This video makes me green with envy every time I watch it. It just looks stunning. In 2015, Sebastian Schweizer applied to The Next Challenge Grant for his planned expedition to swim part of... Read more
This time last year, a 19-year-old Abbie Barnes wrote an article for this blog declaring her ambition to walk the length of every National Trail in England and Wales. Now, a year later, she... Read more
At the start of 2013, Elise Downing was not a runner. But a little over two years later, she was setting off to run 5,000 miles. Her remarkable run around the coast of Great Britain kept me... Read more
Everest is a mountain. ‘Everesting‘ is the act of climbing 8,848-metres. I once ran up 2,500 flights of stairs thus Everesting the Royal Geographical Society. Somewhat more impre... Read more
Last week I announced the winners of the 2016 Next Challenge Grant with a wonderful mix of ideas. But whilst I’ve been reading through this year’s applications, some of last year... Read more
Last week I announced the shortlist for this year’s Next Challenge Grant. But before any of the applicants even knew whether or not they’d made that shortlist, dozens of them had... Read more
Mikey Bartley was one of the winners of The 2015 Next Challenge Grant. He is planning to cycle up a classic Tour de France mountain in the Alps, eight times in a row, on a bicycle with no ge... Read more
2015 Next Challenge Grant Winners Ben Smith and Judith Pope recently completed their paddle the length of the Caledonian Canal in Scotland. Here’s Jude’s account… You can a... Read more
2015 grant winners Jude and Ben are about to tackle the Caledonian Canal in an inflatable boat. Here, Jude shares her dislike of water and the cold but why life would be dull if we always li... Read more
We recently wished good luck to Richard Fairbrother, winner of a 2015 Next Challenge Grant, who set off to hike a remote stretch of the Great Wall of China in winter. He had some difficultie... Read more
Some of my earliest adventures were on the UK’s long distance trails: the Ridgeway, the South West Coastal Path, the West Highland Way. They’re such a great way to have a real ad... Read more
I’m delighted to have the first report from a winner of our expedition grant who has completed their expedition. Teenagers George Kefford and Jaxson Samuels successfully walked the len... Read more
