When I first stumbled upon the idea of setting a Guinness World Record for kayaking the Thames, I thought it...
Breaking Records and Barriers: My Journey to Kayaking the Thames
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An all-women expedition follow trailblazing mountaineer Nan Shepherd’s footsteps into the tumultuous Cairngorms
“I am emptied of preoccupation, there is nothing between me and the earth and sky” Introducing the Following Nan Project In September 2023, 9...
Igniting Adult Adventure: Introducing the Elemental Challenge Award
So how did I end up setting up my own company that runs award challenges, a bit like Duke of Edinburgh but tailored for grown-ups seeking a taste of...
Adventure Tips
What’s Hot In Adventure in 2025
I loved writing this list - it’s a powerful reminder of just how much adventure surrounds us. My adventure radar has been on alert and buzzing over...
Why I Hate Outdoor Kit
I’ve got a bit of a confession to make: I kind of hate outdoor kit. Not the kind of hate reserved for genuinely terrible things, but a low-level...
Adventure planning and the art of balancing comfort zones
Adventuring outdoors gives us learning, personal growth and a satisfied sense of ‘I am absolutely flipping amazing’. Key to this is knowing what our...
Wild Camping
Top tips for camping food (part 2/2)
In my last post I covered some top considerations in food preparation i.e. weight & volume, calories & nutritional value, storage, and the...
Top tips for camping food (part 1/2)
Food is really important and it can be hard to know what to bring and use on multi-day camping trips. Plus we all need to adapt our usual food...
A 7-step plan to find time and space for adventure, by Annie Ross
How to find time and space for adventure Do you wish you could spend more time outdoors? Why is it that other commitments seem to take priority,...
Hiking & Walking
Walking is the best medicine
It is 6 a.m. on a random April morning. The sky is terracotta orange, the sun getting ready to make an appearance over the silhouetted hilltop to...
The Hard Way – or fear of walking
the first journey It’s early on a May morning and I am sitting on a National Express coach staring out the window as the blue dawn fades into...
Adventure Queens launches programme for women new to/returning to hiking
Adventure Queens is all about getting more women outdoors and we really believe our community and events help do that. But we’ve been thinking a...
Solo Adventures
Adventures in runstreaking
I’m not a natural runner. At school I dreaded PE as I was not gifted with athletic ability or hand-eye coordination. Yet somehow, I have become a...
Pathfinding: Walking and Motherhood
Going out for a walk after becoming a mother is complicated. If you are, as so many women have been over the centuries, trying to walk and mother at...
Farming Future Cycle Tour
Hello! I’m Veronica, a second-year Human Geography PhD student at the University of Exeter. Last year, I had a wild idea for my PhD research – to...
Adventure Queen Grant
2024/2025 Adventure Queens Grant Winners
In 2017, we were over the moon to be able to launch the Adventure Queens Grant – our little way of supporting members of our community to...
Kat’s Anglesey Coastal Path adventure
New Year, New adventure – new Me! When I heard in January that my Adventure Queen grant application had been successful, I felt shocked, excited –...
Exploring the Outer Hebrides: Embracing the Unexpected on a Solo Adventure
I take the philosophy that “You only live once” to heart – if I’m not working or studying, I like to be doing something that brings me joy. I have...
Adventure Queens
Business Updates & Guest Posts from our Community!
AQ’s 2025 Campout – a resounding success
It’s not often that we toot our own horn at AQ HQ, however we thought we’d make an exception just this once! In mid-May, a group of Adventure...
How easyfundraising can be used to support Adventure Queens
Adventure Queens is now registered with easyfundraising, which means you can raise FREE donations for us every time you shop online. Did you know...
AQ’s 2025 Big Campout – sponsored by Alpkit
Things are hotting up at AQ HQ as we look ahead to the Big Campout on 16 to 18 May 2025, sponsored by Alpkit. We will be pitching at the picturesque...