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It was an inauspicious start. Having cycled no more than a few metres, from the steps of the Angel hotel into the grounds of St Edmundsbury Cathedral, I fell off my bike. I blamed the wolf: in dismounting to take its photo, I had kicked my own pannier and sent …

“East is at the top of the map, south on the right, west is at the bottom and north you’ll find here on the left … ” I stood looking at the guide in Hereford Cathedral who was uttering these frankly insane words and gripped my OS map tightly. About …

Swifts dart and swoop from Norrqvarn’s eaves, the morning sun filtering through the pines as I load my panniers and get set for a slow day’s cycling. A former mill turned welcoming and, crucially, affordable hotel, Norrqvarn is my starting point for a multi-day bike ride taking in Sweden’s most …

By Coco Anetor-Sokei 27 August 2023   |   11:39 am Finding a moment of peace can be challenging in the bustling world of the average woman. However, the value of a good night’s sleep should never be underestimated. Quality sleep is a precious commodity for women like us, The …

These apps make keeping track of your period sound super simple – input the requested data, and voila, it’s all tracked for you. But here’s the catch: you can’t always count on these apps to be right. Sometimes, they make predictions that turn out to be wrong. Imagine the app …

“If people do not change the way antibiotics are used now, these new antibiotics will suffer the same fate as the current ones and become ineffective” . Credit: Adil Siddiqi/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Apr 11 (IPS) – Research after research, world’s scientists …

BBNaija’s Jackye Madu has questioned the concept of women enduring severe pain while experiencing their mental cycle.   In a post shared on her instastories, Jackye asked why she was ”being punished for not getting pregnant.”   Read her post below…    

A week before departure everything is ready: the polished bicycle laden with four carefully packed panniers, the ferry and train journeys all booked, the accommodation and campsites reserved. Cycling to Iceland is a complex business: ferry to Amsterdam from Newcastle, trains to Aarhus, cycle up through Jutland to the port …

Tracking your menstrual cycles can help you understand what’s normal for you, time ovulation and identify important changes. What’s a normal menstrual cycle? The menstrual cycle, which is counted from the first day of one period to the first day of the next, isn’t the same for every woman. Menstrual …

We bump into Leon on a forested hillside overlooking the Slovenian town of Kobarid. It is the start of our bike ride and we are fiddling with saddle positions and checking tyre pressures when he shows up. “Leave the bikes there,” he says. “There’s something you should see.” Slovenia A …