18 June 2013
Yompers stomp through 52 miles of the Cateran Trail
Hundreds of walkers (and a few runners!) made their way round the Cateran Trail this weekend.
7 June 2013
2013 is a Record Year for Oxfam Trailtrekker
The 4th Oxfam Trailtrekker sold out for the first time ever with 350 teams signing up.
21 May 2013
Become a Broadcaster with Mark Beaumont and the Rob Roy Challenge
Are you taking part in the 2013 Rob Roy Challenge? If so you could be in with a chance to have Mark Beaumont join your team and help you create a participant experience documentary.
14 May 2013
WildFox David linked to “Top Secret” project to save the world!
WildFox Events are proud to support The Socrates Project, a thrilling novel by Daron Sheehan which delivers a vision of our future.
7 May 2013
Birthday Celebrations at the 10th Maggie’s Monster Bike & Hike
Well done to the 762 participants who took part in the 10th Maggie’s Monster Bike & Hike this past weekend.
29 April 2013
Our Heroes of the Telemark
Earlier this month David Fox-Pitt and a team of five other intrepid adventurers set off to follow in the footsteps of the legendary Heroes of the Telemark by re-enacting the Operation Grouse Expedition.
3 April 2013
Push yourself to the limit - an evening with Mark Beaumont on Monday 22nd April 2013
You are invited to attend an adventurous evening to support the Balmoral team’s fundraising efforts for the chosen charities of the 2013 Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge.
18 February 2013
10% of all Escape Route kit for the Quad
Escape Route has come on board as retail partners for the Quad
7 February 2013
Mary’s Meals staff take on Quad with Mark Beaumont
Four Mary’s Meals staff in Glasgow have set themselves the ultimate New Year’s resolution of taking on The Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon.
29 January 2013
New video of the Great Pentland Push
Check out the new video of our ultimate team challenge, the Pentland Push.
28 January 2013
The Quad 2013 is launched!
The Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon 2013 was launched today with a funding target to raise more for charity this year than any other year since it was first set up in 1999.
18 January 2013
Rob Roy heroes to smash £2.5 Million fundraising target!
The Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge hopes to smash its total funding target of £2.5 million in 2013.
21 December 2012
Goodbye to 2012 and all that
2012 has been another fantastic year of WildFox Events, with a grand total of 2,700 people in over 1,000 teams pushing themselves to their limit for charity.
18 December 2012
New video launched of the Great Pentland Push
New video launched of the Great Pentland Push
6 November 2012
Glencoe Marathon raises £12,000 to help young people shine!
This year’s first Glencoe Marathon has raised a stunning £12,355 for the youth development project Northern Lights.
24 October 2012
Hear David and Andy’s daring tale of high seas adventure
WildFox’s Director David Fox Pitt will be giving a spine tingling account of his involvement in the Operation Frankton Memorial Expedition this summer.
23 October 2012
WildFox team re-enacts WW2 ‘Cockleshell Heroes’ raid
WildFox team re-enacts daring ‘Cockleshell Heroes’ raid
17 October 2012
Mark Beaumont’s tales of the Kindrochit Quad - Open Invite
Come and hear the world record breaking adventurer Mark Beaumont tell his stories from the 2012 event.
8 October 2012
Glencoe Marathon gets off to a flying start
150 trail runners took on the first Glencoe Marathon on Sunday (7th October)
24 September 2012
Pushing up the Pentlands for St Columba’s Hospice
Almost 400 people took part in the first ever St Columba’s Hospice Great Pentlands Push in association in Edinburgh’s Pentland Hills on Saturday.
15 July 2012
The Quad raises £5 million for charity!
260 people took part in the Great Kindrochit Artemis Quadrathlon on Loch Tay and the Ben Lawers mountain range on Saturday (14th July), reaching the milestone of £5 million pounds raised for charity since the event began 12 years ago.
13 July 2012
Mark Beaumont takes on the Quad to help Colombian child soldiers
Record-breaking adventurer and broadcaster Mark Beaumont is taking on the Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon at Loch Tay, Perthshire on Saturday.
3 July 2012
Yomping the Cateran Trail
The weather held off to treat everyone taking part in last weekend’s Alliance Trust Cateran Yomp to a glorious day of wild walking on the Cateran Trail.
