When the daylight was gone and I was getting sorted for my night shifts, I called home. My mum read me a quote from my favourite book...

Groundhog Day / ɡraʊnd.hɑːɡ ˌdeɪ / noun ~ ‘A situation in which events that have happened before happen again, in what seems to be...

We were off. This was it. Everything we’d spent the last 18 months working our socks off for. La Gomera disappeared fast into the mist...

“The greatest gift of life on the mountain is time. Time to think or not think, read or not read, scribble or not scribble."

“Naïve enough to start and stubborn enough to finish” sums it up! A wild and wintery two-wheeled trip through the Scottish Highlands.

Snippet from my journal on 18th December - night 4. It's 4:51am. Wind 18-20knots from the east, gusting 25. The strongest winds we've...

~ an ode to the 2023 fleet ~ Now the last boat is in, Ian's lit his last flare A sight we all love to see It's brought to a close the...

It's been a hot minute since I wrote anything here. I've been keeping up the journal but I have not had an ounce of time to write as much...

After countless hours of planning: checking tides, studying charts, watching windspeeds and calculating waypoints for a loop around the...

Wondering what it is really like to spend 24 hours on the boat? Read on... I took this from my journal from an overnight weekend row we...

I was desperately in need of a break and some time with the gals, but none of us had a lot of time or money. I did a quick google… I...

Bikepacking is ultimate freedom. You are self-supported, choosing your route, pedalling for as little or long as you like, exploring all...

A major step in making this adventure feel a bit more real was completing a week at sea school. We went down to SeaSports Southwest in...

Team TSR went to La Gomera to see the start of the TWAC 2022. Summarised in 3 words: all the feels. Here’s the full low-down on the...

I feel so SO lucky to be sharing the whole journey with these three! Meet the team: four women united by the same love of adventure and...

I’ve written myself a list of everything to do with this ocean rowing challenge that scare me. It’s quite long 🧐 I hope that in a years’...

10Ironwomen: breaking down barriers in long distance triathlon Triathlon is diversifying, but it remains a sport dominated by the white...

Kona: the race that ate into my soul but a week I'd relive over and over again ❤️ When people ask me “how was Kona”, I often find myself...

The Kona trip started in true Ellie style: very last-minute packing, absolutely zero sleep and picnic lunch forgotten in the fridge....