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Your chance to contribute to the first ever FAF handbook

Your chance to contribute to the first ever FAF handbook

Over the last couple of months, I’ve been writing the first ever FAF handbook for getting your daily outdoor fix, and would love to include some of your suggestions and experiences!

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Are you an ‘outdoorsy’ type?

Are you an ‘outdoorsy’ type?

Do people who love the outdoors really need a label?

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We’ve come a long way baby…

We’ve come a long way baby…

It’s been a crazy, brilliant 6 months since we launched FAF in the spring, and plans are afoot for some exciting new developments.

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Learning to be idle

Learning to be idle

The removal of an errant mole has forced me to slow down. Right down. The Doctor’s orders are for strictly no exercise for 2 weeks, but just 5 days in I’m going slightly mad…

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Learn from the best

Learn from the best

Click to discover the latest top reads from our inspirational online bookshop.

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Ever tried an exploding egg banjo?

Ever tried an exploding egg banjo?

If you haven’t tried this classic camping breakfast from Martin Dorey’s The Campervan Cookbook, you haven’t lived. Just don’t wear your favourite hoodie whilst you’re eating it…

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Find your happy place

Happy Gilmore knew it. Top athletes know it. The Dalai Llama has even made a career out of it. Finding your ‘happy place’ is supposed to be the key to overcoming mental blocks and achieving your goals. This may sound like a load of new age ‘merde’, but I did have the opportunity to put [...]

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(Camping) field of dreams

Ah the search for the perfect campsite, does it even exist? I’ve spent many a winter night curled up with my dog eared campsite guide (yes sad I know) drooling over pictures of sunlit meadows and sizzling campfires. I imagine that this will finally be the year to visit that idyllic little site in the [...]

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We’ve come a long way baby

It’s all systems go here at FAF HQ and We. Are. Now. Live. Six months ago I didn’t even know what a meta tag was, and now here we are! Following our user testing session back in February, we’ve listened to your suggestions and made lots of little tweaks and improvements to make the site [...]

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Get inside the mind of an adventurer…

Ever wondered what inspires explorers and climbers to push themselves in some of the world’s most extreme environments? Join mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington and TV presenter Ben Fogle at the Royal Geographical Society in London on Wednesday 31st March at 7pm, as they share some personal insights into why they became professional adventurers!

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Calling all wannabe farmers!

Ever dreamt of escaping to the country but not sure what you’d do when you actually got there? Then what about starting a new business? For the past six weeks I’ve been avidly following Channel Four’s My Dream Farm hosted by Monty Don who has been sadly missing from our screens for the past year [...]

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Give your working life a breath of fresh air

Whilst recently away with friends for a weekend, the conversation turned to whether you should take your blackberry on holiday. The group was completely divided, with some remaining adamant that work should not encroach on their precious free time, and the rest happily replying to emails and taking calls from the chairlift. Their argument was [...]

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What’s your resolution?

Happy New 2010! Yes it’s that time of year again. The Baileys is finished, the last stale mince pie has been scoffed by the dog, and your jeans are feeling rather snug. So you resolve to eat less, exercise more, and learn a new sport or get much better at one you’ve been distinctly average [...]

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Fresh Air Fix team, which at the moment is really just me and San. But for this afternoon, at least, it also includes a bottle of Baileys. Not that we’re not working, of course. Bye!

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Hi and welcome. I'm a freelance travel and lifestyle copywriter and editor, with a passion for the great outdoors. This is my personal blog all about getting out in the fresh air and reconnecting with our green spaces and countryside.

 

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