On August 7 around 1500 riders, including myself, set off on a 1550 km round trip by bike from London to Edinburgh and back to London again. — London Edinburgh London (LEL) is an audax. It’s one of the UK’s most prestigious audax events and attracts riders from all over the world. …

North & South Downs Escapade 2022 — I write this fresh from scratching out of the North & South Downs Escapade. In fact right now, at the time of writing, there are still riders out on the course battling everything that the Downs has to throw at them. I tip my hat to you all! But here’s…

Cold, beautiful and a few too many hike-a-bike sections. For me Trans England 2022 started at 22:00 from Morecombe on Friday evening. …

An ultra distance race covering 400 miles around East Anglia. — Further East can best be described as a grass roots cycle event. Everything is super chilled and low key, from the registration process to the start venue which involves camping in Camille’s garden the night before the start. …

Photo essay of five days hiking in the Artic Circle back in 2018. View full collection on Map My Tracks — The Fjällräven Classic in Sweden is an epic 110km hike in a vast, rugged wilderness way above the Arctic Circle from Nikkaluokta to Abisko, partly following Kungsleden (The King’s Trail). Day 1. Nikkaloukta to Kebnekaise — 14 miles

A bike ride across England from west to east Trans England — what a ride! Starting from the west coast of England in Morecambe the route takes riders all of the way across England’s most remote places to finish on the east coast in Scarborough. It covers around 180 miles…

Great British Escapade: The North Downs and South Downs Escapade For three days during September of 2020, my new normal was riding a bike, morning, noon and night—with nothing else to think about but where to get some food, water and sleep. Gone was the regular daily routine of work and home responsibilities and instead it was simple, all I…