About

Hi, I’m Liv. I’m the author of The Outdoors Fix book, the host of the award-winning podcast The Outdoors Fix, and a Producer for Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4.

Here’s what I do:

  • Present a podcast The Outdoors Fix podcast - Award-winning. Best Outdoors and Adventure Podcast at the Independent Podcast Awards 2024.

  • Host live podcast events and workshops Spotify, London Mountain Film Festival, Love Her Wild Festival, Tremula Festival.

  • Host and interview authors at festivals Timber Festival, Cheltenham Literature Festival.

  • Produce radio and podcasts Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4, The Woman’s Hour Guide to Life, SEND in the Spotlight.

  • Write articles and blog posts on travel, adventure and the outdoors. Telegraph Travel, The Evening Standard, Adventure Travel magazine, The Great Outdoors magazine.

  • Manage large social media accounts for organisations eg. Woman’s Hour’s Instagram.

I’ve worked for national and international broadcasters (BBC News, BBC Radio 4, CNN), online newspapers (The Telegraph, The Times), podcasts (Woman’s Hour and The Woman’s Hour Guide to Life on BBC Sounds) and outdoors magazines (Adventure Travel magazine and The Great Outdoors magazine).

I set up The Outdoors Fix podcast and the stories and tips from it have now been published as a book, published by Vertebrate Publishing. The book and podcast aim to inspire people to make the outdoors a bigger part of their life. The idea was sparked by my 1300km thru-hike of the South Island of New Zealand in 2018. The podcast has reached No.1 on the Apple Podcasts Wilderness chart several times and won Best Outdoor and Adventure Podcast at the Independent Podcast Awards 2024.

The outdoors has so many physical and mental health benefits and through my work I want to encourage as many people as possible to get outside and live adventurously. I’ve produced 11 series of the podcast so far and gained a large, loyal following of muddy, hiking-booted listeners. 

Hiking, rock climbing and being in nature are things that make me truly happy and I hope that through The Outdoors Fix podcast and book I’m spreading the message about how good the outdoors can make you feel.

Please get in contact if you’d like to work with me. My email address is olivia.cf.bolton@gmail.com. You can also find me on Instagram @liv_outsideuk and @theoutdoorsfix