Health and fitness

Gears, tears and breathtaking ascents: how I cycled the Dolomites and Alps

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With barely any training Peter Kimpton tried to tackle the Haute Route, the highest and toughest cyclosportive in the world. How did it go?

Healthy holidays: Grayshott spa does a soft take on Teutonic health farms

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Our writer submits to a strict seven-day regime of fasting, abdominal massage, and lectures on nutrition when she checks into a retreat in the peaceful Surrey countryside

• Plus: healthy holidays in Switzerland and Portugal

Health spa holidays: energy and meditation in Switzerland

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The natural powers at the Sass da Grüm wellness retreat in Switzerland give our writer the chance to tap into a world of calm

• Plus: healthy holidays in Portugal and England