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February 8, 2023
Travel, Adventure
Sophie Roberts
10 Winter Adventures in the Amazing Austrian ...

Imagine hiking up a mountain under a full moon with fresh snow under your feet, breaking through the tree line and feeling that warm glow of sunrise hitting your face. Riding a sleigh pulled by huskies in a winter wonderland, cross- country skiing through villages nestled in the Austrian Alps, tobogganing down a mountain at sunset, swimming in a frozen lake or ski-touring up a mountain and descending through the trees. Imagine ending your day in a rejuvenating thermal spa before dinner and a well-earned sleep, to wake up and do it all over again. Welcome to winter holidays in Austria!

10 Winter Adventures in the Amazing Austrian Alps
October 13, 2020
Challenges, Cycling, Adventure
Sophie Roberts
Cycling Scotland's Epic North Coast 500

Not many thoughts enter my mind apart from what I am doing. I wish everyone could do something like this once a year, or even once in your lifetime. We need it! I switch off from everything. A challenge like this is so all encompassing that I don’t have space for much else. All my energy goes into the challenge, and the micro world I create with the adventure I am on, the world directly around me and the people I am with. My world becomes small but this gives me freedom to become bigger than I’ve ever felt. My mind is not filled with events going on all over the world, with emails, news, social media, and the need to reply to messages, my mind is filled with fresh air and miles, hills, sweat, tears and food stops. My mind is filled with views so dramatic and mind-blowing, I am speechless. My heart flips a bit with each corner I turn and the awe that the NC500 route delivers again and again.

Cycling Scotland's Epic North Coast 500
August 20, 2020
Inspiration, Adventure
Sophie Roberts
Building my Dream Custom Campervan - The One ...

It’s been a year since I started the project of creating my dream van ↠ @theonelifevan ↞ and as I get a lot of questions about it, I wanted to share the process and some resources with you! If you are thinking of building or buying a van i can say it’s ONE HUNDRED PERCENT as awesome as you might think it is! And my journey with van life is only just beginning... However, it can be a bit of a minefield and hard to know where to start. I hope this helps :)

Building my Dream Custom Campervan - The One Life Van!
April 7, 2020
TrailBlazers, Empowering Girls
Sophie Roberts
Just because my path is different, does not ...

There are preciously rare occasions in life when you are handed an opportunity to go somewhere or meet someone that truly inspires you. Somewhere that shifts your centre of gravity, allowing you to refresh, refocus and restart. Or someone that has the capacity to capture your imagination and transport it to places you aspire to go but don’t quite know how to access. When your mind has gone there, the chances are your body will follow…

Just because my path is different, does not mean I am lost
March 9, 2020
Sophie Roberts
TrailBlazers: Empowering Girls Sailing ...

In October 2019, I took 10 girls sailing for five days on a Tall Ships Youth Trust sailing adventure proudly sponsored by KEEN footwear. It was magical and lives were changed!

We stepped off the boat with a different perspective. With love in our hearts, faith in ourselves and confidence to go forth and grow into the women we know we can be. I asked the girls to capture their experiences and what it meant to them…

TrailBlazers: Empowering Girls Sailing Adventure
Sophie Roberts
March 2, 2015
Lifestyle

February Round-Up

Sophie Roberts
March 2, 2015
Lifestyle
February Round-Up

Today seems like a great day to take stock of what happened in February. It feels like I've really turned a corner recently with my new career, it's actually a thing now, it's working and going full steam ahead. 

Tagged: BBC, Big Decisions, February, Filming, Lifestyle, Mountain News, Skiing

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Sophie Roberts
February 24, 2015
Skiing

Powder, pizza and pals! Skiing in Courmayeur

Sophie Roberts
February 24, 2015
Skiing
Powder, pizza and pals! Skiing in Courmayeur

On Saturday we loaded up the car with skis, helmets, avalanches transceivers and eager smiling faces. Charley and I picked up our friends Andy and Heather and drove through the Mont Blanc tunnel to Italy and Courmayeur for a day's skiing.

Tagged: Adventure Sports, Alps, chamonix, Courmayeur, Happy Weekend, Mountain Girls, Skiing

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Sophie Roberts
February 19, 2015
Adventure

A Winter Alpine Bivvy

Sophie Roberts
February 19, 2015
Adventure
A Winter Alpine Bivvy

Settling into our deck chairs on the edge of our camp overlooking the Chamonix valley, the mountains are starting to turn pink. My favourite part of the day. 

Tagged: adventure, Alps, Bivvy, Camping, chamonix, Microadventure, Winter

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Sophie Roberts
February 1, 2015
Challenges

Having The Courage

Sophie Roberts
February 1, 2015
Challenges
Having The Courage

On Thursday evening I wrote a blog about being rejected from a BBC TV show, 'World's Toughest Army', for being a woman. 

Tagged: adventure, Live Fearless, Motivation, This Girl Can, Women

11 Comments
Sophie Roberts
January 29, 2015
Challenges

Are the toughest people in the world men?

Sophie Roberts
January 29, 2015
Challenges
Are the toughest people in the world men?

This is not a question I have ever asked myself. Until today. Until I received an email from the BBC rejecting my application for a TV show entitled 'World's Toughest Army', because I'm female.

Tagged: Change, Inspiration, Men and Women, Motivation

45 Comments
Sophie Roberts
January 20, 2015
Challenges

Open All Winter

Sophie Roberts
January 20, 2015
Challenges
Open All Winter

I write this to you from the heart of the French Alps where the snow is falling heavily outside. Tomorrow morning when I wake up to train the temperature will below freezing.

Tagged: Adidas, chamonix, Motivation, Mountains, Open all winter, Running, Skiing, Training

12 Comments
Sophie Roberts
January 18, 2015
Challenges, Cycling

How to train for cycling London to Paris in 24 hours

Sophie Roberts
January 18, 2015
Challenges, Cycling
How to train for cycling London to Paris in 24 hours

We've just launched the inaugural, fully supported, London to Paris sportive. Our dream and aim is to provide you with the opportunity and companionship to achieve the extraordinary.

Tagged: adventure, Challenge Sophie Events, cycling, Endurance, How to Train, London to Paris, Motivation, Training Plan

11 Comments
Sophie Roberts
January 15, 2015
Challenges, Lifestyle

The Power Of No

Sophie Roberts
January 15, 2015
Challenges, Lifestyle
The Power Of No

I feel like I have writer's block. I desperately want to write on my blog, I want to feel inspired to write and share all the things that are buzzing round my head, but I can't. Instead I feel pressure.

Tagged: 2015, Aspirations, Feeling Lost, goals, Inspiration, Power of No

21 Comments
Sophie Roberts
January 3, 2015
Business, Climbing

Cogne Ice Climbing Festival

Sophie Roberts
January 3, 2015
Business, Climbing
Cogne Ice Climbing Festival

On the 13th December Charley and I woke up at 6am, packed our climbing packs and loaded them into the car. The stars were bright and beautiful, the night dark and crisp and the day young, very young.

Tagged: chamonix, climbing, Cogne Ice Festival, Ice Climbing, Italy, Winter Sports

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