Had a lie in this morning – didn’t need to be up until 07:00. I put on thin thermals as we had no clouds, no wind and some uphill sledding ahead of us. It was only just below freezing.  Markus prepared porridge on the gas stove while we got the fire lit.  It’s easy to Read more

-17°C and a 5:45am start led to frozen boogers from the outset.  A beautiful cloudless start though. My face was freezing while we rode back to the Husky Base across a big frozen lake, but the situation was amazing.  At base, we loaded up the gear and dogs and drove west on the same road Read more

Outside our little four bunk cabin, snow was gently falling. We woke to the sound of many many dogs barking. The noise was quite incredible.  After meeting our local guide at breakfast, a crash course in husky sled driving and dog handling began. Our guide gave instructions in short bursts with a deadpan delivery. He Read more

Having spent a good portion of last night packing various bags with various types of kit and equipment, I estimated that over the next 25 days, I’ll be sleeping in a different bed almost every single night and travelling through six different countries.  It was a big day of travel, that went as smoothly as Read more

Googles and facemasks would have been a useful addition to our kit today. Between the bright and sunny spells, there have been some fierce hail and snow storms passing through. To give ourselves a bit of shelter we walked into Cwm Eigiau today, which is not somewhere I often frequent. It had a really remote feel Read more

With only one day to go until my next expedition departure, there was a lot of team packing going on first thing! In the late afternoon and as the weather was threatening to change, we set out on our bikes along the north Anglesey coast, past Treaddur Bay. We got to the end of the road Read more