What do you call the area outside of the comfort zone? According to Paul Schmid – and I have to agree – it’s called the pursuit zone. And so the pursuit zone was born, a website dedicated to ambitious pursuits and dreaming big. Hearing of my own attempts to escape… Continue reading
One result of my Encircle Africa expedition was a collection of nine spiral-bound reporters notebooks purchased across the continent, containing approximately 120,000 words that formed my thoughts and everyday experiences. It has taken me the last 13 months – the same amount of time it took me to actually circumnavigate… Continue reading
Who wouldn’t want to be an adventurer, constantly scouring the earth for lost tribes, intriguing paths, and new species (or even sitting in a small flat desperately searching for additional sources of funding)? Most people with a mortgage to pay, some might respond. John Lennon one said something along the… Continue reading
I certainly wouldn’t have started recreational running (I say ‘recreational’ since I’m neither quick nor elegant) if I made any money from foot modelling. What made me start was a need to get out the house, improve my fitness, and counter my consumption of cake, biscuits, and any other foodstuff… Continue reading
Britain’s hardest working industrial river was never the Thames, Humber or Severn, but the little-known Wandle. It is by no means the longest or most difficult river to follow, with its short 14 mile course between south London and Wandsworth making an excellent day’s walk. It is by no means… Continue reading
Earlier in the week I was very pleased to participate in the latest Night of Adventure, an evening of adventure talks raising funds for the charity Hope and Homes for Children. Pointing towards the Indian Ocean at the Night of Adventure See the other photos on the Night of… Continue reading
You can read about my 10 must have items for travel in my article for the website travelwithamate.com. Travelling with the smallest bag I can get away with, space is always at a premium. During Encircle Africa I used a 75 litre bag, but I usually get away with one… Continue reading
Encircle Africa was the first solo and unsupported overland circumnavigation of continental Africa by public transport. It came as somewhat of a surprise to me that I would be attempting to achieve something never completed before in such as manner. Africa’s a big place; the second largest continent. So I… Continue reading
British reserve and the sense of being completed overwhelmed by what lay ahead soon broke down into an excited buzz as delegates made new friends and probed speakers like myself for information. I was at the Royal Geographical Society’s annual Explore expedition and fieldwork planning weekend at their London headquarters… Continue reading
Perhaps the most important thing I can say about Buea is that its pronounced “Boy-a”. I get a shared taxi from the ferry drop-off point of Limbe to Buea. Within an hour a trip up Mount Cameroon is organised and I’m on my way. The startpoint is 1000m above sea… Continue reading