25 June 2012
Another fab year for the Rob Roy
A huge thanks to everyone who took part in the 2012 Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge
19 June 2012
Mark Beaumont (AKA Venom) joins super heroes in Rob Roy Challenge
World record breaking adventurer Mark Beaumont has chosen to join a team of super heroes at the Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge this Saturday.
17 May 2012
Desperately seeking a team to join for the Rob Roy Challenge
My name is Mark Beaumont and I’m looking for your help.
14 May 2012
Mark Beaumont teams up with WildFox!
Strong winds and driving rain on the banks of Loch Tay did not dampen spirits as adventurer Mark Beaumont and WildFox Events announced an exciting partnership for 2012.
7 May 2012
Maggie’s Monster Does it Again!
A huge thank you to the 564 people who raised money for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres last weekend by tackling the 73 mile Monster Bike and Hike from Fort William to Inverness.
2 May 2012
Gearing up for Maggie’s Bike and Hike
The WildFox Event season kicks off on Saturday with the 9th Maggie’s Monster Bike and Hike from Fort William to Inverness
25 April 2012
David visits child soldiers in Columbia
Director David Fox-Pitt recently returned from a week long trip to Columbia to visit Mercy Corps projects to rehabilitate child soldier back into society.
8 March 2012
Adventure Athlete Bruce Duncan Trials the Glencoe Marathon
Bruce Duncan Trials the Glencoe Marathon
23 February 2012
Quad Open to Relay Teams!
Interested in taking part in the Quadrathlon as a relay team?
6 January 2012
Quad Helps Mercy Corps Resolve Land Conflicts in Guatemala
Funding from the Artemis Quadrathlon is helping remote communities in Guatemala take destiny into their own hands.
28 November 2011
Habitat for Humanity & WaterAid Site Visits
Update from WildFox Fiona on a field visit to Malawi to see the work of Habitat for Humanity and WaterAid, two beneficiary charities of the Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge.
16 November 2011
Sightsavers: the Gift of Sight
Update from WildFox Fiona on a field visit to Malawi to see the work of Sightsavers, an international charity supported by the Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge.
11 November 2011
Mary’s Meals and the Backpack Project
Update from WildFox Fiona on a field visit to Malawi to see a Mary’s Meals backpack project in action.
7 November 2011
Mary’s Meals AKA “The Magic Porridge Pot” - Part 2
Update from WildFox Fiona on a field visit to see the positive impact Quadrathlon funds raised for Mary’s Meals has on thousands of children in Malawi.
1 November 2011
Mary’s Meals AKA “The Magic Porridge Pot” - Part 1
Update from WildFox Fiona on a field visit to see the positive impact Quadrathlon funds raised for Mary’s Meals has on thousands of children in Malawi.
29 October 2011
Project Northern Lights returns from epic adventure
Wildfox staff welcomed home ten young people on the sailing boat the Alba Venture back into Greenock harbour on Friday after a week long voyage around the west coast of Scotland.
28 October 2011
Operation Magic Porridge Pot, Malawi 2011
The WildFox team, together with Lindsay and Jeremy from The Artemis Charitable Foundation, set off for Malawi today to officially open five schools feeding over 8,000 children supporting the Mary’s Meals programme. These new feeding programmes have been started with funding from the 2011 Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon.
29 September 2011
Project Northern Lights goes wild on Loch Tay
A group of nine young people from deprived communities in northern Edinburgh are being put through their paces on the shores of Loch Tay this week as part of the ‘Northern Lights’ youth development project.
12 September 2011
Just do it, it’s brilliant!
A common belief in the WildFox Office is that if you haven’t done an event in real time then you aren’t really able to understand what the participants go through ... so with this in mind WildFox Fiona set out last weekend to conquer Maggie’s Monster Bike and Hike. The goal was to complete the 72 mile route and still be in the pub for last orders. So, how did she fare?
5 August 2011
A huge thanks to all our WildFox super heroes.
A huge thank you to everyone who took part in our six WildFox events this year.
10 July 2011
Quadrathlon raises £200,000 for charity in Perthshire Mountains
The 2011 Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon raised more than £200,000 for good causes in Highland Perthshire this Saturday
7 July 2011
The Artemis Quadrathlon – Scotland’s greatest outdoor challenge
This Saturday one of Scotland’s greatest outdoor charity challenges begins on the shores of Loch Tay in Highland Perthshire.
