Here are the wonderful people and ideas that won Next Challenge Grants this year. Apologies for the delay in sharing their stories. The 2023 Next Challenge Grant will open for applications very soon. Crossing the Alps on foot – Zoe Mitaut and Ju... Read more
Here are the winners of the 2022 Next Challenge Grant (in no particular order): Crossing the Alps on foot – Zoe Mitaut and Juliette Polle Climbing the smallest mountains in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland – Joy Coppell... Read more
The 2022 Cycle Touring Festival launches today with a week of free online events. Browse the programme and register at www.cycletouringfestival.co.uk Talks include: Fat biking through Columbia and Ecuador Britain’s 6,000 islands: which are... Read more
Charity worker Bethany and music producer Alasdair won a Next Challenge Grant to complete the Great Western Trail on a motorcycle, riding “2UP” (i.e. two people on one bike). The Great Western Trail stretches across the south of Engl... Read more
Here is grant winner Tenny Adamian’s account of circumnavigating Lake Sevan, Armenia, on a stand up paddle board (SUP). Tenny won £200 towards her expedition from The Next Challenge Grant. The grant is open now for applications. Read more... Read more
I have extended the deadline for applications to the 2022 Next Challenge Grant. It was originally 31st December 2021, but I am allowing an extra month for people to get their applications in. The new deadline is 31st January 2022. As a reminder,... Read more
We spent nine days cycling the length of Shetland with our two young children last summer as part of a five week tour of Scotland. This is Laura’s account of our time at top of the UK… Famous for ponies, puffins and knitting, Shetlan... Read more
The 2022 Next Challenge Grant is now open for applications and donations. Click here to apply Click here to donate Covid and adventure After a year on furlough due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Next Challenge Grant is back for its seventh year.... Read more
A summary of (almost) every down and synthetic camping quilt available in the UK What is a down camping quilt and why should I get one? Camping quilts are an alternative to sleeping bags. Quilts are popular with ultralight enthusiasts as they ca... Read more
Nine years ago, Laura and I set out to cycle from the Scilly Isles to the Shetland Islands. Next month, we will finally complete the journey. In 2012, as training for our planned round-the-world cycle, Laura and I planned to ride the length of t... Read more
Riding the Pamir Highway, 22,000 miles of father/son cycling, round-the-world tandem record breakers, adapting any bike for touring, touring in a time of Covid, cycling in Israel/Palestine, the ethics of cycle touring, and Timmy Mallett cycling... Read more
In December 2019 (pre-Covid), Laura and I walked the 80-mile ‘Dales Way’ long-distance footpath, carrying our son along the way. Here’s how it went… Our plan was to spend a week walking the Dales Way. As luck would... Read more
