Stories from winners of The Next Challenge Grant and my own adventures…
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You’ll see on the right hand sidebar of my website, there are two lists of Popular Posts. They’re calculated based on a couple of measures such as the amount of people that read them and the number of comments that…
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How Eddie Izzard changed the nation
Eddie Izzard did a run for Sport Relief last year. If you’ve not heard of Eddie, he is probably best known as a stand-up comedian and not at all for his sporting prowess. If you didn’t hear about his run,…
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A Day on the Jubilee Line – Part II
“I think we should do it”, Laura said, determined. And everything changed. With the acceptance that it was happening, my body put itself into the appropriate gear and set about moving its way north west to Stanmore. Through the crowds…
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Step by Step, Tweet by Tweet
I walked to work with my friend Ewan Laurie back in March. 20 miles overnight in support of Money for Magadascar. I documented our little adventure by Tweeting through the night. Here’s the story… Time for a tactical power nap…
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Have you got some photos for my blog?
At the top of each and every post on this website is a photograph. The vast majority of them come from my back catalogue of holiday snaps (for most of the remainder, I’ll thank Dave Tett). I enjoy taking pictures…
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Rats and Ants – The Quarter Master, Jan-Mar 2010
At the end of each quarter, I list some favourite articles as selected by the web master (that’s me). They may not be “the best” or the most popular but they’re ones that I particularly like for one reason or…
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A Day on the Jubilee Line – Part I
Ever since running 29 miles along the Northern Line, going out for a run has felt a bit different. Discovering that I could run that distance without any real training or preparation has left me feeling entirely calm about the…
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Tubes in Tweets – Part I
One of the best thing’s about mine and Laura’s challenge to run the length of every Tube Line in London is that people “get it”. Sure, most people don’t spend their Sundays running 20, 30, 40 miles through Central London…
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Memory, Mind Games and Machinery – Six of the best April/May 2010
Here are some blog entries from other people’s websites that I have enjoyed or got something from over the last two months and think that you might too. Have a look and cast your votes. Last month’s winner was Seth…
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No time to turn at Beauty’s glance
What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughsAnd stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass,Where squirrels hide their…
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Commonwealth Cycling Project
Sean Newall is preparing for his first of four grand expeditions which will take him through all 72 Commonwealth countries. Expedition number one will see him cycling 20,000 miles around the world from Glasgow. And what makes this different from…
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Swimming: The Next Step in Adventure – Guest Blog: Dan Martin
I met Dan Martin in the Lake District last month where I commandeered a motorboat and shipped kit to an island that he swam to and where we cooked up a feast on an open fire and camped out like…
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