South Kesteven in Lincolnshire is preparing to launch a walking festival this spring, the first since the original event was cancelled due to the covid crisis.

There are more than 40 walks now confirmed across the district. Organised by South Kesteven District Council, the two-week event runs from April 11th and covers everything from urban strolls and canal walks to woodland trails and historic airfield routes, with walks rated for difficulty and flagged for suitability across different audiences including pushchair and wheelchair users.

The festival opens with a theatrical flourish — walking theatre company Rhubarb Theatre performs Robin Hoodie on April 11th and The Tempest on April 12th, with a family-friendly Time Traveller history walk in Bourne following on April 18th. Community groups from across the district have contributed guided and self-led walks, with the programme drawing in towns and villages from Grantham and Stamford to the Deepings.

Booking is now open for guided walks, with the full programme available at the Guildhall Arts Centre website. The council is billing the festival as part of a wider 2026 events calendar designed to bring accessible, affordable cultural activity to parts of the district that are less frequently reached by traditional arts venues.

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Based in Erstfeld in the Swiss canton of Uri, Exped Tribe is a mountain guide company and tour operator founded by Davide Guzzardi.

The company offers a blend of guided adventures in the Swiss Alps — from climbing and ski touring to wild camping and highline walking — alongside international expeditions to some of the world's most remote destinations, including the Himalayas, Central Asia and South America.

Operating with certified mountain guides and a deliberately small-group ethos, Exped Tribe positions itself as the antithesis of mass outdoor tourism, specialising in tailor-made experiences for those looking to push beyond the well-trodden path.

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Ekaterina Preobrazhenskaya, who lives in London, is the chief training architect of the marathon app Hiiro.

Kate is an ultramarathon runner and a UESCA-certified running coach with more than seven years of experience. She is a winner and top-three finisher of several ultramarathons in the UK and abroad.

She is also the CEO and head coach of international running school Marathonica. Kate writes articles for endurance sports online magazines, as well as hosting a YouTube channel about running.

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Graham Hoyland is a British author, mountaineer, sailor and adventure‑film producer who was the 15th Briton to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1993.

He has worked around the world making programmes for the BBC, Channel 4, Discovery, the Travel Channel and NBC, from Antarctica to the Himalayas.

He wrote the Amazon mountaineering best‑seller Last Hours on Everest, his investigation into what happened to George Mallory and Andrew Irvine on Everest in 1924. His other books include Walking Through Spring, Yeti: An Abominable History, Merlin and Jet.

His latest book, First on Everest, is due to be published on May 14th by The History Press.

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Tiffany Jones is a US-based walker, writer, and former teacher from Maine, who now lives in Florida.

After losing her parents to cancer, and then being diagnosed with the disease herself, Jones raised the funds to take on an epic Kilimanjaro climb. The adventure took a turn close to the top – and you’ll have to listen to the podcast to discover what unfolded.

The trip inspired the creation of a non-profit company Patchworks, a project aimed at building and improving schools in Tanzania.

She has written three books, including Couch to Kilimanjaro: A Mountain Story of Transformation, Purpose and Adventure. It is available through amazon.

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Ken Posner is an American ultrarunner and author based in New York. He set a fastest known time on the Long Path, a 350‑mile route from New York City to Albany.

He is the author of Running the Long Path, which documents the trail, its history, and his record attempt. Posner has also written Chasing the Grid, a book about climbing the Catskill Mountains in each month, requiring more than 400 ascents.

He is also known for his barefoot running and hiking exploits, which can be found here.

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This week, we have a conversation with Jason Lennox, who did a marathon hike in the US of more than 500 miles to raise funds for his One Arrow Foundation, and awareness about mental health, substance use and suicide. This year, he will undertake a 1,776-mile hike around the perimeter of Minnesota.

One Arrow Foundation

Jason Lennox chairs the One Arrow Foundation, a charity that supports recovery from addiction through outdoor adventure and community initiatives. The foundation emphasises wilderness therapy and personal transformation, drawing on Lennox's own experiences in recovery and leadership to create structured programmes that combine physical challenge with emotional healing.

Lennox recently launched The Recovery Road, a new long-distance walking trail designed specifically for those rebuilding their lives after addiction. The route integrates therapeutic waypoints, peer support stations, and nature-based milestones to foster resilience and connection, offering participants a literal path to sustained recovery while raising awareness about addiction's impact across communities.

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This week, we have a conversation with Jon Bunning, co-founder of Treekly, about the app that tracks steps and turns them into trees.

Treekly

Operating as a social enterprise, Treekly is a digital platform that converts physical movement into reforestation efforts. The app encourages users to maintain a "Treekly streak" by walking at least 5,000 steps a day; once a streak is established, the company facilitates the planting of a mangrove tree in a climate-vulnerable region. The initiative is designed to tackle two issues simultaneously: the sedentary nature of modern life and the ongoing requirement for scalable carbon sequestration through natural means.

The platform functions by integrating with existing health and fitness trackers to verify activity. While accessible to individual walkers, a significant portion of the company’s growth stems from its corporate wellness programmes. Businesses use the platform to incentivise employee activity, providing a tangible environmental output—measured in trees planted—as a reward for collective health milestones. The social aspect of the app allows users to form "forests" or leagues, fostering competition amongst hiking groups and local communities.

In January 2026, the company announced it had surpassed a significant milestone of 1 million trees planted across its sites in Madagascar, Kenya, and Indonesia. This update coincided with a new partnership with a European reforestation collective to begin planting native broadleaf species in the United Kingdom, marking the first time the platform has offered domestic planting options for its users.

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