experience. The easily accessible mouth of the bladder meant that filling up took a matter of seconds, and fluid flow was easy and smooth through the mouthpiece.Good For Trail runners and adventure racers.How It RatedComfort/Stability 8 Functionality 8

that comes with being self-sufficient in the desert for seven days. But what I do know is that I'll return from Morocco having 'enjoyed' an awesome experience that is likely to be the hardest thing I've ever done.Alastair Humphreys, author and adventurer

castle was later the birthplace of King Henry VII. pembroke-castle.co.ukAdventure boat trip.  A great way to see seals, whales and dolphins. Of explore the nature reserve on Ramsety Island. thousandislands.co.ukCoasteering.  What is it? (rock hopping

Mud and Mayhem Swinley Duathlon (Berkshire, October 9) Distance: 5K/ 20K/5K Even if you've never dipped your toe in duathlons before, you're bound to enjoy this royal offroad adventure. Set in Swinley Forest, an area of the Windsor Estate between

's also an unlimited stopwatch memory, and everything can be downloaded onto your PC.Best for If you're planning to do a serious adventure race, then it's well worth considering this fantastic piece of kit. But most runners will never need most of the X6's

grass rather than roads. Think of running as a way to explore new territory. Use your watch to gauge your distance, and set out on a new adventure each time you run. Talk to other runners about the routes they run. The more varied your routes, the easier

with the excitement of the adventure. Ahead of us lay 26.2 miles through the city. I realised immediately that I was not sharing their enthusiasm. Weariness from 6000 motorcycle miles on my cross-country ‘Penguin Tour’ denied me their joyful anticipation

, fit, young. If he’d beaten me in his first marathon, I’d have had to saw my own head off.As for the others, Denise, after weeks of training through a knee injury, managed a good time, and counts her first marathon among the great adventures of her life

with memories unclouded by lager and Class-A drugs may recall that this Old Etonian ex-tank-commanding erstwhile stockbroker turned trans-continental horserider accompanied me on the Long Day of my Saharan adventure. Surely he, of all people, would be up for a

down in the quest for alum – an all-purpose Philosopher’s Stone, used in the 19th Century for absolutely everything. The alum secret was stolen from the Chinese by Italian merchant adventurers – then from the Italians by Yorkshiremen. Why was it so