Caving, Canyoning, Coasteering..

Based on the Jurassic Coast in Devon, Patrick Kinsella can usually be found walking, running and riding around the moors and tors of the South West, or swimming, SUPing, canoeing and kayaking along various rivers and stretches of the British coastline. He's been chasing adventures and writing about the outdoors for two decades. In pursuit of stories he's canoed Canada's Yukon River, climbed Mont Blanc, skied and mountain-biked through the Norwegian Alps, competed in a skyrunning ultra across the roof of Mauritius, and set trail-running records during expeditions in Australia and New Zealand - but most of his favourite adventures have taken place in the UK, from bikepacking across Dartmoor to canoeing coast-to-coast across Scotland along the Great Glen. A former editor of several outdoor adventure and travel magazines, he worked for Lonely Planet for over 15 years as a writer and editor, and continues to contribute to publications including Sidetracked, National Geographic Traveller, the Guardian, CNN, Outdoor Fitness, Trail Running, TGO, Cycle, CountryFile, Country Walker and Adventure Travel. He's authored two books about walking in England's South West.

• INTRODUCTIONABOUT THIS BOOKKIT & CABOODLE GOOD CONDUCT IN THE OUTDOORS1 Cornish pilot gig rowingSaltash & the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall; Lyme Regis, Dorset2 Freediving Porthkerris, Cornwall3 Surfski paddling South Hams, Devon; Lake Bala/Llyn Tegid, Wales; Windermere, Cumbria; Loch Awe, Scotland4 Dartmoor letterboxing Dartmoor, Devon5 Sport climbing Portland, Dorset6 Tree climbing Appley Park, Ryde, Isle of Wight7 Sand yachting Romney Sands & Greatstone-on-Sea, Kent8 Caving & potholing The Mendip Hills, Somerset9 Scuba diving with seals Lundy Island, north Devon10 Canicross Leigh Woods, Bristol, north Somerset11 Sailing Swansea, Wales; north London12 Forest bathing - Shinrin-Yoku Pound Wood Nature Reserve, Thundersley, Essex13 River surfing The River Severn, Gloucestershire14 Mountainboarding Maisemore, near Gloucester, Gloucestershire15 Canyoning & gorge scrambling Bannau Brycheiniog/Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales; the Lake District National Park, Cumbria16 Coasteering Pembrokeshire Coast, Wales 17 Stand-up paddleboarding (SUP Norfolk Broads, Norfolk & Su¬ffolk; Jurassic Coast, Devon 18 Scrambling The Glyderau, Eryri/Snowdonia, north Wales19 Bouldering The Plantation, Stanage Edge, the Peak District, Derbyshire/South Yorkshire20 BikepackingDartmoor, Devon; the Ridgeway, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire; the Peak District; the Yorkshire Dales21 Ghyll scrambling Eskdale, the Lake District22 Fell running Langdale Fells, the Lake District23 Via ferrata Honister Slate Mine, Keswick, the Lake District24 Swimrun & swimhike Buttermere & Crummock Water, the Lake District25 Wingsurfing, wingfoiling & kitesurfing Beadnell Bay, Northumberland; Troon, south Ayrshire, Scotland26 Fastpacking The West Highland Way, Scotland27 Snorkelling Oban, Scotland28 Boatpacking - canoe & kayak camping River Dart, Devon; the Great Glen, Scotland29 Snowholing & winter Munro bagging Cairngorms National Park, the Scottish Highlands30 Whitewater rafting & packrafting River Findhorn, Moray, northeast ScotlandEPILOGUE INDEX

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