Outdoor Lives by Mike Raine

Iago is managing upland peat restoration on the National Trust Ysbyty Ifan estate here in Eryri National Park. He helps to understand why peat and blanket bogs are incredibly important and how they are trying to enhance

Gus Routledge is a Scottish ecologist with a particular

Darren Johnson is a Midlands based Mountain Leader who is currently the Chair of the  BMC Midlands

Lou, from Devon, is now living and working in the French

Mia and Caroline are Dilyn Nature/Guided by Nature and they run the excellent Practical Mental Health Skills Workshop for Outdoor Leaders. I wanted to find out more about them, what they do and how they do it. We talk about each one of their personal journeys to form Guided by Nature/Dilyn Nature. We discover the range of work they do and more about future CPD plans. We finish with some free top tips!

Take a look at their offering at www.guidedbynature.cymru

Hello, this is a short introduction to the forthcoming series with special news of a new development.

This is a special, bonus summer edition of the podcast. I visited the Cymdeithas Eryri/Snowdonia Society weekend in Nant Gwynant to find out more about the Society and the event.

A full new series will start in November

Angela heads up the Ramblers in Wales. She leads a team campaign on behalf of footpaths and walkers. We chat about what the Ramblers are doing and how they are going about it. We touch on many topics, such as

Sarah believes passionately in the importantance of walking for all. Her business is based in a lowland area and she thinks the Lowland Leader could be more valued. “There are such a high percentage of the population that, if you have ‘hill’, ‘mountain’, ‘challenge’ or ‘hike’ in the title of anything, they won’t even consider it.” Sarah Price.