Last week I had the pleasure of going to the Royal Geographical Society in London for a days filming with ‘one of Britain’s leading alpine climbers with record hard first ascents and eleven successful Everest summits’ and ‘the world’s greatest living explorer’. Ranulph Fiennes and Kenton Cool. We are all ambassadors for Powertraveller who design, develop and manufacture portable […]
When I finished The Go Trek in July there were whisperings about me entering the first official European ElliptiGo race. Honestly, I was a little tired and thought ….no! Then after a good rest, a sign (!) and realising that I would be in the area (well nearby, I was climbing Monte Rosa in Aosta […]
It was a total pleasure riding the BMW F800GS over the Petit St Bernard Pass from France to Italy into the Aosta Valley. La Thuile, the first village you come to is particularly lovely in the summer. Arriving in Couymayeur soon after marked the end of my journey on the bike and the start of […]
As part of my latest adventure – to climb Monte Rosa in the Aosta Valley, raising awareness and supporting the charity Coppafeel – I’ve ridden over here on my BMW F800GS. I packed the bike so that I could sit neatly between my bags – it was in line with arm chair comfort! The journey […]
One of the things I absolutely love to do is combine my passions into one big adventure. So I’m about to do just that! Over the next few days I’ll be making my way to the Aosta Valley in Italy on my BMW F800GS, staying with friends on the way and then climbing Monte Rosa […]
It’s no secret that I love speed and I love motorbikes and although I ride an BMW F800GS I also have a bit of a thing for BMW’s S1000RR, so naturally, I jumped at the chance to do a track and training day with the BMW Bahnstormer group and Focused Events on BMW’s ultimate superbike at Silverstone. A track day […]
After almost 10 weeks away on The Go Trek I was excited to get back to my other favourite form of two wheel transport and this one has an engine, my motorbike! This year I’ve bee riding an F 800 GS. It’s BMW’s unstoppable Enduro bike, great on road and great off road. In 2009 […]
I began the final week after a two day break with my sister and friends, which was wonderful, physically and mentally. I refuelled, recharged and felt good and mostly I was thinking, “I can’t believe in just a few days I’ll be in Paris at the end of The Go Trek!”. Monday was an easy […]
I have been surprised by how many of the skills that I have learnt and called upon to climb big mountains – I’ve also been able to apply to The Go Trek. This trip will total almost 70days when I my journey ends on Friday and that’s the longest expedition that I have completed – even […]
Finishing last week after three 100mile days (an ElliptiGo hat trick!) meant that I welcomed a few days in Nice. Although I had miles to cover, the time there meant that I had a couple of days of almost complete rest. The cote d’azur is as glorious as it’s name suggests. Jean-louis, inventor of the […]