I watched someone steal a bike last month. Right in front of me they cut the cable lock with a pair of pliers and pushed off with it into traffic on Notting Hill High Street. I was gutted. S... Read more
Tomorrow our country goes to the polls to decide who will lead the country and I’m taking a moment out of my day’s cycling and my website’s expedition updates to write abou... Read more
What is the toughest expedition in the world? And, more to the point, who cares? Most dangerous this, hardest that, most daring ever such and such. There are times when a bit of hyperbolic s... Read more
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This is a version two of a double issue. Rob sent me two variants of a piece on holism and, given the subject, it seemed like the only option was to publish both! I read an article about ham... Read more
![Look at everything [Version 1] - Guest Blog: Rob Cousins](https://thenextchallenge.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Img_0467b.jpg)
This is a version one of a double issue. Rob sent me two variants of a piece on holism and, given the subject, it seemed like the only option was to publish both! I read an article about h... Read more
Come spring time I’ll be saddling up in one of those three-wheeled pedal-powered vehicles they call a rickshaw. I’ll be raising money for Special Olympics Great Britain by trying... Read more
This is a message for those that know meAnd it is a signal to those that don’tIt goes out to those that are reading thisAnd it’s written for those that won’t Your words are... Read more
The perfect excuse to bring my favourite TV show onto the pages of this blog. Don’t be a grumpy old man. Don’t fight it. Whistle yourself happy. Read more
I like surprises. I like not knowing what’s going to happen next, when the film’s going to end or how someone’s going to react. There are times when you need to know these... Read more
My friend mentioned recently that her colleagues were “nauseated” by the fact that she came into work in a good mood, raving about the joys of life. Now, as amusing as that may b... Read more
Priory Lane is a perfectly straight stretch of concrete connecting Upper Richmond Road with Richmond Park. To one side of the road, mounted on the pavement, runs a two-way bicycle lane. Turn... Read more
I spent last weekend at my favourite event of the year – the RGS Explore Conference – at which I was very lucky to be a speaker and a panellist. I was also privileged to both ask... Read more
