Kickstarter is a very successful new website which helps people fund projects. Adventurers Leon McCarron and Tom Allen recently completed two expeditions and are now using Kickstarter to raise the money for making films from the trips. Click the... Read more
The Soto Muka is a new multi-fuel stove that does not require priming before lighting. As such, it is quicker, easier and cleaner to use than any other liquid fuel camping stove. Quick Review The Soto Muka OD-1NP is a wonderfully innovative sto... Read more
The Optimus ‘Polaris Optifuel’ is a new multi-fuel stove that can burn all liquid fuel types and butane/propane canisters through a single jet. Quick Review You should buy this stove if… You anticipate using lots of different... Read more
I walked out of my front door for the first time, age 14, with 75-litres’ worth of kit on my back and made a bee line for Exmoor carrying a change of jeans, a clutch of Pot Noodle and four spare litres of water (“just in case”)... Read more
His huge form loomed over us in the doorway. Shaved head and powerful piercing eyes invisibly forcing us back into the darkened street. Well don’t just stand there, he said, come on in. The muscles of his forearm tensed as he dished out ma... Read more
I often get asked to give “interviews” by email and, on the off chance they might be of interest to anyone reading this blog, I thought I’d share the links to some recent ones. Here goes… Mint – Mostly about budget... Read more
I looked down at my smart phone then ahead at the dirt track illuminated by the headlights of our Mazda. ‘It should be on our left any time now’, I reported to Laura at the steering wheel. It was late Wednesday night in Oman and we w... Read more
Upon our return from cycling around the world we were presented with the most wonderful present from our friends. They had sifted through our many Twitter updates from the 16 months we spent on the road and picked out their favourite 80. They th... Read more
At the beginning of this year, Tim and I agreed to run the equivalent of a mile for every day of 2015. We invited people to join us and we were really pleased that several people did. So how’s it going? We started off on 1 January with hea... Read more
I’m very pleased to announce that I have launched a series of new ebooks today including: How To Cross A Desert How To Cycle Around The World How To Climb An Unclimbed Mountain How To Get To The North Pole They are based on chapters from m... Read more
Tickets for the Cycle Touring Festival went on sale this morning. You can buy them here. There are a limited number of discounted ‘Early Bird’ tickets available. They are already selling very fast as I write this at 9am. There’... Read more
We were interviewed by a journalist from The Telegraph recently for a piece about couples who go on ‘extreme adventures’. The article (which you can read here) was very short but we actually wrote a lot more in response to the origin... Read more
