By Simon Reeve, HUMANS have been on the move for thousands of years, and they have always needed clothing and kit for adventures. In 1991 Otzi the iceman was found… Read More
Simon Reeve: How Clothing Has Changed
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The Travel Writer’s Field Guide: Structuring Stories
Words by Daniel Nielson ‘A basic error with travel writing is assuming everybody’s interested. You have to work from exactly the opposite assumption: nobody is interested. Even your wife is… Read More
Microadventures with Simon Reeve
By Simon Reeve THE greatest challenge with any adventure is actually getting started. Too often we can spend months planning and day-dreaming about going on an epic journey or climbing… Read More
Chaz Powell: Walking the length of the Gambia River
By Chaz Powell Photo Credits and team member: Tim Roberts The source of the Gambia river My next adventure was to be a world’s first source to sea trek along… Read More
Walking on the island of Tenerife
By Pauline Stirling I visited Tenerife in February. I had checked the average temperatures for February online and saw that January and February were supposed to be the coolest months… Read More
Exploring The Great Outdoors with Simon Reeve
The feral boy was in command. “Follow me, Dad,” he said, “we’re going to crawl through this bush and go down the side of a new waterfall I’ve found.” Then… Read More
Madagascar: Part Six: Life in Camp
By Jenny Carew To live in the middle of the Malagasy rainforest for 10 days will certainly come with it’s challenges. Home comforts are stripped bare, and everyday things we… Read More
Madagascar : Part Five: Protecting the Lemurs
By Jenny Carew We left camp at 6am to hike through thick rainforest before the heat of the day set in. Lemur walks was one of the hardest routes on… Read More
Madagascar: Part Four: Travelling to Camp [2/2]
By Jenny Carew The day we entered the rainforest had arrived and there was a sense of anticipation in the air. We planed to leave the hotel in the early… Read More
Madagascar: Part Four : Travelling to Camp [1/2]
By Jenny Carew It was the early hours in the morning, 3am to be precise; I arrived at Manchester Airport, ready to meet the Chester Zoo team. The airport was… Read More