As a hiker you enjoy a challenge and tend to push your body to new limits which feels great, but can mean you encounter your fair share of problems along the way. You’ll probably recognise at least some of these problems and may have some helpful tips to add from your own experiences. Let’s discuss what are the five most likely issues that might arise and what we can do to try and avoid them, we’ll also offer a few pointers if you are unfortunate enough to suffer from any of

When you’re trying to keep your packing light and compact for your walking trip a first aid kit is often over looking, but this is a major oversight, a first aid kit is one of the most important things you could take with you on any hiking trip. When you are out and about in nature accidents do of course happen, people fall, get stung, cut themselves and so on and when you are in the middle of the countryside or half way up a mountain there are no amenities close at hand, thi