Finding Your Feet

'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.

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.

INTRODUCTION
PART 1: WHY?
My story
Strength
Courage
Determination
Inspiration: Liz Drysdale
Belonging
Community
Inspiration: Bushra Schuitemaker
Belief
Leadership
Inspiration: Carla Khouri
Friendship
Inspiration: Cherelle Harding
Wellness
Achievement
Inspiration: Amelia Hursham
Empowerment
Inspiration: Oge Ejizu
PART 2: HOW?
How to begin hiking
Choosing the right kit
Nutrition
Navigation
How to read a paper map
Choosing the right map: topography and scale
Grid lines and references
Contour lines
How not to get lost, and advice if you do
Walking for fitness
Before your hike
On your hike
After your hike
Staying motivated
Training for more ambitious routes
And finally...
Hiking isn't just mountains
Night hikes
Park hikes
Coastal hikes
Sunrise hikes
Mountain hikes
Going a little further
Long-distance hikes
Advanced adventuring
How to be safe and responsible
Staying safe in the outdoors
Responsible hiking
PART 3: WHERE?
Time to get hiking!
Walk 1: Borrowdale to Scafell Pike
Walk 2: Glencoe
Walk 3: London Waterway Hike: Limehouse Basin to Little Venice via the Grand Union Canal
Interview: Kwesia
Interview: Chantelle Lindsay
Walk 4: Manningtree to Dedham Vale
Walk 5: Ouse Valley
Interview: Soraya Abdel-Hadi
Walk 6: Port Eynon to Rhossili
Walk 7: Ravenscar to Robin Hood's Bay circular walk
Interview: Jo Moseley
Interview: Steph Dwyer
Walk 8: Sennen Cove and Land's End
Interview: Yvette Curtis
Walk 9: St Bees Circular
Interview: Amira Patel
Walk 10: The Peaks: Monyash Circular
Interview: Debbie North
EPILOGUE: TIME TO GET OUT THERE
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR