The challenge: can north-west Ireland match Canada and New Zealand for an epic adventure? After surfing, riding and kayaking, our writer found the answer on a sea-stack climb
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Action stations: 12 months of fitness holidays for 2018
Let this year be one of get up and go rather than fly and flop with our pick of activity holidays for each month – around the UK and abroad
Ten of the best last-minute Christmas and New Year activities in London
The run-up to the big day doesn’t have to be all shopping malls and panto: we pick cool, offbeat and cultural events and gift-buying opportunities across the capital
Great Scott: walking Scotland’s Rob Roy Way
Sir Walter Scott’s account of the lawless life of Rob Roy was published 200 years ago. And today, hikers can follow in his cattle-rustling footsteps on a footpath across central Scotland
Sweden’s High Coast: an uplifting experience
Since the ice age, a chain of islands in northern Sweden has been emerging from the sea, creating a beautiful, if bizarre, wilderness for walkers, campers and kayakers
Activity holidays for single-parent families
Five thrill-seeking holidays for single-parent families, offering watersports, bike rides – and endangered turtles
Summer activity breaks in Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
Scandinavia’s great outdoors offers scenery on a gigantic scale, perfect for getting lost in on foot, two wheels or boat. Here are 10 of the best trips from our intrepid readers
Great country walks: Whitby, North Yorkshire
From picturesque seaside town of Whitby to the fishing village of Robin Hood’s Bay then up to breathtaking Ravenscar this walk gives great views.
Trekking to Choquequirao, Peru’s remote Inca ruins
Choquequirao is one of the most remote Inca ruins in the Peruvian Andes, but plans for a cable car could bring much change to Machu Picchu’s ‘little sister’