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10 November 2015

  • Patrick Barkham pike fishing on The River Bure at Wroxham with angling guide Mark Watson. Day two. A low double figure pike. Photograph: Graham Turner.

    In search of the river monster

    Norfolk may be short on sharks, but another predator – the pike – lurks beneath the water. Catch one if you can ...

7 November 2015

  • Illustration by Gwendal Le Bec

    If you do one thing this month … go urban hiking

  • Llennyrch Celtic Rainforest.

    Walking in a Welsh rainforest

6 November 2015

  • Edwina McNulty gave up her high-flying career to make cakes

    I gave it all up … to make wedding cakes

    As an HR manager Edwina McNulty was a “mouthpiece for bad news”. But could she sacrifice her security to follow her dream of baking cakes?

14 October 2015

  • Spencer Seabrooke breaks the free solo slackline world record in British Columbia.

    Your favourite extreme sports: share your photos and experiences

    For a chance to feature in the November issue of Guardian Do Something, we’d like you to share photos and stories of your extreme sports adventures

11 October 2015

  • Nordic walking

    Five ways to make your walk work harder

    Nordic walking with poles and weights burns more calories, and tones you up – try these simple moves to get started

10 October 2015

  • Patricia Cornwell in London

    Patricia Cornwell: how extreme sports changed my life

    When she’s not stuck at her desk, the best-selling thriller writer is a scuba diver and helicopter pilot. Being scared isn’t easy, she says – but it’s fun
  • Hazel Findlay on the Totem Pole, Tasmania.

    Extreme sports special: 'I get the urge to jump when I'm standing on the edge'

    From avoiding lava bombs while volcano boarding, to slacklining over a 300ft gorge. What makes some people risk their life for their sport?
  • Rhik Samadder learns parkour with Sébastien Foucan.

    A worrier’s guide to extreme sport

    Not ready to cross the Grand Canyon on tightrope? You can still get your kicks with these (slightly less dangerous) adventure sports

8 October 2015

  • Conkers illustration for DO SOMETHING

    If you do one thing this month ... win at conkers

  • Yasmine and Laurence in west Cork, Ireland.

    I gave it all up … to live off the land

17 September 2015

  • Monthly skate board jams take place around parks in Nottingham

    Street wise: readers' best urban sports photographs

    We asked you for your urban sports photographs. Here is a selection of some of them

14 September 2015

  • Evert tried moving jelly with a teaspoon?

    Guinness world record attempts: share your photos and stories

    Whether you tried or failed to be the best in the world, share photos of your record-breaking attempts

13 September 2015

  • toe tap exercise

    Loosen up: exercises to keep backache at bay

    Don’t be a slouch! Improve your posture with this back-strengthening workout

11 September 2015

  • Rhik moves jelly in his Guinness World Record attempt.

    Just how easy is it to break a Guinness World Record?

  • Etibar Elchiyev poses with 50 metal spoons magnetised to his body during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for "Most spoons on a human body" in Tbilisi<br>REFILE - CORRECTING COUNTRY IN IPTC Etibar Elchiyev poses with 50 metal spoons magnetized to his body during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for "Most spoons on a human body" in Tbilisi December 14, 2011. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (GEORGIA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

    How to break a Guinness World Record

24 August 2015

  • Otter (Lutra lutra)<br>CPY9HW Otter (Lutra lutra)

    If you do one thing this week ... (try to) spot an otter

    These elusive creatures are back from the brink of extinction in Britain, but that’s no guarantee you’ll get to see one. Still, it’s worth a try

20 July 2015

  • Pluto seen from Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft.

    If you do one thing this week ... take a photo at 'Pluto time'

    It may be 4 billion miles from the sun but Pluto isn’t completely dark - step outside your house at dawn or dusk and pretend it’s noon on the dwarf planet

12 July 2015

  • Jumping lunge

    Five exercises to make you a faster, stronger runner

    Paula Radcliffe and Mo Farah aren’t just fast – they’re strong, too. Up your body power with these five simple moves

11 July 2015

  • Rachel Dixon learns tries out slacklining on Brighton beach.

    Urban sports for the summer: slacklining

    Beginners balance precariously on tape stretched between trees in a park; experts can perform astonishing tricks, often at great height
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