antsbk, Author at Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent

Mayonnaise, pies and other novelty ways to raise buckets of bullion for charity…

June 13, 2012 by antsbk

IF YOU’RE PREPARING TO CROSS THE STEPPE ON HORSEBACK OR CONQUER THE OCEAN BY KAYAK, THERE’S NO BETTER TIME TO FUNDRAISE FOR CHARITY. HERE’S HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR ADVENTURE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS… Fundraising through the medium of adventure has never been … Read More

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How to make a rollickingly good adventure film

May 2, 2012 by antsbk

MAKING A FILM about your own adventure has never been so easy. With the size of cameras shrinking daily, editing software so simple your granny could use it, and an ever-multiplying array of video content outlets, the climate is ripe … Read More

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UXO clearance, a Laos wedding and a spot of turbo-pampering: a sneaky peek behind the scenes of a BBC shoot

March 30, 2012 by antsbk

A few days ago I crawled off the plane to England in a state of total exhaustion after nearly a month in Vietnam and Laos filming a programme for the BBC. The show, due to air on BBC2 in May, … Read More

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2012 - a Palm Oil free year?

January 7, 2012 by antsbk

I consider myself a fairly ethical individual. Not a goat-rearing, hair-shirt wearing, placard-waving vegan: but the sort of person who recycles, buys ‘ethical’ products, says no to plastic bags when I can and is generally environmentally aware. OK so I … Read More

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30,000 miles around the world in a wheelchair - put this in your adventure pipe and smoke it…

December 22, 2011 by antsbk

Last month, at the Royal Geographical Society’s Explore weekend in London, I was quietly sipping on a cup of Early Grey on the Sunday morning, nursing a small hangover, when I was introduced to a chap called Andy Campbell. Well blow me … Read More

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Shamans, pygmy chiefs, hospitalisations and gun-wielding bodyguards..the weirder side of international adventure wrangling

November 30, 2011 by antsbk

After three years, eight months and three days of gallivanting around the globe organising ridiculous adventures, I have finally departed the cosy bosom of The Adventurists’ employ. Making the jump has felt rather like splitting up with a long-term boyfriend, … Read More

Cities

Surviving Jakarta

November 23, 2011 by antsbk

Jakarta isn’t the sort of place you’d choose to go to on holiday. Its reputation as a polluted, heinously overcrowded city doesn’t have the same allure as say, Bali’s beaches or Yogyakarta’s temples. And with Greater Jakarta’s population tipping 23 … Read More

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One night in Pattaya

November 13, 2011 by antsbk

As the bus to Pattaya lurched out of Bangkok airport I took in my fellow passengers for the first time. A sea of grey, balding and rather sweaty male heads bobbed above the seats in front of me. On my … Read More

Adventure

Launching the new Adventurists ASEAN Rickshaw Run in Jakarta

October 20, 2011 by antsbk

After an epic three days of launch celebrations the Pioneer’s Adventurists ASEAN Rickshaw Run finally spluttered forth a few days ago, at possibly the grandest launch ceremony The Adventurists have ever witnessed. Organising this beast of an adventure has been … Read More

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Bristol’s pioneering street art project

August 21, 2011 by antsbk

This weekend saw the much anticipated launch of Bristol’s pioneering See No Evil street art project. Involving 70 acclaimed artists from as far afield as Los Angeles, New York, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Italy and of course Bristol, the project has transformed … Read More

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Afternoon Tea with Charles Brewer Carias

July 16, 2011 by antsbk

On a sweltering afternoon last Saturday, 130 people gathered in the oak-panelled surrounds of Philadelphia’s Union League Club for The Adventurists Afternoon Tea with a true legend of adventure. Word had got out that the speaker, Charles Brewer-Carias, was rather … Read More

Music and festivals

Glastonbury 2011: A muddy weekend in the country

July 8, 2011 by antsbk

It’s Friday afternoon when Marley and I wheel our bikes through the hallowed gates of Glastonbury 2011. A week of rain has pummelled Worthy Farm into a Passchendaele-like quagmire and all around us festival-goers are trudging, stumbling and floundering … Read More

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Black C90

June 23, 2011 by antsbk

A rather unusual Black Sea moped odyssey “Is this challenging enough for you?” mocked Marley, his blue eyes clashing with the purple hue of his frozen skin. All around us the Kuban steppe was bent sideways in the tempest, the … Read More

Cities

24 hours in Madrid

June 20, 2011 by antsbk

After a hard day running an event for The Adventurists and Hendrick’s gin in Madrid last weekend, I had the best part of 24 hours in which to explore the city before being whisked back to Blighty. Not wanting to … Read More

General

Welcome to The Itinerant

May 25, 2011 by antsbk

Hello there and a splendid welcome to The Itinerant. If things go to plan there might actually be some quite interesting cerebral offerings on here over the next days, years and months. To find out more about what the blazing … Read More

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