The Outdoors Fix

By Liv Bolton

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Category: Wilderness

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Subscribers: 44
Reviews: 1
Episodes: 69

Nathan W
 Mar 20, 2019
love the podcast, keeping an eye out regularly for new episodes, keep up the good work!

Description

The award-winning podcast to inspire you to make the outdoors a bigger part of your life. Do you ever sit at your desk wishing you were hiking, wild camping, rock climbing or wild swimming? If you’re nodding your head, The Outdoors Fix is for you. It’s a podcast to inspire YOU to get outside & make adventures outdoors a bigger part of your life. Hiker and journalist Liv Bolton speaks to fantastic women & men who have changed their lives to get outdoors more & their stories & tips can help listeners do the same. There’s also practical advice about hiking, cycling, wild swimming & photography to get stuck into too. Recorded outside, the podcast also opens up the conversation about how the outdoors can be key to our wellbeing. You’ll hear how it’s helped some people with their mental health, connected people, brought purpose & a whole lot of fun to people’s lives. The Outdoors Fix won Best Outdoors and Adventure Podcast at the Independent Podcast Awards in 2024.

Episode Date
The Outdoors Fix throwback: James Rebanks, author and shepherd
Mar 29, 2025
The Outdoors Fix throwback: Vicky Balfour’s ‘pockets of adventure’
Mar 15, 2025
The Outdoors Fix throwback: Mountain leader Emma Holland
Mar 01, 2025
Juls Stodel: A journey to 104 bothies and 100 Scottish islands
Nov 23, 2024
Robert Finch: The orienteer and trail runner working for Ordnance Survey in the Cotswolds
Nov 09, 2024
Marie Cheng: Leaving London life for the outdoors and trail running
Oct 26, 2024
Marlon Patrice: Nature, grief and setting up We Go Outside Too
Oct 12, 2024
Alastair Humphreys: Author and adventurer getting more Local
Sep 28, 2024
Phoebe Sneddon: Gravel biker, mum and NHS paediatric consultant
Sep 13, 2024
Cath Pendleton: The ice swimming ‘Merthyr Mermaid’ – Live from the Big Retreat festival
Jul 13, 2024
Siobhan Daniels: The ‘Retirement Rebel’ adventuring all over the UK – Live from the Big Retreat festival
Jun 29, 2024
David Haze: Prison to paddleboarding and breaking world records – Live from the Big Retreat festival
Jun 15, 2024
Carys Rees: Mountain rescue volunteer and This Girl Walks founder – Live from the Big Retreat festival
Jun 01, 2024
Feed swap: The Salt Path author Raynor Winn speaks to the Folk on Foot podcast
Mar 25, 2024
Liv’s highlights from 5 years of The Outdoors Fix podcast
Feb 09, 2024
Tom Burns: The Knepp rewilding project’s ranger and woodsman
Nov 11, 2023
Munira Ali: Walking London’s 3,000 parks and green spaces
Oct 28, 2023
Sarah Banks: Writing a Wild Guide to North East England
Oct 14, 2023
Katy O’Neill Gutierrez: The mum who set up Blaze Trails, the parent and baby walking community
Sep 30, 2023
Elise Wortley: Surviving alone in the Canadian wilderness & following forgotten female explorers
Sep 16, 2023
Carla Khouri: The science teacher turned mountain leader training to be the first black winter ML
Sep 02, 2023
Emma Holland: Becoming a mountain leader in mid-life in the Peak District
Nov 26, 2022
Debbie Croydon: The open water swimming coach who set up Soul Swimmers
Nov 12, 2022
Kate Capelli: The founder of Adventuress in the Wild championing women in the outdoors
Oct 29, 2022
