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Wayne and Orion sharing a quiet moment outdoors at dusk

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Getting outdoors

A walk can lead into the history of a landscape, the journeys of migrating birds or a hobby we hadn’t thought of trying. Explore places, wildlife and changing seasons through our articles, stories and activities, and find interests that could become part of your own life.

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The mind and imagination

How do we picture a place that isn’t there, learn something unfamiliar or discover an ability we haven’t used? Explore imagination, psychology and the possibilities we find when we try something new.

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Deeper questions

What makes us who we are? Where do we belong, and what matters to us? Follow questions about being human, our place in nature and why there is anything here to wonder about.

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24–30 October 2026

What might you notice this week?

6 things to notice outside this week. Look for winter thrushes among the berries, goldfinches on teasels and small flashes of colour in short grass. The Moon has two good evenings of its own.

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Getting outdoors · Landscape & history

The Peak District

From ancient seas to the paths we walk today: landscape, history, wildlife and places to explore.

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Guest article · British Orienteering

What Really Happens the First Time You Try Orienteering?

What happens at your first orienteering event? British Orienteering introduces the map, the checkpoints and the help available to beginners.

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Getting outdoors · Animal awareness

The life of a bumblebee

A bee lands on a flower. What does it collect, where does it go, and does it know anything about its part in pollination? Follow its life from the flower to the colony and back.

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Possibility & potential

How Many Talents Are Waiting for an Instrument?

What happens when a person discovers an ability only after the right tool, opportunity or environment finally appears? Music provides the opening question. Human specialisation makes it much larger.

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The mind & identity

How Much of Yourself Have You Yet to Meet

Carl Jung’s ideas about persona, shadow and individuation open a question about how much of ourselves we have yet to discover.

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Invention & imagination

The Little Boat That Opened a Bigger World

Tesla’s radio-controlled boat opens a conversation about the machines he pictured in his mind, and what knowledge gives our imagination to work with.

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Piano: Gregory Hayes. Jung: ETH-Bibliothek. Tesla’s boat: Wikimedia Commons. Image credits.

Wayne at a wooden desk, pen in hand, looking out across the countryside

From the writing desk

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Wayne’s Wander

A Leaf for the Sting

A nettle sting on the Staffordshire Way brings back a childhood remedy. Walking towards Consall Forge, Wayne and Orion wonder how people first learned what plants could do.

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