Part 1 – A series of outdoor related web snippets you may have missed.

Patience is not a trait of spring, it won’t pause for you.
All this is happening now.

Part two of why walk.
Advice on setting targets, incentives, stretching, what to wear, diet and loads of other stuff.

Exploring the reasons why I walk. Some, such as fitness, are obvious. However, there are numerous benefits to this exercise. Made a New Year resolution to get fit? Perhaps walking could be part of it?

For the past year, a local sculpture has spent around 240 hours chiselling away at a very large block of Portland Stone on the South Downs, and so have a lot of other people who’ve passed him. In December he hopes to have finished it, when it will be moved to its final resting place on The Slindon Estate. What’s it all about?

Balancing on Blue makes The Great Outdoors Shortlist for Book of the Year.
Plus news – I have an article in the latest issue of Country Walking Magazine.
And why things are stirring up on the South Downs including a very large block of . . .

The Great Outdoors Magazine Awards 2015 is open. Vote for your favourites in nine categories.

Still unsure or even scared of ZPack’s Hexamid shelter? I may have the answer for you . . .