵️🧴 @licypaints @njcpainter @laura__carter @ali_wandering @gnic1 ❤️

Dittisham, Greenway, Dartmouth, Blackpool Sands 👌
A fun few days bagging 4 Munros in the Tyndrum are A fun few days bagging 4 Munros in the Tyndrum area of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 
Current total for Jim and I = 28/282 ⛰️ Still a looong way to ‘compleating’ them but I’ll take us being almost 10% there!😂
We followed the routes for Ben Lui/ Beinn a’Chlèibh and Ben Oss/Beinn Dubhchraig as recommended by @adventurer.nic in her guidebook Peakbagging Munros 🥾📖 So clear and helpful for planning!
Watching the red squirrel absolutely devour the birdfeeder nuts was an extra highlight🐿️
Hope you had a lovely bank holiday too ☀️
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#munro #munrobagging #scotland
Glorious two days on the Cotswold Way to celebrate Glorious two days on the Cotswold Way to celebrate my Dad’s 80th! (The celebrations have been months long 😂)🥾🌳☀️
The scenery of the Cotswold Way was far more beautiful than I expected - hoping to walk more sections in the future 💚
Cleeve Hill ➡️ Winchcombe
Winchcombe ➡️ Broadway
Sunday walking with friends 🥾❤️ A few hours in n Sunday walking with friends 🥾❤️ 

A few hours in nature, shared experiences, picnics on the grass and time escaping the busyness and to-do lists of normal life - these monthly adventures are turning out to be absolute highlights ☀️💚

📍7 miles from Bayford train station via Little Berkhamstead in Hertfordshire
How nature stole the show on our New Zealand holid How nature stole the show on our New Zealand holiday ❤️🇳🇿
Five days of hiking/camping and huts/mosquito bite Five days of hiking/camping and huts/mosquito bites/insane views on the Abel Tasman Coast Track 🤩🥾 
What a country NZ is 🇳🇿❤️
Back hiking in New Zealand again 8 years after the Back hiking in New Zealand again 8 years after the Te Araroa trail 🥾❤️ 

#nelsonlakes #lakerotoiti
Snowy Amsterdam for our niece Honor’s 16th ❤️ @jes Snowy Amsterdam for our niece Honor’s 16th ❤️
@jessicabolton89 @honorbolton1
A long weekend in the Lake District celebrating my A long weekend in the Lake District celebrating my Dad’s 80th birthday ❤️ 
Borrowdale and Derwentwater with the Autumn colours 👌🤩 
And nieces and nephew introduced to hillwalking via Cat Bells 🙌🥾
A lovely walk at the weekend on Cothelstone Hill i A lovely walk at the weekend on Cothelstone Hill in the Quantocks in Somerset then down the hill to my close friends Amy and Olly’s newly opened @meadowsomerset cafe!☕️ 🙌

They’ve done such a brilliant job, and it’s a lovely spot to stop after exploring the beautiful Quantock Hills - breakfasts, coffee, lunches and lots of 🍰🍰🍰 to choose from. 

I’m biased of course because I’ve known Amy since I was 18 - but it really is a great place and I’m a very proud friend! ☀️
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#somerset #quantockhills #somersetlife #meadowsomerset #softhiking
A lovely and much-needed few days in the beautiful A lovely and much-needed few days in the beautiful New Forest — my first time visiting this magical corner of the country 🌳

Wild ponies in the woods, miles of cycling across heathland and forest, cream teas… and the Lionesses winning the Euros final! 🏆✨

Nature has felt especially vital lately. My husband and I have been going through IVF, and stepping outside — even for a short walk — has become a way to breathe, soothe, and reset. 

This trip came after a particularly hard few weeks, and being surrounded by so much space and stillness felt grounding in all the right ways.

It’s a tough and emotional journey, but I’m deeply grateful for family, friends, and my podcast guests — who’ve been so kind and flexible when plans have had to shift.

I’m usually quite private here, but I wanted to share a little, because IVF can feel very isolating. If you’re going through it too, or have been through it, I’m sending so much love. You’re not alone ❤️
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#IVF #TTC #newforest
Cloud inversion this morning 🤩 on top of An Caiste Cloud inversion this morning 🤩 on top of An Caisteal Munro in the Crianlarich area near Loch Lomond, plus an optical ‘Glory’ where my shadow was surrounded by halo rings- took my breath away ⛅️💫

Particularly as the view out of our tent had been all fog just an hour before!

An amazing 24 hours wild camping and climbing three Munros: An Caisteal, Beinn Chabhair and Beinn a’Chròin. Thanks to @adventurer.nic - we followed your route for these three!
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#munrobagging #scotlandtravel
Easter weekend 2025 by the sea in Devon 💚🐣 Still o Easter weekend 2025 by the sea in Devon 💚🐣 Still obsessed with hunting for bottle glass 😍🌊 @jhbolton @jessicabolton89
The Pembrokeshire coastline completely blew me awa The Pembrokeshire coastline completely blew me away this weekend 💚 I’ve never been to this part of the world before and I’m planning lots of trips to come back!

We did a 12-mile circular coastal walk from St Davids to Whitesands Bay, then a 7-mile circular walk from Abereiddy to Porthgain the next day 🥾☀️🐄

Where else in Pembrokeshire should be on my list?
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#pembrokeshire #stdavids #whitesandsbay #walesadventure #waleshiking #girlswhohike
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Inspiring quotes to get you going

“Keep close to Nature’s heart and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” – John Muir

“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing the lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” – Jack Kerouac

“Nature contains that spirit and power which we can witness but not weigh, inwardly conceive but not comprehend, love but not limit, imagine, but neither define nor describe.” – T. E. Lawrence

“The earth has music for those who listen.” – William Shakespeare

“Wilderness is not a luxury but necessity of the human spirit.” – Edward Abbey

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius

“It’s not the days in your life, but the life in your days that counts.” – Brian White

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein