Swallows and house martins flitted over the fields, plucking insects from the late summer sky. The wind had died down and the threatening water had calmed. Unbelievably, conditions seemed to have slowly swung round in my favour … surely now a trout would take an interest in my fly.
Little did I know it was the calm before the storm.
Neil Harwood reports on a fly fishing trip to Cray Reservoir in the Brecon Beacons …
The wind was so powerful that the map was torn in two in my hands. I realised that my planned hike would have to be drastically shortened. The incident also served as a potent reminder that, whatever the season, a mountain can always have the last word. Pen Y Fan Walk report by wildlife and travel writer Neil Harwood …
The GR51 hiking route passes through some of the most beautiful scenery in southern France. Sarah Morlock takes a day hike along part of the trail.
In the autumn of 2012, cyclist Bram Reusen decided to stop daydreaming and take action. He set off on a European cycling tour that would take him 6,200 miles from Belgium to the North Cape in Norway and back again in a loop that took in Scandinavia and several other European countries. In this article, he recounts his journey, and also reveals how many punctures he got …
Outdoors and wildlife writer Neil Harwood visits Arlington Reservoir in East Sussex, England and discovers the beauty of springtime in the English countryside…