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  My books and travel journal I love hiking. C onquering the land on foot gives me an immense sense of achievement and pleasure. When I walk across flatlands, mountain ridges, river banks or lake shores, forests or clearings, I get a true sense of being close to Mother Nature. I also feel excitement because, every so often I experience what the Romantics referred to as The Sublime, a sense of awe and amazement at just how stunning and incredible the natural world really is… St Bees Head, Cumbria Back in the summer of 2013 I took my passion for the great outdoors to the extreme and decided to walk the path that owes its existence to one man: Alfred Wainwright. It was in 1972 that he completed the trek across the width of England along the path he devised all by himself. Since then it has become the most popular long distance path in England and I decided to conquer it, too.   The Coast to Coast route in St Bees So, how difficult is the trek? Well, in the 200-odd miles St Be...

  Rivington is Lusso’s range of performance range, inspired by cycling in the North West. Sheep House Lane, a famous climb in the Rivington area has featured in the Tour of Britain, was the crunch point in the Chorley GP and is part of the gruelling Ironman Bolton route. The Rivington jacket is designed to bring race performance to training rides. It’s slightly heavier than a long sleeve jersey and features highly breathable and waterproof fabric from eVent, plus two front zipped vents to aid breathability. It’s clever stuff, that eVent fabric. The critical difference between eVent technology and traditional waterproof/breathable fabrics is the billions of microscopic pores built in to the proprietary membrane that work instantly to vent water vapour (sweat) that builds up inside your jacket when you ride. They call this Direct Venting™ technology, and unlike other technologies, it doesn't need to get wet to work. It’s a 'dry system' that allows eVent fabrics to be full...