I had an email recently asking me about using an expedition to fundraise for a charity and what one might expect from that charity in exchange. I’ve changed the wording of the original question and embellished my reply a little but the gis... Read more
Six years ago I quit my job to live a more adventurous life and help other people do the same. My website and profile have grown in that time but I may have given the impression that I make a living from being an “adventurer”. I do n... Read more
I first published this article three years ago with an extract from my book How To Cycle Around The World. I asked nine cyclists who had done big cycling trips how much it cost them. Today I am updating the article with data from one hund... Read more
At last week’s inaugural Cycle Touring Festival, we ran a photo competition. All entries were from attendees and speakers. The competition was kindly sponsored by Pannier.cc. It’s a new website for travelling cyclists run by Stefan... Read more
At last weekend’s Cycle Touring Festival, Laura led an impromptu discussion about people’s favourite shorter cycling routes: the best places for a week or so’s pedalling, mostly starting from the UK or in Europe. Here’s t... Read more
This weekend was the inaugural Cycle Touring Festival in Clitheroe, Lancashire. The dust has yet to settle completely but, by all accounts so far, it was a fantastic success. A wonderful weekend full of enthusiastic people coalesced around the c... Read more
This time last year I was having the time of my life, pedalling across South Korea. Now, I am back in the UK and back in a normal job. Every morning, I get up at the same time, put the kettle on, eat my breakfast, make a packed lunch and cycle t... Read more
Is “crowd funding” a great new way to kick start expeditions? Or is it just asking other people to pay for your holiday? Expeditions can be expensive. Although I personally advocate cheap adventures (like my friends Tom and Al do) an... Read more
Life rarely brings what you expect of it. And cycling around the world is no different. How could it be? From our desks in London, how could we have imagined the places we’d see and the people we’d meet? We could never have predicted... Read more
This is the last set of photographs from our round-the-world bike trip and they are some of my favourites from one of the most memorable legs of the journey: the American Deep South. Texas was our third biggest “country” with more re... Read more
Hi Tim. Clearly you have done a lot of touring and adventuring, and as a newbie to the whole thing I just have a bunch of questions I’d love to ask a veteran. If you have a little time on your hands for a little email back and forth please... Read more
I started this blog six years ago to encourage people to go on adventures and help them where I can. People email me questions all the time. I write back to every single one but many never even reply to say thanks. So it was supremely gratifying... Read more
