Rhiane Fatinikun joined Michael Portillo in the latest episode of BBC Two's Great British Railway Journeys (Oldham to Wakefield), taking the Hope Valley Line to Edale in the Peak District. It was here in 2019 that Rhiane was inspired to take up hiking and came up with the idea for Black Girls Hike, a walking group and now a national charity encouraging black women to explore and embrace the great outdoors. Michael was thrilled Rhiane discovered her passion whilst admiring the countryside from the train window. You can watch their conversation and the programme in full on BBC iPlayer.
Grow Your Groceries - A Sunday Times Bestseller
Massive congratulations to Simon Akeroyd on making both the Sunday Times and Irish Times top 10 bestsellers lists this week (March 11th) with ‘Grow Your Groceries: 40 Hacks for Growing Plants from Your Weekly Shop’. Simon's book is flying off the shelves across the land and people can’t get enough of his brilliant gardening hacks on Instagram where he has 918k followers, as well as 781k followers on TikTok. You can follow Simon too at @simonakeroydgardenwriter.