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A broken Spectre in the Lake District
01.12.2023

A Father-Son Winter Scrambling Journey

Since I have been in my teens, I have always spent time in the Lake District in February, trying to find a bit of winter. At first it was with my D...
Essential Bike Maintenace Skills For Bikepacking And Cycle Touring
29.11.2023

Eight essential trailside skills for bikepacking and cycle touring

In this guide we'll cover eight essential trailside skills for bikepacking and cycle touring as well the essential kit to take and the routine bike...
Outdoor swimming in a recycled swimming top
30.11.2023

A Sustainable Swimming Top for Comfortable Swims

Outdoor Swimmer Magazine's review of the Hurley swimming top highlights its effectiveness for shorter swims, particularly emphasizing its environme...
Kate Rew
30.04.2022

Kate Rew

Kate Rew is an outdoor swimmer, writer and mother. She set up The Outdoor Swimming Society (The OSS) in 2006 and has been a pivotal figure in the r...

Daring Deeds

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A Father-Son Winter Scrambling Journey
01.12.2023

A Father-Son Winter Scrambling Journey

Since I have been in my teens, I have always spent time in the Lake District in February, trying to find a bit of winter. At first it was with my D...
How Technical Outdoor Gear Changed my Experience of the Outdoors
01.12.2023

How Technical Outdoor Gear Changed my Experience of the Outdoors

Four years ago I did a two week solo hiking and wild camping trip in Norway. I wore supermarket leggings and sports tops, cheap sweaty fleeces and...
My Favourite of the Yorkshire Three Peaks - A Journey of Memories and Scenery
30.11.2023

My Favourite of the Yorkshire Three Peaks - A Journey of Memories and Scenery

Of all the Yorkshire Three Peaks, Penyghent is the one I've been up most often. I suspect that might be true for a lot of folk as it's the smallest...

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Eight essential trailside skills for bikepacking and cycle touring
29.11.2023

Eight essential trailside skills for bikepacking and cycle touring

In this guide we'll cover eight essential trailside skills for bikepacking and cycle touring as well the essential kit to take and the routine bike...
Real life bike tyre pressures | A complete guide for road, gravel and mountain bikes
28.11.2023

Real life bike tyre pressures | A complete guide for road, gravel and mountain bikes

The right pressure in your tyres makes a huge difference to your ride experience and safety. It's a generalisation to say less air is more comforta...
How to assemble your new Sonder bike at home
28.11.2023

How to assemble your new Sonder bike at home

Every Sonder Bike is handbuilt to order by our team of skilled mechanics, personally checked by our Workshop Manager and carefully boxed so that it...

Kudos

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A Sustainable Swimming Top for Comfortable Swims
30.11.2023

A Sustainable Swimming Top for Comfortable Swims

Outdoor Swimmer Magazine's review of the Hurley swimming top highlights its effectiveness for shorter swims, particularly emphasizing its environme...
How to keep your kit dry on wet hikes - and more!
30.11.2023

How to keep your kit dry on wet hikes - and more!

Oli Read from Live for the Outdoors reviews our Gourdon 25L waterproof backpack, highlighting its affordability and practicality for various outdoo...
Halogen brings value to high-performance down jackets
31.10.2023

Halogen brings value to high-performance down jackets

Today, we're taking a closer look at Live for the Outdoors 'Best Down Jackets' review. In their tests our Halogen lightweight down jacket gets awar...

Alpkiteers

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Kate Rew
30.04.2022

Kate Rew

Kate Rew is an outdoor swimmer, writer and mother. She set up The Outdoor Swimming Society (The OSS) in 2006 and has been a pivotal figure in the r...
Jenny Graham
21.04.2022

Jenny Graham

Jenny holds the Guinness World Record for being the fastest woman to circumnavigate the planet by bike. 18,000 miles unsupported in 124 days 11 hou...
Vera Ngosi
02.09.2021

Vera Ngosi

We're so excited to welcome Vera onboard the Sonder team. We caught up with her to find out a little more about how she got into cycling, and her f...