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Traversing The Pan American Highway in a Yellow School Bus
As the only female co-founder of Global Convoy, an Adventure Media company, I wanted to share our current adventurous tale and shed light on the...
Not quite the World’s Toughest Race – Explorations through Adventure Racing
It was March 2020. On the radio Rishi Sunak was announcing the first closures before the full lockdown – clubs and bars - while I was in my car...
Adventure Tips
A sustainable outdoor gear buyer’s guide
Buying new outdoor gear can be a minefield. From price to sustainability and brand ethics - there can be a lot to consider. Throw in ‘greenwashing’...
Top tips on applying for adventure grants
Our annual Adventure Queen grant is closed for the year, and our fantastic winners have now been selected (read about them here), but that doesn’t...
How to deal with your period outdoors
It might be going walking, running, kayaking, being at a festival, doing your Duke of Edinburgh award, biking or on an expedition. It is probably...
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
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...
Mumventure by Charlotte Broster, founder of The Outdoor Studio
Kent-based AQ, Charlotte works as an outdoor portrait photographer. She’s also a wild swimmer, avid storyteller and mum-of-three. #mumventure is...
Solo Adventures
Planning my Finnish SUP Adventure
“Our first paddlesports winner, Natasha is planning a multi-day solo paddleboarding trip in Finland. Starting in Helsinki she will explore the...
A JOGLE gone wrong: bike packing New Zealand
My tale starts in 2019 as a fresh-faced Aussie backpacker on a working holiday visa in the UK. Trying my best to avoid “little Australia” in the...
The Polar Pedal: Crossing the Arctic with a Bike and a Sketchpad
This February I found out that one of my craziest dreams was about to become reality. I had been selected as one of three lucky winners of the...
Adventure Queen Grant
AQ Grant Winner Paddleboard Expedition to Finland
Well I did it! I can't quite believe it, after so long planning it. I can't comprehend that I have had my amazing adventure already. Day 1 On...
The Polar Pedal: Crossing the Arctic with a Bike and a Sketchpad
This February I found out that one of my craziest dreams was about to become reality. I had been selected as one of three lucky winners of the...
2022/23 Adventure Queen Grant Winners
In 2017, we were over the moon to be able to launch the Adventure Queen Grant – our little way of supporting members of our community to set out on...
Adventure Queens
Business Updates & Guest Posts from our Community!
Hills skills programme for refugee women a success!
Earlier this year we launched our first Hills Skills programme for women with refugee/asylum seeker status living in and around London. It...
Our first Getting into Hiking programme- a great success!
Earlier this year we launched our Getting into Hiking programme for 12 women new to/returning to hiking. The programme targeted women who felt...
Adventure Queens runs Hills Skills programme in conjunction with domestic abuse charity
I'm super proud to say that last month we ran a Hills Skills programme for seven tenacious women in conjunction with domestic abuse charity...
