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May 9, 20191 min read
Lisbon - Malaga (the film)
Finally have finished the film! Enjoy.....
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Steve
May 6, 20191 min read
Slack Life lessons.
I've been doing a fair amount of Slack Lining lately. I've needed time away from riding my bike to get a fresh prospective on what I'm...
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Steve
Mar 6, 20193 min read
Humans of Climbing - 'The Fear'
Here is a piece I wrote for UKClimbing, for a feature they are doing called - Humans of Climbing. It made me reflect on what climbing...
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Steve
Oct 30, 20185 min read
Wild about Argyll
Wild about Argyll - A gravel bike packing adventure. It was quite a challenge to convince Ibrahim to head to the south west coast instead...
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Steve
Oct 23, 20181 min read
Focus - The Trailer is here.....
I'm really please to announce that our film Focus, has made the selection for both Banff International Adventure Film Festival, and also...
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Steve
Sep 23, 20181 min read
Gravel - South Downs Way
Here's my latest film with Jon Gildea and Jaco VanGass, of a wee ride in the South Downs, Winchester. We had amazing weather, and Jon...
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Steve
Sep 11, 20182 min read
Sonder Colibri - The Bike
Here is a run down of my Sonder Colibri for Scotland:Project24. It took me a while to get this set up right, so I could ride for long...
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Steve
Sep 10, 20185 min read
Scotland: Project24
It’s four o’clock in the morning, and I’m sitting in the toilets on a deck chair at the GlenShe Ski Centre Car park. I’m having...
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Steve
Sep 5, 20182 min read
Scotland - A land of adventure.
Ever since living in Scotland it has held a special place in my heart. I feel there is a life time of adventures to be had in the north,...
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Steve
Jul 17, 20185 min read
Polar opposites
I thought as I was walking down to the shop today (I know, walking?) about the calendar on our kitchen wall, which has all the important...
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Steve
Jun 17, 20184 min read
Nationals
Isn’t it frightening when a face you don’t instantly recognise say’s “hi Steve, do you remember me?” I’m sitting on the ground, in the...
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Steve
May 22, 20181 min read
Filmed by Bike
At last I can finally share with you our journey through Patagonia in November 2016. It took me a year to make this film (not because...
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Steve
Mar 5, 20181 min read
Rov 150 kit list video
For those of you asking about a kit list for the Rovaniemi 150, here you go. Hopefully it should answer some of your questions, if not, I...
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Steve
Feb 23, 201811 min read
Arctic Monkies
I tell Ibrahim to turn on the GoPro, and I turn my head and watch bikes, skiers and runners disappearing past us up the frozen river in...
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Steve
Feb 20, 20184 min read
Rovaniemi 150
I look at the long range forecast, it reads -19. All sorts of thoughts run through my mind, as I think about what it will feel like on...
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Steve
Jan 22, 20187 min read
#9.
Over the past few weeks I’ve seen plenty of people posting their nine best or favourite photos of 2017 on social media. It’s always great...
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Steve
Nov 13, 20175 min read
Back in Black
A recent wild idea has sparked an old fear, something I gave up long ago due to the diagnosis of losing my vision. Like giving up my...
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Steve
Nov 3, 20179 min read
RAB
As my eyes struggled to focus on the road in the dark, driving rain and bright head lights, I remember thinking to myself that I was...
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Steve
Nov 3, 20173 min read
Searching for Haggis
The north of Scotland will always hold a small piece of my heart. In another life I travelled through the Highlands with a climbing rope...
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