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A Winter Alpine Bivvy

“Is this really where we live?” I ask Flynn. Half a question and half a pinch-me-because-this-doesn’t-feel-real statement. Settling into our deck chairs on the edge of our camp overlooking the Chamonix...

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Climb Up, Fly Down

Last night I was having dinner with my friend Andy and we started talking about how the vertical kilometre trail is really bare due to the early onset of spring in Chamonix. I looked at him and said...

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Go Outdoors

Absolutely thrilled to share that I have been invited to open a new Go Outdoors shop in Peterborough tomorrow. Go Outdoors have been around since 1998 and the Peterborough store is their 50th. I feel...

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A night in the trees

Not long ago I discovered Tentsile and thought it was one of the coolest things I’d ever seen. It’s basically a tree house tent, a portable tree house you can string up between trees or attach to rocks...

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Chamonix to Courmayeur – Tour Du Mont Blanc

“It’s raining, what shall we do?” I messaged Heather on whatsapp. It was 6am on Tuesday 23rd June and I’d woken up to pouring rain in Chamonix. We had made a very loose plan the day before to go on an...

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Learning to Surf

“You can pee in the wetsuit if you like” we’re the first words of instruction Lucie gave me in my surf lesson.  We had just arrived at a very blustery Fistral beach in Newquay and already had our plans...

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Sunrise in Scotland

It’s 8pm and we’re in the pub in Glen Coe, Scotland. James and Jon have just walked in having flown from London and sit down to steak pie. Sean and I took the scenic route and drove up in his...

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Race The World. California – Arizona

It’s Day 3 of the first edition of Race The World,  we woke up in the Arizona desert, ate breakfast in the dark, watched the sunrise and jumped in the minibus. Yesterday was the same routine, different...

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Next Stop Latin America

Four days ago I left my home in London and flew to South America for the first time in my life. 24 hours later, I arrived in Lima for a one night stop over before heading to my first destination; La...

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Ride and River Adventure in Bolivia

Upon arriving in Bolivia, I embarked on an incredible adventure through the Bolivian jungle with Gravity Assisted Mountain Bike Tours and Andean Epics. They promised to deliver an off the beaten track...

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