Active You is pleased to announce its all-new blogging section! Our intention is to inform, entertain and inspire you with a series of regular weekly blogs on travel, food, entertainment and home & garden. Our correspondents will be updating each blog every week so don't forget to return regularly to view our latest must-read posts!

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The Cookbook Review – My Favourite Ingredients (Skye Gyngell)

SKYE GYNGELL’S MY FAVOURITE INGREDIENTS is published by QUADRILLE on Feb 5th 2010 I enjoy a good cookbook like the next person.They are a source of inspiration and in them you can fi... [More]

Category: Food & Drink

Websites don’t get handier than this – Mobility Compare

    We don’t tend to think about it that much, but in Britain a significant minority needs some sort of physical help to go about their day-to-day lives. I’m pretty sure... [More]

Category: Home & Garden

Tresco, Scilly Isles

Active You visited the Scilly Isles over Christmas and, quite simply, we thought it was the most enchanting place we’d ever visited in the British Isles.  The people were friendly, the temp... [More]

Category: Travel

Baked Eggs with Tomatoes and Lemon creme fraiche

Word on the grapevine is that this week we’re meant to be celebrating “Farmhouse breakfast week”, so what better than some eggs to go with it? I don’t know you, but I see ... [More]

Category: Food & Drink

Slash Home Heating Costs

Home heating costs can be a big drain on your budget. Solution? You need to seal up the whole house. Having said that, it’s easier said than done. Unless you live in an igloo, chances are that y... [More]

Category: Home & Garden

Darjeeling!

Ever heard of Tea Tourism? No, I’m not talking about a trip to the local greasy spoon for a builder’s tea after a heavy night out but rather a trip to one of the world’s most famous ... [More]

Category: Travel

Moroccan - Inspired slow roasted lamb shoulder

January is definitely a cold month and a lazy one too.We keep indoors as much as we can, we try to warm up and we try to recover from December’s excessive activity. We feel the need for goo... [More]

Category: Food & Drink

Rearing chickens in the city

Living in the city? Did you know that for fresh organic and free-range eggs, you can rear chickens in the middle of a metropolis?… Yes, you heard that right! Living in an urban space should not... [More]

Category: Food & Drink

Paragliding in Nepal

  Paragliding can be an electrifying experience for first-timers, while for those who have tried it before, the urge to explore new heights typically proves to be an obsession. Whilst there ar... [More]

Category: Travel

In Season – Clementine and Rose Water Marmalade

Despite what one would think January has on offer some fabulous fruit and veg.Think blood and Seville oranges, kale, pears, apples, beetroot, clementines, leeks, cauliflower, celeriac, game (partr... [More]

Category: Food & Drink

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