Striking cold

You don’t have to thru-hike a whole Triple Crown Trail to get a taste of wild America. James Roddie experiences summits, camps and canyons on a two-week tour of the Golden State

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Destinations designed with your wellbeing in mind

Switzerland is rich, especially in clichés. Many are largely true. There are some I’m not so interested in – banking, precision watches, nuclear shelters and referendums. But others, I certainly am –

Andy Wasley needed a dose of adventure to lift a lagging spirit. He found it in Merano, an Italian resort where mountains, castles and cuisine compete for attention on an Inghams walking holiday

You’re not doing it right if you don’t fall off,” yelled our wetsuit-clad instructor from across one of Austria’s clearest lakes. Still wary of tumbling off the paddleboard into the depths of Lake Fus