Even the most hardened, outdoorsy adventurers sometimes have to spend time inside. So you might as well enjoy it. When you want to experience endurance, true grit and sheer determination – from your warm safe place on the sofa – here are five of the best survival films based (some more loosely than others) on […]
While we love to moan about our weather, the reality is that we actually enjoy a pretty mild climate compared to most other countries. We don’t get hurricanes, typhoons or cyclones because they originate in tropical waters. But we do get storms as well as the tail-ends, or remnants, of hurricanes from across the Atlantic, […]
It’s fair to say that the human race evolved to live on land. Although most of us have the ability to swim, many of us would not be able to physically swim far enough to reach land if we found ourselves in a survival situation out in the ocean. Deep open water is a harsh […]
The school holidays are in full swing, the kids are getting bored, you’re feeling exhausted and your wallet is definitely feeling the pinch of trying to keep small people occupied. You are now basically going into survival mode until school starts again. The best way to cope with cabin fever? Get everyone outdoors. The physical […]
What is Toxic Algae and why does it matter? We’re enjoying the longest, hottest summer in the UK for over forty years (or at least most of us are) but it does also bring problems that we are not always so familiar with. No, we’re not talking about needing three showers a day and being […]
While other countries are host to scores of dangerous wild animals, it’s safe to say that Britain is, well, fairly safe when it comes to our native fauna. In fact you are more likely to be injured or killed by animals classed as domesticated than wild, either by pets like our supposed best friend, the […]
You may have seen the story in this week’s news about a group of Thai teenagers trapped in a cave. The young footballers aged 11-16 along with their coach had entered the The Tham Luang Nang Non cave, a tourist attraction which runs for many kilometres underground in the Chiang Rai province of Thailand. Although […]
It seems that only a short while ago we were trudging through snow and ice, wishing that spring would start. Now we are already in the middle of our Great British Summer and the weather has blessed us with some lovely hot sunny days recently. It might make us all that bit more cheerful to […]
With the second May bank holiday now behind us, the beach season has officially opened, and with it all the fun of sun, sand and surf for those brave enough to venture into the cool waters of our coastline. However, beneath the luring blue waters of the British Coast lies a hidden danger that causes […]
May is the time of the year when the landscape really wakes up after winter. There’s some warm sunshine (in between the still heavy rain showers), colourful flowers bloom in the hedgerows, the trees are covering themselves with leaves again and new plants seem to emerge and take over everywhere (why do weeds grow faster […]