If you've seen my blog - how much do my expeditions cost - you will know that Kicking the States is the most expensive expedition I have done. I always knew it would be. Travelling in the US and in an urban (rather than in a remote) environment was always going to...
Hopefully, following on from my last blog how to find inspiration for your next adventure, you have in front of you a list of different adventure ideas. Most likely, some of them will appeal to you more than others. So take those and run through the next questions to...
You know what adventure you want to do next. Assuming you have thought through your options (check this guide out if you need some adventure inspiration) and have asked these 7 questions then you know that your adventure is both right and realistic. But now you are...
I strongly believe that adventurers have a duty to help others. Firstly because we are in a privileged position to be adventuring in the first place. We also often use developing countries and natural spaces as our setting for adventures, so it seems only fair that we...
Arguably, sponsorship collections are one of the easiest (and also risk-free) ways to raise money for charity. In most cases, this involves someone taking on a challenge - such as a sky dive or run - and in return asking their friends and family to donate money for a...
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On the hunt for good raffle prizes? This is a comprehensive guide that will take out all the hard work so you can focus on raising more money for your cause! I'll take you through everything you need to know. It includes a list of nearly 100 raffle prize ideas and a...
In this blog I share my top tips for organising a charity event! Be it a film nights launch events, quiz nights to an evening of talks. I've raised thousands of £ for charity over the years through my various adventures. While I often ask for sponsorship, I've found...
There is no one way that I pay for my adventures. And my source of funding depends on a lot of things. Including..... how much the adventure costs, my opportunities at the time (in the early days before I had an established blog, financial sponsorship wasn’t really an...
The Pacific Coast Bicycle route spans from Vancouver in Canada to the Mexican Border, covering a total of 1,848 miles. If you are thinking of cycling the Pacific Coast bicycle route, you can expect endless coastline - from rugged rocky Oregon to clear blue LA beaches...
I was so excited to reach Portland that I could’ve cried. Rest days are such an amazing luxurious thing on an adventure, especially after a tough stretch. A day off to sleep, sit, eat, drink and do anything except scoot...so happy! We were staying with an Israeli...
Kicking the States has become a huge project. My initial hope was that we might be able to work out a lot as we went - how much to scoot each section and when to arrive in places - but it just hasn't worked out that way. A big part of our expedition is raising money...
This is going to be my biggest adventure yet! It's never been done before, we have no idea the daily distances we can cover, where we will sleep each night or what to expect along the way....but what I do know is I am really, really excited!! Kicking the States So...
