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...
2024/2025 Adventure Queens Grant Winners
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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...
An Unlikely Journey: Lessons from Cycling Solo across a Continent
People like me – brown, single mothers in their mid-30s – don’t do this kind of thing. Neither did I: until I did. On a cold and wet morning this...
An unreasonable decision: cycling solo across a continent
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress...
Istanbul: An Unexpected Journey
Not all journeys are geographic I arrived in Istanbul on the 4th of June, exhausted and euphoric. For two months, my sole focus had been...
2023/24 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...
What’s so Fun about Failing? Lessons from a Bikepacking Adventure across the Arctic
I could think of 500 reasons not to go on this adventure. What if my chain breaks twenty miles from the nearest town? What if I meet a bear? What if...
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...