Full disclosure: Last year I was sent one of Cascade Designs’ new ultralight camping mattresses for long-term testing and review. As with all such arrangements, I’m not obliged to write favourably; just honestly. I’ll never endorse a product that hasn’t proven itself in the field. When packed, the NeoAir XLite can…
So I recently expended my entire life savings on writing a book and making a film, which was exactly what I wanted to do and why my life savings existed. As a result, however, I find myself in the not unfamiliar situation of needing to stop arsing around and make…
Full disclosure: I visited Tern, the folding bike manufacturer, in Taiwan last year as part of a tour of the nation’s bike industry. I got in touch later to see if I could test their touring model for its obvious relevance here. Tern loaned me the bike described here for…
Tales of adventure tend to fall into one of two camps. The first is about the adventurer who sets out to overcome an impossible challenge. Setting forth from familiar surrounds, he (it’s almost always ‘he’) regales us with impressive-sounding escapades that take place in worlds of decreasing familiarity, undergoing transformation after transformation —…
I don’t normally dedicate entire blog posts to a single event, but this is one that deserves special attention. Because there aren’t many events in the UK calendar that deal specifically with the planning of long overland adventures. HUBB UK, however, is one of them. Spawned from the hugely popular…
