Blog Archive - 2015
3rd Nov 2015 Sheffield - The Outdoor City - A Plan Of Action
For what feels like about 18 months now Sheffield City Council have been working towards re-branding Sheffield as The Outdoor City. It's been a really exciting time, and I've been very pleased to...
22nd Sep 2015 A Very Sheffield #Microadventure
Alastair Humphreys coined the term Microadventures and has written a great book about them. Essentially a microadventure is something that you can do in a short amount of time, close to where you...
6th Aug 2015 Amazing Kids?
I've just completed one of the best journeys of my life to date. 4 days of incredibly varied biking from Wales to the Peak District. The weather was kind, the scenery stunning, the roads and...
6th Jul 2015 Life Of A Tent Night #22
Spent our 22nd night in our tent wild camping last weekend. Check out the Blog
7th Jul 2015 Camaro Uto Pulsor Swim Run Wetsuit
It's an interesting moment when a development of equipment opens up an entire new sport. Of course there's nothing new about combining running and swimming - in fact on a trip to Denmark last...
20th Apr 2015 Alpkit Factory Visit & Head Torch Product Testing
A month or so back I popped into the Alpkit offices and warehouse which is based just outside of Nottingham. Despite having a good working relationship with the guys who run Alpkit - they started...
15th Apr 2015 Life Of A Tent
Not exactly a Blog post in its own right, but a pointer to an entirely new Blog called Life Of A Tent that I created yesterday to follow the life of one of our tents, reviewed here last year.
19th Mar 2015 New Vot.io App Launch
This year at ShAFF we’ve teamed up with Sheffield based, new business start-up, Beautiful Everything. Beautiful Everything are a digital innovation company. They’ve been looking at the...
23rd Jan 2015 ShAFF Quality Control
This is ShAFF's 10th year. Every year we publically announce that this year's line up is bigger and better than ever before. It's one of those statements that I feel a little uncomfortable stating...
15th Jan 2015 Please Stop Sneering - A Plea From An Accidental Adventure Sports PR
They are incredulous because it is incredible. They are staggered because it is a staggering achievement. I’ve just woken up to an interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme about the...