Our canals need you!

Discover the joy of ‘messing about on boats’ with some of the UK’s prettiest canal journeys

How to admire and protect our wonderful waterways in the UK

Britain’s wild places are under pressure – but cycling gives us rare access to their beauty and fragility. Sophie Pavelle explores what’s at stake from the saddle

Gongoozle your way along one of Scotland’s finest weekend walks, with a single inch of ascent in 31 miles on the towpath of the Union Canal.

Why volunteering in our wild places does as much for you as it does for the mountains.

Over centuries, we’ve profoundly changed Scotland’s rivers – pacifying them and bringing them under our control. We’ve felled native woodlands to ‘tidy’ riverbanks, disconnected watercourses from thei