My book about cycling around the world is on track for publication in May. I first started writing it back in 2015 but have been working on it seriously for the last 18 months. I have to fit it around work but, holidays aside, I have consistentl... Read more
Apply for The Next Challenge Grant and you could win the loan of a Kibo Expedition Bike. Bike builder Simon Stanforth is offering the use of one of his Stanforth Kibo Expedition Bikes to a lucky winner in this year’s Next Challenge Grant.... Read more
Megan Cumberlidge’s photos have made me very jealous. She won a Next Challenge Grant and recently took her mountain bike to Andalusia, Spain. Her grant was only small – £50 – because the main thing she asked for in her applicat... Read more
In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami hit the east coast of Japan and devastated much of its coastline. A huge effort has been made to repair and rebuild in the years since the disaster and part of that effort included the creation of a brand new w... Read more
By far our youngest grant winners to date, Dyuthi and Druthi (4), have recently returned from a short walk in the Western Ghats, India. They went with their dad, Guru, and cousin, Adithi (8). Walking in the Western Ghats by Guruswamy Basavaiah I... Read more
This article explains how to find the warmest camping mat with the lowest weight. Finding the warmest sleeping pad is easy: it’s probably the biggest and thickest one. You can check the camping mat’s warmth by looking for the one wit... Read more
Last year, Next Challenge Grant winner Bex Band kicked a scooter 150 miles around the ‘London LOOP’. In her grant application, written in July 2016, she wrote: Myself and my husband have never done anything like this before. We are v... Read more
Laura and I are off to Morocco. It is another of our ‘EasyJet¹ expeditions’: short adventures that fit around annual leave, in places you can get to with a cheap flight. ¹(Other budget airlines are available). Last year, we walked ac... Read more
The 2018 Next Challenge Grant is open for applications and donations. Click here to apply Click here to donate The story so far The Next Challenge Grant started in 2015 when I decided to give away all of the money that my website made from adver... Read more
While I read through all of the wonderful applications we’ve received for this year’s Next Challenge Grant, previous years’ winners are out there doing their things. Today, we have a report from an expedition in Ukraine. The Ne... Read more
This is a brief guide to desert carts: wheeled trailers that you can fill with supplies and drag across a desert. Cars, camels and carts I like to think that there are three options for hauling large volumes of supplies across a deserts: cars, c... Read more
Sarah Outen spent 4.5 years travelling around the world by human power: cycling the continents and rowing the oceans. It was one of the most remarkable expeditions of recent times. She captured the entire journey on camera, filming herself alone... Read more
