Why are you reading this? Have you booked a Wild Swimming trip with us?

If so, you might well have questions about which type of wetsuit would be suitable for our trips.

The North York Moors is my local patch and I often think: ‘How lucky am I?’ as I stride out on another good walking route without having to travel any great distance.

“I walk everyday”, I hear you shout, but irrespective of whether you’re tackling a bigger challenge or a gentle wander along the Lakeland shores you are going to be on your feet for most of the day.

Here are our tips for keeping your feet happy:

Join Caudwell Children as they take on towering mountains such as Snowdon and Ben Nevis or the daunting 25-mile Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge are all admirable goals for people looking to test themselves.

This year, over 200 people joined Large Outdoors on the Summit Snowdon Challenge in aid of four Midlands hospitals, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital.

In fact those challengers raised an immense £50,000…

Now it’s a bit of a mantra of Large Outdoors that a good walk needs to include at least one opportunity to tuck into a slice of cake, either on route or at the end of the hike.

So as you can imagine I’ve been doing quite a bit of research over the years and narrowing down the list to just six has been an effort but here goes:

If you’re itching to explore more of Britain then let us inspire you with our latest blog series where we share some of our favourite places . These are the spots that have really resonated with us, and our guests, over the years that we’ve been running Large Outdoors.

If you’re joining one of our winter walking trips then you will need to have suitable footwear, in this article we explain about winter boots and what you need to look for.

Whether it’s walkers grinning as they reach the highest point in Wales or the smiles that break out on the faces of patients who have just been treated to a musical reminisce session or are playing in a fully adapted playground for children with prosthetic limbs.

This pretty much sums up the result of the Birmingham Community Healthcare (BCHC) Charity’s hiking challenges organised in conjunction with Large Outdoors.