The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets. Christopher Morley The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remain... Read more
Twitter really is the best way to generate live updates as we run the Tube. Here are some updates from the last few runs: Northern Line – February 28th, 29 miles, 5.5 hours The first twinges of cramp creep into each calf moments before the final... Read more
The rickshaw I used to cycle 1000 miles from the Highlands back to London is being auctioned for charity this week. It may be pending Guinness World Record status but it is, in my books, already the stuff of legend having been pushed so hard, so... Read more
I ran an advert a couple of months ago looking for a British Olympian to join an expedition to the South Pole that I’m organising to coincide with the London 2012 Games. Well, I actually got quite a bit of interest from an exciting range o... Read more
These things happen like an avalanche. A sense of foreboding. The tiniest of movements. And before you know it, the world is in freefall. I set off this morning on a low. Emails were typed without feeling. Conversations were held without engagem... Read more
Having worked for a couple of years in the Royal Geographical Society, steeped as it is with the rich heritage of great British exploration and frequented still by the modern world’s most exciting expeditioners; and spending so much of tim... Read more
There is nothing I enjoy more than “ordinary people” do extraordinary things and thus you can imagine my joy when I came across She Who Dares. They’re a group of women of all ages and abilities who meet up midweek and do cool,... Read more
I have three rather exciting opportunities to share with you today. If I were able to go myself then you could bet your bottom dollar that these adverts would not have seen the light of day at The Next Challenge but, sadly, this time they are no... Read more
It has been too long since I last challenged you to an Everyday Adventure. I hope you have been squeezing the juice out of life these past months but I fear you may have let it slip you by. What have the last few weeks held for you? If the answe... Read more
Heaven opens the sluice gates and eight pairs of knuckles turn white as they cling to poles in an attempt to keep the tent earthbound. Someone breaches the silence with the words we had already heard all too loudly in our own heads: “Should we a... Read more
On the A3 near Kingston-upon-Thames, there is a pedestrian footbridge that crosses the road. When following the cycle lane down from Tibbet’s Corner, if I want to turn right up Kingston Hill I used to have two choices: charge across three... Read more
As you may know, myself and my friend Laura have been running the length of every Tube line in London over the course of the year. We’ve run 8 out of the 12 lines so far, covering 134 miles of track, 179 miles of actual running, passing 16... Read more
