Land’s End to Sennen Cove

The walk from Land’s End, the most south-westerly point in Britain, to Sennen Cove is one of my favourites. Land’s End, despite the ugly tourist attractions, is still a lovely place with some gorgeous views and the walk across the cliffs, just metres from huge drops at times, is stunning. This look out point is fantastic […]

The Minack Theatre

“That cliff over there, why don’t we dig a theatre out of the granite to sit 750 people and put on productions of Shakespeare?” “I’m not sure that’s entirely realistic Ms Cade.” “Just you wait.” Is how I imagine the conversation between Minack founder Rowena Cade and fellow workers went. And she was absolutely on the money. […]

Marching up St Michael’s Mount

St Michael’s Mount (or Karrek Loos yn Koos if you’re practicing your Cornish) sits protecting the bay of Marazion. Surrounded by calm, turquoise seas in the summer and angry, grey waters in the winter it harbours stories of myth and legend dating back centuries. The story goes that a mythical giant named Cormoran once lived on […]

Exploring Porthleven

The Cornish coast is dotted with idyllic fishing villages and Porthleven, the most southerly port on the island of Great Britain, is as charming as any. With golden sand beaches stretching off in to the distance, fishermen selling their catches in the harbour and some top eateries it’s a lovely place to while away an […]

Road trippin’ the Great Ocean Road – Six must see sights

There are few greater things than a good road trip and when my friend Sharon and I realised we would be in Oz at the same time we couldn’t think of anything better then taking ourselves off to The Great Ocean Road to have an explore. The road, which was built to commemorate the services […]

Charlie Elphicke, Oxfam, charities and politics

Today Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke is leading the debate, “The political independence of charities”, in Westminster Hall. Ahead of the debate he has told PoliticsHome why he thinks that political campaigning is ‘undermining’ the independence of charities. Rather than entirely regurgitate an article I recently wrote on Conor Burns and the same issue I thought […]

David Thorp waxes his legs for KickStart Ghana

This Friday, at the KickStart Ghana fundraiser with Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen, David Thorp will wax his rather hairy legs in the name of charity. “Whilst other members of the board have put their bodies on the line with tests of endurance and perseverance in the name of KickStart Ghana fundraising, I have decided to put […]

Conor Burns, Oxfam, charities and politics

The argument between Conor Burns MP and Oxfam has rumbled on over the past few weeks in relation to, what he calls Oxfam’s “highly political advertising”, relating to the tweet below. Lifting the lid on austerity Britain reveals a perfect storm – and it’s forcing more and more people into poverty. pic.twitter.com/2MzzyMXcsU — Oxfam (@oxfamgb) June […]

Trekking in the Blue Mountains

There are few things better than sightseeing in Sydney but after a couple of weeks enjoying city life I was really looking forward to escaping to the great outdoors of Australia and the Blue Mountains National Park. My new travel buddy, Har, and I headed to the town of Katoomba for a couple of nights. […]

The MoonWalk 2014

Last Saturday I was lucky enough to be invited by The Tootsie Rollers back stage for the brilliant concert held for all of the inspirational fundraisers completing The MoonWalk 2014. The 20,000 people packed in a tent waiting to complete a 26.2 mile walk were treated to brilliant music and inspirational speeches, just in case they needed […]

A birthday bridge climb

Being in Sydney for the big ‘three-oh’ was always going to be a lot more fun than the rainy UK, but little did I know that I would be spending it almost 500 feet above Sydney Harbour on one of the most iconic bridges in the world. I was under strict instructions that I wasn’t […]

Does football really care about stamping out racism?

This week saw the football world unite in condemning the actions of a Villarreal ‘fan’, who tossed a banana at Dani Alves, and throwing their support behind the Barcelona player who picked up the banana and proceeded to eat it. #SayNoToRacism was quickly seen trending on Twitter with many of the world’s most famous footballers […]