Hike the sandy paths, cliffs and capes from the Alentejo to the Algarve on the historic Fishermen’s Trail in Portugal. Source: How to hike the Fishermen’s Trail in Portugal – Lonely Planet

Adult beginners are charming when the stakes are low. Learning the piano at 50 is cute – but nobody ever needed to be airlifted out of a piano recital Source: My rookie era: In my 40s I attempted my first multi-day hike – and became a walking cliche | Walking | The Guardian

A new website aims to give people more confidence on multi-day, self-guided hikes, and sees our writer – who’d previously had to abandon a wild camping trip in the area – return in triumph Source: ‘Walking away from the world in Scotland’: an easier way to plan long Highlands hikes | Highlands holidays | The