Outdoors again at last: a first real walk, run and cycle as lockdown eases

With more exercise now allowed in parts of the UK, three writers venture outside to explore their local neighbourhoods

Barefoot in the park: the joy of walking over rocks and roots

On moving to the Canadian Rockies, the writer barely left home for fear of bears, but overcame it by feeling the Earth beneath her feet

In lockdown, I went on a surfing and yoga retreat – via Zoom

Jane Dunford, who is self-isolating alone, finds this interactive virtual holiday a great way to meet people and exercise

Lockdown learning: outdoors skills in your back yard

From the safe confines of home, our writer learns to run, dive, read maps and tie knots – all through online tutorials

Life on ice: what Esperanza Base in Antarctica can teach us about isolation

Despite missing friends and celebrations, a community at the bottom of the world has learned to survive, even thrive

Best National Trust parklands to visit

Our writers pick their favourite National Trust gardens and parks for combining social distancing and a spring walk

Steamy scenes at low prices: Bucharest’s affordable luxury spa

No ordinary spa, the Therme Bucharest is a vast temple offering pools, scented saunas and great-value wellness for all

10 of the best wellbeing holidays in Europe: readers’ travel tips

For our tipsters a healthy break means everything from beach yoga and spa hotels to sensory barefoot forest walking and listening to Puccini under the stars

The wood life: my four days immersed in Latvia’s forests

Half of Latvia is woodland … so no wonder its people derive so much wellbeing from foraging, ancient forest crafts and being at one with nature

How a writing retreat in Spain got my creative juices flowing

A remote house in Andalucía’s Sierra Nevada – with food, drink, company and mentoring on tap – is the ideal environment to sort out writer’s block