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Broadcaster and comedian Clive Anderson is promoting Visitwoods.org.uk, and tells walk about his passion for trees and who makes the perfect interviewee…

Following the Ramblers support for the Time To Change pledge, project manager Jean Sheldon describes how walking forms a key part of her mental health work in Birmingham…

Having completed his ‘737 Challenge’ in July, Richard Parks became the first person to summit all seven continents’ highest peaks and reach the three poles (North, South and Everest) in just seven months. Susan Gray talks to the former Welsh international rugby player about frostbite, life crises, and being skint…

Ray Mears, the bushcraft expert and TV naturalist, tells walk about surviving a helicopter crash and tracking a killer…

Blind since he was 10 years old, Alec Crombie took up hiking in retirement and is now chair of Rutland Ramblers. He describes the camaraderie and hazards he experiences on long-distance walks…

Shaun Spiers is chief executive of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), which has spearheaded the creation of a charter challenging the current high-speed rail plans in England…

Ben Fogle, the TV presenter and adventurer, talks to walk about his dream island and a failed acting career…

Responsible for more than a thousand British woods, the Woodland Trust is a key player in the debate on England’s publicly owned forests…

The Ramblers campaigner and author looks back at more than 50 years of pioneering rights for walkers in Yorkshire, but warns that public spending cuts could undo much of the good work

To mark Mental Health Action Week (23–29 March), walk spoke to Stuart Skinner about how extreme outdoor challenges, such as trekking the Appalachian Trail, help him cope with manic depression…