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Becoming a 7 summiteer
Feb 21, 2026
Becoming a 7 summiteer
Feb 21, 2026
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Mar 11, 2025
Páramo Aspira 360° unisex smock…
Mar 11, 2025
Mar 11, 2025
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Oct 7, 2024
Surviving - Reviving - Thriving. The menopause and me.
Oct 7, 2024
Oct 7, 2024
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Jun 13, 2024
Looking back at my most bonkers job to date.
Jun 13, 2024
Jun 13, 2024
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May 6, 2024
Don’t rock the boat baby, don’t tip the boat over….
May 6, 2024
May 6, 2024
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Jan 28, 2024
You just needed to quit the excuses and try
Jan 28, 2024
Jan 28, 2024
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Oct 20, 2023
Junko Tabei, first woman to summit Everest in 1975
Oct 20, 2023
Oct 20, 2023
If this blog space ever sparsely populated, please take a look at my social media feeds, there is always plenty of content for you to discover there
Oct 20, 2023
If this blog space ever sparsely populated, please take a look at my social media feeds, there is always plenty of content for you to discover there
Oct 20, 2023
Oct 20, 2023
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May 22, 2023
A final goodbye to Damoy
May 22, 2023
May 22, 2023
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May 15, 2023
The nitty gritty of 26 days working at Damoy Hut
May 15, 2023
May 15, 2023
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May 9, 2023
Necessity is the Mother of all invention - 26 days of ‘summer’ at Damoy Hut
May 9, 2023
May 9, 2023
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May 2, 2023
A long commute to work – the what, the why and the how of my most bonkers job to date.
May 2, 2023
May 2, 2023
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Mar 20, 2023
Oh, such a perfect day! The Adventure Van with a Social Plan on Napes Needle
Mar 20, 2023
Mar 20, 2023
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Oct 8, 2022
Dear year ago Jo. You, me and HRT.
Oct 8, 2022
Oct 8, 2022
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Oct 6, 2022
Dear younger Jo. It’s ok to simply sit and be still.
Oct 6, 2022
Oct 6, 2022
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Feb 17, 2022
Man up Sista and show no weakness
Feb 17, 2022
Feb 17, 2022
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Sep 24, 2021
Being fed by nature - The Adventure Van with a Social Plan
Sep 24, 2021
Sep 24, 2021
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Jul 22, 2021
Am I losing my mind? The menopause and me.
Jul 22, 2021
Jul 22, 2021
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May 24, 2021
Dear Legs. Yours sincerely, Brain.
May 24, 2021
May 24, 2021
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Apr 18, 2021
Looking for an adventure? Let’s get started!
Apr 18, 2021
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Apr 11, 2021
Going for Bronze, Silver and Gold - the update
Apr 11, 2021
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Mar 11, 2021
A little run around the block
Mar 11, 2021
Mar 11, 2021
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Feb 28, 2021
You just needed to quit the excuses and try
Feb 28, 2021
Feb 28, 2021
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Sep 16, 2020
How retail has yet again saved my bacon
Sep 16, 2020
Sep 16, 2020
Apr 23, 2020
1000 word Wednesday - Feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
Apr 23, 2020
Apr 23, 2020
Apr 17, 2020
Leaning into a new normal...but one that I have hated getting used to
Apr 17, 2020
Apr 17, 2020
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Apr 15, 2020
1000 word Wednesday – it’s just the next piece of life’s big jigsaw puzzle
Apr 15, 2020
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Apr 3, 2020
Leaning into a new normal - life on the outside
Apr 3, 2020
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Apr 1, 2020
1000 word Wednesday - The tracks of my years
Apr 1, 2020
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Mar 28, 2020
Leaning into a new normal - being a Tesco colleague
Mar 28, 2020
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I’m a marathon runner 🏃🏼‍♀️

Still feels odd to say that.

After Everest and the Seven Summits, you’d think a marathon might feel like small fry. It didn’t.

Shorter? Yes.
More oxygen? Definitely.
Tube stops and proper toilets
It's time for our victory lap...

✅ Training completed
✅ Tapering done
✅ Carbs inhaled
✅ Fully hydrated
✅ Minds are ready
🏅 It's time for our victory lap!

This time tomorrow I will be on my way to the red zone in Greenwich Park in readiness to cros
A week today…the countdown is on ⏳

🗓 26.04.2026
🕚 10:55 
📍 Greenwich Park – Red Zone

The start of not just one of two marathons…but my first ever marathon.

I’ve walked a few.
I had a place back in 2009. Injury had othe
One year on… 🤍

A year ago today we were on a dusty, bumpy 10-hour bus journey heading north to the Langtang Valley.

A group of strangers.
An unknown outcome.
A shared sense of something…more.

I had the seed of an idea for this exped
The stretch zone… it’s not meant to feel comfortable 🤍

Wednesday threw us a curveball.

“Hey Viv, change of plan… we’re not filming at Salisbury Hospital anymore. BBC South Today want us in the studio on Thursday ins
More Than A Mountain film screenings over the next couple of months...

I am really looking forward to a good run of 4 film screenings in April and May, including Everest chats for 3 of them of varying lengths, so if you are in situ, free and fancy a
Fancy coming on an adventure with me?

From hikes to bikes, marathons to mountains, join me and @adventurousewe for some cracking expeditions in Nepal, Tanzania and Rwanda.

🇳🇵 Everest Base Camp trek and optional Everest marathon
🗓️ 16 May - 3 Jun
Keeping up with the Joneses… ✨

A proper pinch me kind of day on Wednesday.

From being in a room surrounded by the very best of women’s rugby past and present players, leaders and those behind the scenes, to an unexpected moment meeting
A year ago today I became a Seven Summiteer.

Even as I write those words, it still feels slightly unreal.

When I arrived home from Indonesia, life picked up pace again almost immediately - delivering keynotes, leading expeditions and supporting lea
International Women’s Day.
Kilimanjaro.
My 55th birthday.
Sunday 8 March 2026 - a day and an expedition I will always remember.

Not just because it was my 38th expedition on Kilimanjaro as UK leader.

Not just because I stood on the summit alo