Training with my new trailer – very economic on fuel too! A transformation from the original prototype with the ultimate, hugely improved cart, designed by Ben White de Groote and metalworker Shane Powell. Built with specialist Wheeleez wheels, wide axel and my...
In August 2020, Pom and I walked the whole of the Monarchs Way from Worcester via Bristol, Yeovil and finishing in Shoreham, West Sussex. This 625-mile long-distance footpath follows the escape route taken by King Charles II in 1651 after being defeated in the...
Zoom O’Clock I was absolutely delighted to take part in my friend, Tessy Antony de Nassau’s recent Zoom O’Clock Call where we talked about adventures, expeditions, passions, experiences and isolation as well as discussing our forthcoming expedition...
Expeditions invariably test you with challenges but it always seems to be the toughest one that is the least expected. This time the Aral Crossing team face the same unanticipated challenge as the rest of the world. We are all on a voyage into the unknown. The global...
A route briefing with Arabella, map spread out on her studio floor, offered some hairy moments with a determined bid from her two darling Irish terriers to be a presence if not at certainly on and all over the Aral Kum. As an ex Irish terrier owner, not only is all...
A crisp, cold morning with a zingy wind and blue skies. What a tease … Set off optimistically on a 2-hour x-country yomp only to get a thorough rinsing in monsoon-like rain, then pebble-dashed by hail pellets, rounded off by blustery blow-dry in a gale, before...
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