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Bessie Coleman: Black Female Explorers you Should Know About
"Black women ain't never goin' to fly..." “Black women ain’t never goin’ to fly”, Bessie Coleman’s brother told her in 1919, whilst...
Zora Neale Hurston: Black Women Explorers you Should Know About
"I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful...
Did Someone Say Tweed? My 1940s Scottish Attire
What do you wear if your heading back to 1940s rural Scotland? Well let me tell you. Compared to my last journey, following in the...
The Living Mountain
The Living Mountain is like no other book I've read before. It's a poetic homage to The Cairngorm mountain range in the eastern Highlands...
Guess Who's Back...Back Again...
Since returning from following in Alexandra David-Neels' footsteps, to be honest I've been a bit lost and confused. The expedition was a...
The Female Guide Who Didn't Exist
I was told I would never find a female trip leader in northern India. What I’ve learned during this whole process however, is never to...
Introducing Chairpack to My New Friends
It surprised me just how perfectly my homemade chairpack slotted into an Exodus Travels kit bag. With a few clothes and emergency...
4 DAY COUNTDOWN
There are only 4 days until we leave for India and there is still SO much to do! As my friends have probably noticed, I am extremely...
The Long Walk to Work
It's hard to train for walking in the Himalayas when you live in London. Once you've done the big hill in Richmond Park twice you're kind...
Might Go Tits Up
In My Journey to Lhasa, Alexandra David-Néel only mentions "cotton undergarments" as an indication of what she wore under her long cotton...
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