by Bex Band | Jan 26, 2019 | First published in 2019 | Adventure, Israel, Mini Adventures
Israel has some fantastic pockets of nature which make it the perfect playground for any adventurer. If you are looking for something a bit more exciting from your next visit then check out these 7 outdoor activities in Israel. #1 Hiking in the desert The Negev desert...
by Bex Band | May 7, 2019 | First published in 2018 | Adventure, Mini Adventures
London is my favourite place and some of my most loved views come from the bridges that cross the Thames. So I decided to set myself the London Bridge Challenge – to try and hike across all of the bridges in the capital in one day? I didn’t even know if it...
by Bex Band | Feb 25, 2019 | First published in 2018 | Adventure, Mini Adventures, Norway Expedition
“You don’t sleep in a snow hole. You just wait for morning.” An experienced guide told me this once. I thought about these reassuring words as I dug away at my snow hole wondering if I could actually be bothered to spend a night in the thing. Get...
by Bex Band | May 7, 2019 | First published in 2017 | Conservation, Mini Adventures
This is my review learning to freedive in Eilat, Israel on a Level 1 begginers freediving course. My duck dive wasn’t good but there was nothing I could do about it now. I kept my sight on the rope, avoiding the instinct to lift my head up and look at the just...
by Bex Band | First published in 2017 | Adventure, Mini Adventures, Personal journal
After following Anna McNuff as she ran the length of New Zealand, Elise Downing as she ran around Great Britain and Laura Maisey as she ran Home from Rome….it’s not surprising I have an urge to try a running adventure! When this idea came to mind, I couldn’t run more...
by Bex Band | Oct 26, 2018 | First published in 2017 | Guatemala, Mini Adventures
It was 2am. I lay half in, half out of my tent, freezing cold and wrapped up in as many layers I had been able to borrow from my hostels ‘lost property’ box. Despite being tired from the gruelling hike to camp, I hadn’t slept for more than a handful of 10-minute cap...