Save it for a rain day

Get canny with the clothing this winter

The Doc’s feeling overwhelmed by off-road category creep

It can lower stress, treat depression and open up a whole new world of outdoor-going opportunities so could you learn to love the cold? We spoke to converts whose lives have been shaped by embracing winter

HOW TO STAY MOTIVATED WHEN WINTER SHUTS THE DOOR

What happens when the Men’s Health fitness director is tasked with road-testing two bikes? He does a double triathlon –and ends up going from review to revelation

The smell of mud and hot horses in a freezing downpour elevates the spirits, while the eventual toe-thawing in the shower is a cause for jubilation, finds an undaunted Tessa Waugh