When an injury left Gill Castle with a permanent stoma, she refused to wallow or be held back – she set about helping other women...

Do you daydream about swapping the rat race for an outdoor-centric existence The trailblazers here have all taken dramatic steps to change their lives their stories might just inspire you to do the same

I was always the last to be picked for sport, so what was I doing halfway up the highest mountain in the world?

Pamela Goodman journeys to Shakti Prana, a remote lodge with peerless views of sacred mountains in the Himalayas, only accessible on foot

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Nicola Kaufman, 49, lives in Horsham, West Sussex, with her husband Adrian, 49. By the time I found out that I had multiple sclerosis (MS) – a condition that affects the brain and central nervous syst