For weeks during September and the beginning of October most of the UK had been treated to dry and reasonably warm weather. The long-term weather forecast for the 14th October even looked good. But during the week leading up to the 2018 Hopetech Women Enduro lots of blue drops started appearing on the BBC weather app, particularly for Sunday 14th October....

Four things I learnt from going solo on my last adventure

Julia Hobson is an experienced mountain bike guide. Spending her summers guiding in the Alps and her winters in the Lake District, she knows more than anyone that you need to be prepared when heading out into the hills. Julia gives us her top tips on what sort of things you should be looking to have in your backpack

Without any warning you are ripped from your slumber and whatever you were dreaming of is instantly a faint speckle on a distant horizon.