The Adventure Syndicate Ltd
Contact details
- Lee Craigie / Alice Lemkes / Philippa Battye
Our activities
About us
The Adventure Syndicate are a not-for-profit organisation who use the inspiring stories of women adventuring by bike to encourage our audience to push their perceived limitations. We do this not by showing ourselves to be all knowing, powerful and impressive but by being open and honest about our own limitations, vulnerabilities, and failures too.
We are passionate collaborators and believe whole-heartedly in the strength and power to be found in mutually co operative and considerate groups who strive to focus on the greater good rather than aim for personal success.
We use the written word, talks, films, podcasts, events and training camps in order to not only inspire people but to practically encourage and enable them to take on their own challenges.
The Adventure Syndicate is run by Lee, Alice and Philippa. They are endurance riders, racers and adventurers and organise most of the events that we run.
We have a huge pool of incredible women whose strength and skill we frequently call upon to help us make films, create podcasts, partner us in races, match our pace on adventures, lead our camps and manage our accounts!
Information about the group rides
We run a small number of group events each year. None of our event are guided but they are designed to feel supportive, fun and inclusive whilst gently pushing us out of our comfort zones.
Typically we run the following events:
Hostel Hop (Women, trans and non-binary only) - multi-day off-road/mixed terrain riding between Scottish hostels, with your dinner cooked every night. 12-15 participants. 50-90km each day
The Pie Run (Open to all) - a ride from Inverness to Lochinver Larder in time to grab a pie before it closes. Then a night at Achmelvich Hostel before the return run the following day.
Tour de Farce (Open to all) - a much more challenging event for people who already have experience riding off road and self-supported and would like to push themselves with longer days. 5 day odyssey around the highlands, including some technical and mountainous terrain. We regroup each night at a different hostel.
Partners
Hostelling Scotland