Chris Gaskin: The Special Forces veteran who set a Wainwright record in the Lake District
Oct 15, 2022
Vicky Balfour: The mountain biker finding ‘pockets of adventure’ in everyday life
Oct 01, 2022
Sharnee Gardner: From modelling for Vogue to life as a professional gardener
Jan 01, 2022
Kumbi Kariwo: The nurse who used rock climbing to get through the Covid-19 pandemic
Dec 18, 2021
Helen Iles: Life as a mountain rescue volunteer and landscape photographer in Wales
Dec 04, 2021
Jack Williams: The Himalayas, cancer and mountain leading in Snowdonia
Nov 20, 2021
Elise Downing: Life after running 5,000 miles around the coast of Britain
Nov 06, 2021
Frankie Butler: From England hockey to outdoor wheelchair adventures
Oct 23, 2021
Dr Lucy Loveday: The wild swimming GP championing mental wellbeing in the outdoors
Apr 17, 2021
Preet Chandi: The Army Officer on her way to Antarctica
Apr 03, 2021
Jamie Neill: How Scotland’s Munros saved me when my badminton career ended
Mar 20, 2021
Laura Doling: Moving from Essex to be a postwoman in the Lake District
Jan 02, 2021
Oge Ejizu: Adventuring in London with Black Girls Hike
Dec 19, 2020
James Rebanks: The life of a shepherd and farmer in the Lake District
Dec 05, 2020
Tolga Aktas: How I moved from electrical engineering to working in conservation
Nov 21, 2020
Debbie North: Wheelchair adventuring all over the UK
Nov 07, 2020
Rehna Yaseen: Life as an outdoors instructor in the Peak District
Oct 24, 2020
Gilly McArthur: The Lake District’s ice swimmer and rock climber
Jul 18, 2020
Matthew Bannister: Walking around the UK for the Folk on Foot podcast
Jul 04, 2020
Frit Sarita Tam: How a charity walk led to an outdoorsy life and career
Jun 20, 2020
Jen Benson: Adventure guidebook writing and camping around the UK for a year
Jun 06, 2020
Ben Dolphin: Life as a countryside ranger in Scotland
May 23, 2020
Sophie Pavelle: The zoologist and hiker who’s obsessed with British wildlife
May 09, 2020
Becky The Traveller: From banking to hiking 950 miles across the UK
Apr 25, 2020
Jo Moseley: Midlife adventuring and paddleboarding coast-to-coast
Feb 29, 2020
Kenny Block: Landscape photography in the Lake District
Feb 15, 2020
Emily Scott: Leaving full-time accountancy for a life in the mountains
Feb 01, 2020
Alex Staniforth: How tragedy on Everest lead to a huge UK adventure
Jan 17, 2020
Vici Fairhurst: How a trip to Snowdon with 30 teens and staff changed her life
Jan 04, 2020
Josh Day: Cycling from the UK to China
Dec 21, 2019
Iona Rendall: The ‘ordinary adventurer’ motivating thousands to get hiking outdoors
Dec 07, 2019
Suzanna swims: Becoming a wild swimming guide in the Lake District
Sep 19, 2019
Stuart Watts: Rowing the Atlantic and breaking a world record
Sep 07, 2019
An Outdoors Family: Stacey and Keith’s Scottish adventures with their kids
Aug 22, 2019
Jess Mather: From the Himalayas to the Lake District
Aug 09, 2019
Zahrah Mahmood, aka ‘The Hillwalking Hijabi’
Jul 26, 2019
Cooking in the fells with…Fell Foodie aka Harrison Ward
Jul 13, 2019
Jessie Leong: The life of an adventure photographer
Mar 23, 2019
Clare Dyson: Adventuring with a dog and pony
Mar 16, 2019
Rory Southworth: The trail-running outdoors addict
Mar 09, 2019
Nic Hardy: The hiking adventure club queen
Mar 02, 2019
Ross Bowyer: Bushcraft to Bear Grylls
Feb 23, 2019
Annie Ross: How 52 challenges can change a life
Feb 15, 2019
James Michael Forrest, aka ‘Mountain Man’
Feb 09, 2019
Listen to a teaser for The Outdoors Fix
Feb 09, 2019