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 ...

A couple of months ago I got a call from somebody at the BBC's The One Show asking about riding a rickshaw long distance. I have to admit that I didn't know what The One Show was but, after being as helpful as I could, I've since been brought up to speed and seen presenter Matt Baker has started his journey from Edinburgh to London. It made me think about a few celebrity challees that are similar to some th ...

At 1pm tomorrow, Friday 1st April, Sarah Outen will begin her two and a half year journey around the world from Tower Bridge, London.Departing by kayak from beneath the bridge, Sarah and Justine Curvengen will be paddling downstream along the Thames. Over the following three days they will make their way towards Dover before crossing the English Channel for Sarah to begin her cycle across Europe and Asia.Sh ...

I frequently get emails from people asking for help with their expeditions - it's the reason I started this website and the reason there's a big green button at the top right of your screen offering as much. More often than not, such conversations peter out and I never hear from the people again (with the notable exception of a young lady who emailed me a while back about trying to become the youngest Briti ...

At the end of last month I visited the far eastern Russian island of Sakhalin on a recce for Sarah Outen's London to London: via the World expedition. I also hopped across to Japan too, though unfortunately not on the ferry I had planned to use. Here is the account I kept whilst out in the field: Signed up for Aeroflot air miles. If I get enough I think they give me a life jacket. Camera, mobile, MP3 player ...

I will be visiting a few new places in the next two weeks.By the time you read this, I will be in a plane somewhere over Siberia on my way to the island of Sakhalin. From there I'll take a boat to Hokkaido, the north island of Japan, then fly down to Tokyo and take a train to a town called Choshi. This is all part of a recce for Sarah Outen, the rather tough young lady who rowed across the Indian Ocean last ...

At the end of last year I was involved with the Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition - a group of seven women from different Commonwealth countries who joined forces and skied to the South Pole.Here are some things I enjoyed about the expedition:The application form for team members made no reference to fitness or prior experienceThe team included a mother, an IT worker, a government employee and ...

This is the first in what I hope will be a long line of a new feature entitled 'My Next Challenge'. Each month we'll have a new person tell us about an upcoming adventure - what they're doing, why they're doing it, what they're worried about and why they're excited. I first met Ewan when working for BSES and he got in touch with me last week to see if I would join him on his commute (very topical given this ...

1. Shepherd's Bush bus station at 4am having fallen asleep on a night bus after a particularly big night out in Clapham 2. The guest bedroom of my friend's house at an inappropriate hour (twice) 3. Various bus lanes and side streets around the capital whilst straddling my bike (these occasionally end up with me sat cross legged on the floor with papers spread across the pavement) 4. My flat, on and off for ...

I am very excited to announce that I have joined the UK Support Team for the Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition. For those of you not familiar with the project, here's a synposis: About eighteen months ago, Felicity Aston came up with the idea of putting together a team comprised of women from different Commonwealth countries around the globe with the aim of training them up to ski to the South Pol ...

Here are some snaps from the triathlon I supported last month: If the window above doesn't work then have a look here instead. ...

Earlier in the summer, three students from my old university, UCL, set off to Vancouver Island for a spot of sea kayaking. As a member of the UCL Expedition & Travel Committee, I gave them a tiny steer in the right direction and, in return, they have  kindly sent us this update from the field: "Second Tim Horton’s stop of the day…despite starting from Whistler at 3.30am, nearly missing the ferry (by thr ...