by admin | Jun 9, 2016 | Mindset & Psychology, Resources and Links, Small Adventures
Here goes an experiment. Because it strikes me that all-too-often we only get to hear about adventure plans when they are unveiled / announced / launched / released, and above all… final. The reasons for that are valid – you don’t want to look like a prize...
by admin | May 19, 2016 | Cycling adventures, Microadventure, Mindset & Psychology, Resources and Links, Running Adventures, Small Adventures, Swimming adventures, Walking Adventures
I’m staring at a picture of a girl on her first bicycle tour. Her wayward hair is kept only slightly in check by a helmet perched awkwardly on her head. Her arms, now sun-kissed after a few months on the road lead down to legs muscles, now slightly tighter than they...
by admin | May 13, 2016 | Mindset & Psychology, Resources and Links, Running Adventures, Running NZ, Speaking
I emerged from the myriad of tunnels that form Old Street underground station and picked up a message from my good chum Laura K. She was in the coffee shop next door to the location for today’s shoot. I still had plenty of time to spare, so I tracked her down and we...
by admin | May 10, 2016 | Mindset & Psychology, Resources and Links, Speaking
It was the Autumn of 2015 and I was zooming down the side of St James’ park, on my usual commute-route home. All of a sudden there appeared a commotion up ahead. Cars stopped, guards materialised, and two young American girls began running along the pavement screaming...
by admin | Feb 28, 2016 | Cycling adventures, Mindset & Psychology, Walking Adventures
In the 14 days that have passed since clambering over my back fence-gate in Brixton, London I have learnt, loved and lost. Mostly I have lost a pair of gloves and the skin on the souls of my feet, but I have lost all the same. Sympathy please. WHAT ON EARTH AM I...
by admin | Jan 10, 2016 | Mindset & Psychology
In late December, tragedy struck my life. Whilst cycling back from a romantic break in Bourton-on-the-water (yes I said Bourton-on-the-water), Storm Frank got all up in my business. He wrapped his watery claws around my iPhone, thereby signing its death warrant. After...
