Tag: Motivation
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I Think, Therefore I Can
A couple of weeks ago, I (Laura) gave a talk in Leeds as part of the Pedalling Ideas festival, an event which celebrated bike-based ideas. I was there to represent The Adventure Syndicate, an organisation which aims to encourage people, particularly women and girls, to achieve more. Our mission is to inspire, enable and encourage,…
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The Secret To Making Sure Your Adventure Definitely Happens
Over recent weeks and months I have listed all my favourite places for getting adventure ideas, described how to raise funds for an expedition or do one on the cheap, detailed how you plan the logistics of an expedition and explained why it might all be easier than you think. But none of that matters…
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‘I’ve never won anything this exciting in my life!’ – Meet the 2015 Grant Winners
I recently announced the winners of The Next Challenge Expedition Grant. Below are some introductions to them all. I love the broad spectrum of people we have: They range from 14 to 48 They hail from England to Australia, China to Scotland They are students and teachers, marine conservationists and forest engineers Their trips will…
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Why Having An Adventure Might Be Easier Than You Think
If you are reading this then you have probably seen Bear Grylls on TV, read a book about climbing Everest, been to a talk on rowing the Atlantic ocean, signed up for a blog about cycling around the world… or something like that. Something, somewhere, somehow has made you want to have an adventure and…
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Could You?
When I was at school, the “800 metres” was a long distance race. I coudn’t believe it when my friend told me he’d gone to the county games and witnessed “the fifteen hundred”. Could you really run that far? At university seven years later, I ran my first proper race. 16 miles. It was the…
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“Normal life” is Full of Routines But So is Cycling Around the World (and that’s no bad thing)
This time last year I was having the time of my life, pedalling across South Korea. Now, I am back in the UK and back in a normal job. Every morning, I get up at the same time, put the kettle on, eat my breakfast, make a packed lunch and cycle to work. Every afternoon,…
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8 Interviews I’ve Given Recently
I often get asked to give “interviews” by email and, on the off chance they might be of interest to anyone reading this blog, I thought I’d share the links to some recent ones. Here goes… Mint – Mostly about budget travel but I enjoyed the opportunity to give my definition of adventure. Escapism –…
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Hands up if you’re running a mile a day
At the beginning of this year, Tim and I agreed to run the equivalent of a mile for every day of 2015. We invited people to join us and we were really pleased that several people did. So how’s it going? We started off on 1 January with heavy legs and unwilling minds. Our bodies…
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Extreme Couples: Interview with The Telegraph
We were interviewed by a journalist from The Telegraph recently for a piece about couples who go on ‘extreme adventures’. The article (which you can read here) was very short but we actually wrote a lot more in response to the original questions so I thought I’d share the rest of the interview here. [divide]…