Stories from winners of The Next Challenge Grant and my own adventures…
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Here are some blog entries from other peoples’ websites that I have enjoyed in the last month and think that you might too: How to camp anywhere and not get busted – Ride Earth Get rid of 10 things –…
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Consider this your excuse
It would be fair to say that I like doing things that other people often consider weird. Taking cold showers, swimming outdoors and dragging tyres spring to mind, as do most of the things on this page. I PULLED TYRES…
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Omelettes, the struggle and life – The Quarter Master, September 2009
At the end of each quarter, I will be listing some of the favourite articles as selected by the web master (that’s me). The astute reader will notice that the title says September despite the fact that we’re well into…
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Next Challenge News (October 2009)
Here’s October’s newsletter. A bit late? True. But you if you want to guarantee they arrive on time, just sign up! Can’t see the flashy reader above? Try here instead.
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Guest Blog: Expedition Clayoquot – Forest Free-Running
The Clayoquot team from UCL have recently returned from Vancouver Island and, by the sounds of things, a few close encounters with its flora and fauna. Here’s another entry they’ve kindly written for me: Since our first blog from the…
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My Subtle Epiphany
Eureka moments don’t happen. There’s no such thing as a split-second moment of inspiration or a lightning strike, flash bulb of an idea. At least, not for me. Instead, there’s a kind of slow creeping realisation. A subtle epiphany that…
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Jump in – GASP! – Jump out (Tweet of the Week, November 2009)
Here are some of my favourite Tweets from the last month (yeah, yeah – I know it says ‘Tweet of the Week‘ but it just sounds better)… – Testing Twitter from our satphone. Hello!? – @KCAE (Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition)…
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New Links, New Friends
The list of links at the bottom right of my website has been slowly growing over the past few months as I’ve met more interesting and like-minded people. I thought I’d take this opportunity to introduce some of them to…
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Memories of a season
The bright shades of Autumn awake me from the revelry of driving slumber. Take me out of the car, off the road and into a memory with the taste of sugar on baked grapefruit. It’s cold. Much colder than it…
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