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A 6 month journey to 'the end of the world'
Greetings from Ushuaia: ‘fin del mundo’ – the end of the world! The next land mass from here is Antarctica, and we don’t fancy going there (not yet at least). After 9,000 kilometres travelled, three...
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KAYAKING THE WAIMAKARIRI
“Paddle, paddle, paddle!!!” comes the cry from Hollie in front of me as our yellow tandem kayak enters into what looks like the inside of a washing machine. Moments later, we’re engulfed by swirling...
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A Marathon At Midnight
“You know what J, I might have a glass of wine with dinner tonight.” “You go for it my dear.” He replied “I certainly wi… oh no, wait.” “What?” “We’ve got to run a marathon after dinner.” “Oh Yes, we...
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So Long, Canada
As the sun sets on a 3 month journey across Canada, I’m just a little bit gutted to be going home. Usually I come to the end of an adventure and am clinging on for dear life – the longing for home...
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A Day Out At Cheltenham Literature Festival
“Say Anna, what are you like at chairing events?” A message popped through on my phone from a rather lovely lady who I knew was helping to organise the Cheltenham Literature Festival. As it turns out,...
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10 Tips to Help You Feel Safe and at Ease When Wild Camping
Greetings Adventure Fans, here’s the third in a series of ‘how to’ blog posts, designed to equip you with all the knowledge you need to get out wild camping. You can catch up on the other posts in the...
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What happens when 50 women go on a Wild Night Out?
Last Saturday we celebrated Britain’s first National day of adventure ‘Wild Night Out‘, and I do hereby declare that it was a rip-roaring success! This post is a round up of what went down that very...
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5 STEPS TO FINDING A WILD CAMP SPOT
Sometimes the hardest thing in getting out there adventurin’ is not knowing quite where to begin. In a recent Adventure Queens survey we found that the second biggest thing from stopping people going...
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The 5 Things You Need To Go Wild Camping
This is the first in a series of ‘how to’ posts on wild camping. This summer, I’m ramping up the vibe with the Adventure Queens – encouraging as many women in the UK and abroad to get out wild camping....
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Riding The Rollercoaster: 10 Tips To Cope With The Post-Adventure Blues
Hello darkness my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again. Simon and Garfunkel’s lyrics could not be more appropriate as I stare down the barrel at a period of confusion, frustration, sadness and...
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Book suggestions: A reading list to keep you sane for 6 months
Books, glorious books! One of the best things about adventure is the gift of time. Hours spent turning pedals on deserted trails means hours dedicated to listening to audiobooks, and long evenings in...
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A 6 month journey to ‘the end of the world’
Greetings from Ushuaia: ‘fin del mundo’ – the end of the world! The next land mass from here is Antarctica, and we don’t fancy going there (not yet at least). After 9,000 kilometres travelled, three...
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Playing Frozen Footsie With Mount Fitz Roy
‘Ummm, Faye. I’m worried I might have gone mental.’ ‘Huh? Why?’ Says Faye absently mindedly from the bed adjacent to mine. ‘Well, my toes are itchy. They were itchy last night, and they’re itching...
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The real secret to lighting a fire (it’s not what Ray Mears would say)
‘It’s going to go out, it’s going to go out, it’s going to… Oh bugger It’s gone out.’ I slouch backwards and sigh. Faye and I are sat outside our tents around our MSR Whisperlite stove willing it not...
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Me, Robinson Crusoe and the O’Higgins Glacier
Today we went glacier hunting. I am slumped over the railings on the top floor of the ‘Robinson Crusoe’. The boat is rolling from side to side, causing me to brace my legs against the slippery white...
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How to make a 30th birthday ‘special’ on the road?
It’s 8am on a Friday in northern Patagonia and I am deeply engrossed in this morning’s top secret mission: operation birthday surprise. I am doing my best to keep any noise to a minimum. Faye is still...
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Chile’s legendary Careterra Austral: When hype doesn’t equal reality.
Ah the Careterra Austral. These are two words both Faye and I had never heard until we began cycling in South America. But everywhere we went, and from every cycle tourist we met who learned of our...
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With Love, From Germany
We begin to chatting to German couple Anja and Radko on the roadside just outside the Chilean village of Chaitén. I’d first seen them an hour earlier, as we zoomed past a duo taking shelter and eating...
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A Dog Bite And A Rabies Scare
We’ve been in Puerto Montt now for 3 days and are packing up our things to leave. We’d stopped a little longer than usual in town to wait for some packages to arrive from the UK (one of which contains...
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Down But Not Out
Today we had our first crash. We are heading for the Chilean town of Puerto Montt on our fifth day since leaving San Martin de los Andes, and it is wet, wet, wet. As Marti Pellow so beautifully put it:...
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