Finding Your Feet - by Rhiane Fatinikun (Paperback)

About the Book

An essential 'how to' guide to exploring the British countryside from the Founder of Black Girls Hike, dispelling myths, offering sound advice and giving readers the self-confidence to get outdoors.

Book Synopsis

'I hope this book inspires you to kick down barriers, go on adventures and empower the people around you to do the same. That's how we create change.'

Rhiane Fatinikun knows just what an impact a connection with nature can have on your life. Finding Your Feet is Rhiane's essential guide to exploring the British countryside for Black women and women who often feel unsafe in remote places, offering practical tips, favourite walks and routes from across the UK, showcasing the best of nature's beauty. Read on for compelling accounts of Rhiane's own experiences, inspiring interviews, handy info boxes and stunning photography.

This user-friendly toolkit of a book covers:
- Choosing the right kit
- Understanding a paper mapNavigating, and what to do if you get lost
- Being responsible and staying safe
- Different types of hikes, from the local park to night time, and coastal to mountain
- Favourite British walks with handy maps and full descriptions of the routes
- Adventures along Scotland's iconic Glencoe Pass, around the spectacular Wales Coastal Path and through Cornwall's wild landscapes to Land's End.

The outdoors is a powerful space, and everyone has the right to enjoy it. Finding Your Feet is the perfect 'how to' guide to doing just that.

Review Quotes

"Fatinikun writes like an encouraging friend who wants other women like herself to get outside any chance they can get-and feel like they belong when they do." --National Geographic

"This unique guide to exploring rural Britain ... includes eye-opening and inspiring accounts of the author's own experiences of hiking through Britain's wilds." --Wanderlust

About the Author

Rhiane Fatinikun MBE is an adventurer, TV presenter and advocate who founded the UK's largest Black female-led lifestyle and outdoor collective Black Girls Hike, formed in response to a lack of safe spaces for Black women in nature. Rhiane is also an Ambassador for the Wildlife Trusts and Mountain Training, and in recognition of her work she is a recipient of the RGS Geographical Award. Acknowledged as a Positive Role Model for Gender at the National Diversity Awards, listed as one of Forestry England's 10 most powerful women in nature, and named Campaigner of the Year by The Great Outdoors Awards, in 2024 Rhiane was awarded an MBE for services to nature and diversity.