My new book - How to Get to the North Pole: and Other Iconic Adventures - is now on sale. You can buy it from me, on Amazon or in your local book shop. If you are so desperate to get your hands on a copy that you can't read any more then just click here to buy it now. But for those who recognise that good things come to those who wait, below is a little more information about the book, what's in it and wher ...

Just a quick note to let you know that, due to "health reasons", I won't be planning any more projects for a while. That includes finishing our cycle from the Scilly to Shetland Isles and swimming the Thames. Hopefully I'll be back soon. The blog will continue as normal. In other more exciting news: The Book Sales of the book seem to be coming along alright. Thanks to everyone who's bought a copy so far. It ...

Every month last year I picked one song I liked that was new to me and added it to a list. At the end of the year, I downloaded all the tracks from Fair Share Music and created a playlist. It's been a great way to both encourage me to listen to new stuff and to keep a record of those songs that I like. This has absolutely nothing to do with adventures and expeditions but, for those interested, my list of so ...

  I am no expert outdoor swimmer - I'm not sure such a thing exists - but I've jumped in my fair share of cold puddles and ditches in recent years. Presented below is my personal view of the necessary equipment for a swim in open water. You may agree or disagree with parts of it and I welcome feedback. Items which are not essential I have marked as such. Here goes...  Wild Swimming Kit List: Swim costume (o ...

Starting this evening is my favourite event of the expedition calender: Explore at the Royal Geographical Society.I have been a few times before, always learnt stuff and, more recently, tried to contribute.It is such a great place to get enthused about expeditions and a fairly unique opportunity to pick the brains of some real experts. You can see the the speakers here and the full program here.I will be at ...

I am speaking at this Thursday's Adventure Story Evening in London.I'll be alongside Sally Kettle, who has rowed the Atlantic, and Billy Gammon, who recently rowed to the Magnetic North Pole. I have only ever rowed a pleasure boat in Regents Park.The Tales of Adventure evening is normally run by Chris Martin (another ocean rower) of Unlimited Adventure although this particular event will be hosted by Margar ...

Just a quick note to say thanks to everyone who came along to last night's London Explorers event. Great to see so many fresh faces there and hear about more and more adventurous ideas.It was also a privilege to be graced with the presence of international TV star Dave Cornthwaite.The next event is on January 12th. I'll be in South America (*smug*) so Belinda Kirk will be running the show. You can see the r ...

My publishers just sent me a copy of the front cover design for the book I'm writing: How To Get To The North Pole. My deadline for writing is Christmas, after which the book is due for release in Spring next year. It should be about £10 to buy with individual chapters available as ebooks. ...

I've been running this website for over two years now. I update it religiously every Monday and Thursday morning at 7am.Google tells me that more people are reading it than they used to but maybe that's just an artefact of being online for a while. Beyond that my only measure is how many people 'Like' my posts and that doesn't seem very insightful.So, tell me, how can I do better?Since the internet breeds l ...

Laura and I completed our attempt to run the length of every Tube line in London last night.Myself as Napoleon and Laura as a Banker, we ran between Waterloo and Bank with a throng of British Lung Foundation supporters and friends dressed variously as Shepherd's Bush, High Barnet, Angel and Kew Gardens.I'll write more about our experiences in the near future but, in the meantime, I thought I'd let you know ...

At the top of each and every post on this website is a photograph. The vast majority of them come from my back catalogue of holiday snaps (for most of the remainder, I'll thank Dave Tett). I enjoy taking pictures but I've no great skill at it and I'm still using a simple digital camera that I bought in 2005. As the weeks go by, I dig deeper and deeper into my archives for suitable images. Maybe I'll run out ...

At the end of each quarter, I list some favourite articles as selected by the web master (that’s me). They may not be "the best" or the most popular but they're ones that I particularly like for one reason or another. See what you think... A Thousand Tiny Ants The Dishwasher Dash (and 9 other ways I squeeze exercise into my working day) This One's For You 10 things I've started doing since going freelance F ...