Category Archives: Guest Blog

21
Jan
2010

Making a living from travelling

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Posted in Cycling, Guest Blog, Travel
I asked Darren Alff if he would be so kind as to share some wisdom on how people can make a living from doing what they love. Here’s what he had to say. Travel costs money… and depending on where you plan to go in the world, it may cost a lot of money! But [...]

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04
Jan
2010

Guest Blog – Top Tips On Effective Exercise Nutrition

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Posted in Guest Blog, Marathons, Training
Luke is a teacher in Ross-on-Wye. I met him recently when he invited me to speak at his school. After my talk he took me on a stunning 10-mile run down the Wye Valley. I wish that happened regularly after my talks! As well as being a very busy teacher, Luke also combines a lot [...]

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07
Dec
2009

Guest Blog – Mark Kalch. “Going it alone?”

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Posted in Expeditions, Guest Blog
Mark Kalch is currently walking across Iran. He sent me this piece from Iran. But first, his answers to my stock questions: - What expedition or adventure has inspired you the most? In modern times I would say Mike Horn’s solo source to sea of the Amazon. Victorian era, Sir Richard Francis Burton’s journey to [...]

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07
Nov
2009

Earning the cheesecake

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Posted in Expeditions, Guest Blog, Motivation
I enjoy reading Dave Macleod’s climbing blog. I know nothing about climbing and have NO desire to do what he does. Way too scary! But I enjoy his attitude and his philosophy on life. Take this post for example, which Dave has kindly said I can quote from: For the past two and a half [...]

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01
Nov
2009

Guest Blog – Sarah Outen: “let’s raise a glass to not knowing which path to take, to exploring the options”

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Posted in Channel Rowing, Expeditions, Guest Blog, Motivation, Travel
‘To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom’ – Gide Sarah Outen is the youngest woman to row across any ocean. She is only the eighth woman to have rowed across an ocean solo. Of nine previous solo attempts to cross the Indian [...]

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05
Oct
2009

Guest Blog: Rosie Swale Pope

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Posted in Expeditions, Guest Blog, Motivation, Travel
Heartbroken when she lost her husband to cancer, Rosie Swale-Pope set off from Wales to run round the world. It was her 57th birthday. After 5 years, 3 packs of wolves and 53 pairs of shoes she arrived back home again. Wow! Rosie ticks all the boxes for me: a self-confessed “ordinary person” doing an [...]

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03
Oct
2009

Dreaming of Endless Travel

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Posted in Cycling, Guest Blog, RoundTheWorldByBike, Travel
Tim and Cindie Travis have made quite a name for themselves in America for managing to make money whilst cycling round the world. I met them, purely by chance, on a hot and dusty road in Peru. I was riding north, they had their noses pointed south. Tim and Cindie are still riding, and they [...]

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07
Sep
2009

Guest Blog: Steve Backshall. “Relieved that the evil nastiness was over and would never have to be repeated”

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Posted in Expeditions, Guest Blog, Marathons
Each month I ask my guest blogger who I should invite to write the next one. Ed Stafford suggested I ask Steve Backshall. Steve is is a naturalist, writer, adventurer and television presenter. He has kindly written this month’s guest blog post, an account of the miserable wonderfulness that is the 125-mile Devizes to Westminster [...]

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31
Jul
2009

Guest Blog: Revolution Cycle. “Keep it simple, sell your telly”

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Posted in Cycling, Expeditions, Guest Blog, Motivation, Travel
This month’s guest blog comes from Fearghal of the Revolution Cycle team, the first Irish circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle. His post provides an interesting juxtaposition to Ed’s post last month about the dark side of two-man expeditions. But first, I asked a few questions to get a quick insight into what makes Fearghal [...]

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06
Jul
2009

Guest Blog: Ed Stafford

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Posted in Expeditions, Guest Blog, Travel
This month’s guest blog post comes from Ed Stafford. Ed is currently away on a genuinely impressive, significant, hardcore expedition; walking the length of the Amazon from source to sea. He has kindly shared some thoughts on one of the toughest aspects of any expedition: getting along with your partner under duress. But first, here [...]

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03
Jun
2009

Guest blog from the Hungry Cyclist

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Posted in Cycling, Guest Blog, Travel
June’s guest blogger is Tom Kevill-Davies, aka the Hungry Cyclist. Tom blogs about cycling and food, a combination as satisfying as bangers and bash. Tom’s book about his two year ride through the Americas in search of the perfect meal is out now. Annoyingly, it’s really good. I always ask my guest bloggers the same [...]

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15
May
2009

Guest blog from Mark Beaumont

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Posted in Cycling, Expeditions, Guest Blog, Travel
These are busy times for Mark Beaumont, cycle touring’s superstar. He is planning a new adventure: his mum, who helps with the planning of Mark’s projects, phoned me to chat about the wisdom of Mark riding through Colombia. I asked Mark if he would be willing to write a guest blog, about whatever subject took [...]

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