10 top cycle rides in Europe
The Tour de France inspires Paul Howard to get on his bike and look for the best cycling terrain in Europe
Bread, milk, polio jab … all in a morning’s shop
Sainsbury's to start selling travel injections and tablets
Tripping back to the wild frontier
After 20 years, Howard Marks returns to the borderlands of Pakistan and Afghanistan, where armed police escort tourists, and meets a people with no laws, no prisons and no word for goodbye because they never leave
High school: mountaineering in Chamonix
Jonathan Trigell learns the basics of climbing mountains in a week on a high altitude summer break
20 top rural escapes in the UK
Remoteness in Britain may be under threat but it hasn't disappeared, says Robert Macfarlane. In fact, it can be surprisingly close at hand
10 top UK adventure holidays
From a coast-to-coast cycle ride to paddling down the Severn – 10 ideas to get the heart racing and blood pumping
10 top UK coastal holidays
It's not all knotted handkerchiefs and deckchairs on Britain's coastline – Blue Flag beaches and hip hotels abound
Top 10 pony trekking holidays around the world
From long hacks for pony-pros and BYO horse holidays to saddle-friendly treks for beginners, Samantha Warwick rounds up the best holidays on horseback
Highland hiking in Spain
Walkers visiting the Costa Dorada in Catalonia can now book group day hikes
Tough at the top
Prince Charles called the old visitors' centre on the peak of Snowdon 'the highest slum in Wales' - and now its eco-friendly replacement is proving just as controversial. Jill Tunstall reports