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
Starting this Friday, there are 10 days of free online events being held as part of the 2021 Virtual Cycling Touring Festival. Events include: Timmy Mallett – interview with the TV legend about his ride to Spain and back Capturing the soun... Read more
Buy ‘How To Get To The North Pole and Other Iconic Adventures’ (paperback + free ebooks) for £6 Buy ‘With the Sun on Our Right’ (paperback + free ebook + free bonus material) for £10 – SOLD OUT Or buy both –... Read more
The Next Challenge Grant will be skipping a year due to Covid-19. Applications for the 2021 Next Challenge Grant should have opened by now. I kept putting off the launch though. It always takes a bit of willpower for me to get it started each au... Read more
Last summer, Laura and I spent a month cycling up the Baltic coast towards the Aland Islands: Scandinavia’s answer to the Hebrides. Accompanying us for his first long tour was our son, nine months old at the time, towed behind me in a trai... Read more
So, the lockdown continues. Another three weeks here in the UK and no doubt more to come. On the plus side, we have at least been allowed more freedom for getting outside and staying active. The challenge, as is often the case, is probably more... Read more
This weekend, the Cycle Touring Festival is happening online. It is free and accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. There should have been another Cycle Touring Festival in Lancashire next month. The venue was booked, speakers were signed... Read more
As we lay swaddled in our tent, a loud rumbling noise echoed around us. For several seconds it seemed the world was collapsing beneath us, until a decisive cracking sound ended the show, and we breathed again. A couple of years ago, Laura and I... Read more
