Quotes About Outdoors

Bozeman, Montana

Amundsen slept with his window wide open at night even in the winter, claiming to his mother that he loved fresh air, but really "it was a part of my hardening process." He organized small expeditions for himself and a few friends, such as overnight treks on skis under a star-studded sky, enlivened by the otherworldly swirling of the aurora borealis, into the winter wilds to improve his toughness.

Nor had either of us ever comprehended Boulderites' inclination to squander free weekends and precious holidays wandering off into the wilderness, pitching tents, squatting in the woods, and generally pretending they didn't have houses.

I can't survive,' he once told me of his refusal to come indoors,'if I can't hear the orchestra the way I like to hear it.

They're especially nice for shady areas where lawn won't grow.

My idea of a holiday was following my family up the hill with my pekinese, who would skip over the heather in front of me.

Sometimes I skip breakfast, pop to the butcher and get sunburned while cooking meat.

If you don't want to hit the gym, go cycling or skipping.

I love golf clothes. I have a lot of fun with the little golf skirts and vests.

In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even when it wasn't raining, it was about to rain, or had just rained. It's a very angry sky.

The military has a way of ruining all the best recreational activities - scuba, sky diving, camping, hiking - all made much more miserable with a heavy rucksack on your back under arduous conditions.

I ski, I snowboard, I've started to get into skydiving a little bit. I'm a little bit of a thrill-seeker.

People go fishing and hunting and playing basketball and hiking and skydiving and all kinds of things that can hurt you seriously, and they don't have to stop doing that when they get older.

I just can't grasp the concept of sleeping outside with insects when I have a beautiful home with a really comfy bed!

I'm not messing with skiing. You can't get this Puerto Rican on the slope. Uh-uh.

I skied on Astroturf and PVC pipe on the slope in my backyard.

I would never think of asking a girl out on the High Street or the disco or at school. But on the ski slope, I would chat to all the girls.

I know I can go outside and have better numbers than I put up in the slot.

Sometimes I need a slower pace, to slow my mind down and just be with nature, go outside.

Why do men think they know how to cook outside when they haven't the smallest idea how to go about it indoors?

For everyday clothes, I love North Face and Rohan, and for smarter options, I like Whistles and Agnes b on Marylebone High Street.

My favourite smell is horses. In fact, most of the time, I do smell like horses.

I really do love being outdoors - I mean, you'd never think it in my high heels and pencil skirt! But I really do miss the smell of hay and farms, and I like milking a cow.

My favourite smell is the smell of cut grass, and the sound of sprinklers going on.