Applications for The 2016 Next Challenge Grant closed 10 days ago. 300 people applied and I have already seen a range of fantastic ideas amongst them. If you applied then you should have received an email from me this morning. Check your spam fo... Read more
Applications for The Next Challenge Grant close this Friday. As well as money towards your adventure, there’s lots of other cool stuff up for grabs from a range of kind sponsors. Including… Lyon Equipment UK distributors for a range... Read more
Given the volume of applications I receive (about 1,300 in 2015) and the small number that we are able to fund (17 last year, 10 the year before), I thought it would be helpful to give some basic guidance on the sort of thing I am – and am... Read more
The Next Challenge Grant gives money to people with good a idea for an adventure. We’re particularly keen to help those who haven’t done much of this sort of thing before. However, as well as awards for general adventure ideas, there... Read more
At last year’s Cycle Touring Festival, we asked people: What is the best thing about cycle touring? Judging by the responses we received, as displayed in the image above, most cycle tourists are curious about the world, love meeting... Read more
2015 Next Challenge Grant Winners Ben Smith and Judith Pope recently completed their paddle the length of the Caledonian Canal in Scotland. Here’s Jude’s account… You can apply for – and donate to – the 2016 Next Ch... Read more
If you have an idea for an adventure then you should apply for my grant now. I call it ‘my’ grant but I only fund a fraction of it myself. Most of the money comes from other people. There are nine adventurers (people) who are each gi... Read more
Tickets for next month’s Cycle Touring Festival are only on sale until Friday evening. Buy them online here ➜ Laura’s been working hard to get a fantastic line up of speakers (see below), all of whom are unpaid volunteers as the even... Read more
2015 grant winners Jude and Ben are about to tackle the Caledonian Canal in an inflatable boat. Here, Jude shares her dislike of water and the cold but why life would be dull if we always lived within our comfort zones. Jude and Ben’s trip... Read more
I set up this website to help people go on adventures. I hope that it’s been doing that in some way for each of the seven years that I’ve been running it. But, even if it hadn’t been useful for all of that time, I know for a fa... Read more
We recently wished good luck to Richard Fairbrother, winner of a 2015 Next Challenge Grant, who set off to hike a remote stretch of the Great Wall of China in winter. He had some difficulties out there in the snow but he’s made it back to... Read more
