It is said that in the UK you are never more than 70 miles from the sea. Consider that for a moment. That means that wherever you are reading this now*, you are at most perhaps two hours... Read more
Last year, Laura and I ran the length of every Tube line in London from start to finish. However, many lines on the London Underground have more than one branch which means that there are se... Read more
Lying beneath the stars in the Inylchek Valley, my first night out on my first big expedition Cresting the final hill after 18 months’ preparation and 14 hours of cycling, swimming and... Read more
Swimming downstream with the flow of a river is about as close as I’ve ever felt to flying. When your arms glide effortlessly through the cold, clear water, and each time you glance to... Read more
I feel a little bad writing this. No matter how amazing an expedition, a daily account is rarely the most riveting way for it to be documented. And with a project like swimming the Thames, y... Read more
Some of my favourite expedition memories are from the lowest points. Here is a list written with the rosy glow of hindsight: Sleeping bolt upright on a 9-inch platform cut into a 45-degree s... Read more
In November 2010, I spent a week exploring the Dhofar Mountains of Oman with my girlfriend Laura. We were primarily based in the al Qamar region, close to the Yemen border. We travelled by t... Read more
A masked man appears in my rear mirror. He’s at the wheel of jeep with a large machine gun pointed in my general direction. The plume of dust in his wake comes directly from the Yemen bord... Read more
Abstract A team of three travelled to the Tien-Shan (Tian-Shan) mountains of Kyrgyzstan, hiking up the Inylchek Valley to establish a base camp on the northern side of the Inylchek Glacier c... Read more
I was interviewed for a Offbeat London a few months ago about my Around the World in 80 Ways trip and they put together this wonderful slideshow. Some of the facts are a little fuzzy but tha... Read more
This morning I land in the UK. I’ve had a great time in Oman these last few months and there’s a lot about the country that I will miss but I am also excited about moving back to... Read more
Tonight I fly back to the UK after five wonderful months in Oman. It makes me sad to think of all the things that I will miss about this country. Here are ten of them: Dishdashas – Wor... Read more