27 June 2011
Two hundred walkers yomped their way to raise thousands for charity
Over 200 yompers crossed the finish line at the first ever Alliance Trust Cateran Yomp this weekend. The event kicked off at 7am on Saturday morning at Blairgowrie and led the yompers through Kirkmichael, Spittal of Glenshee and Kirkton of Glenisla to finish the 54-mile hike.
19 June 2011
Record Year for the Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge
690 people put their best foot forward for the Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge on Saturday, a spectacular 55 mile hike and bike along the Rob Roy Way between Drymen, Stirlingshire and Kenmore, Perthshire.
14 June 2011
Bumper numbers expected for Rob Roy Challenge
725 people are expected to take part in the Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge this Saturday, a spectacular 55 mile hike and bike along the Rob Roy Way, between Drymen and Kenmore.
7 June 2011
Trailtrekkers 2011 set to raise £350,000 for Oxfam
The dust has settled on Oxfam Trailtrekkers 2011, the third epic adventure through the Yorkshire Dales that raises over £300,000 every year for development and emergency relief work overseas.
31 May 2011
Oxfam’s epic adventure through the Yorkshire Dales
The final preparations are in now in place for this weekend’s Oxfam Trailtrekker, an epic challenge in the Yorkshire Dales that changes lives forever.
16 May 2011
Another fantastic Poppyscotland Hearts & Heroes Challenge
A massive thanks from the WildFox staff to the 270 brave souls who took on 29 miles of the Southern Upland Way in the Borders on Saturday the 14th of May for Poppyscotland and Hearts and Heroes.
12 May 2011
Quad’s top fundraiser returns from Timor Leste
Steve Brand, the top fundraiser from the 2010 Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon, has come home from a trip to see Mercy Corps projects in Timor Leste.
4 May 2011
All hail the tea ladies of Invermoriston
The unsung heroes at Maggie’s Monster Bike and Hike are without doubt the tea ladies of Invermoriston.
2 May 2011
One for the girls at Maggie’s Monster Bike and Hike
A huge thank you to the 600 people who raised money for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres last weekend by tackling the 73 mile Monster Bike and Hike from Fort William to Inverness.
27 April 2011
All Set for Maggie’s Monster Bike and Hike 2011
WildFox Events have set the stage for another stunning bike and hike through the Great Glen this weekend to raise money for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres.
25 April 2011
Couple to Brave all Six Wildfox Events
Duncan Bury and Jane Buick will be taking part in this weekends Maggie’s Bike and Hike with their sight set on a Wildfox world record.
11 April 2011
Behold the mighty Unimog
The WildFox team have dusted off their mighty Unimog for another busy events season.
22 March 2011
Events Manager Signs up for the Quad
WildFox Event Manager Sarah Willis has signed up for the 2011 Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon. This will be Sarah’s first (hopefully not the last) WildFox challenge.
25 January 2011
Quadrathlon’s top 2010 fundraiser earns trip to Mercy Corps 2011 project in Timor-Leste
The top fundraisers from the 2010 Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon are delighted to have earned a trip out to see the 2011 Mercy Corps Quad project in Timor-Leste!
11 January 2011
Fancy a new WildFox challenge for 2011?
Fancy a new WildFox challenge for 2011?
Trailblaze the Alliance Trust Cateran Yomp, a stunning 50 mile hike through Highland Perthshire and the Angus Glens. Discounted registration fee in January!
11 January 2011
Registration DISCOUNT EXTENDED for Rob Roy Challenge!
Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge’s £30 early bird discount extended to 14 January 2011 - get signed up quick!
23 November 2010
2011 Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge is open for registration!
The 2011 Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge is open for online registration!
4 October 2010
WildFox Events in 2010 - over 3,000 participants have raised in excess of £1.5 million to date!
Over 3,000 people made it through the start line of a WildFox Event in 2010 and have raised, to date, over £1.5 million!
16 September 2010
Hannibalites make French newspaper!
The 2010 recce of the Hannibal Challenge was a huge success: dressed in Carthaginian armour, 7 intrepid souls followed in Hannibal’s footsteps through alpine meadows and over spectacular mountain passes over the border to Italy. The local mayor and press saw them off from Mont Dauphin, a world heritage site and the group featured in the local paper! The weather was glorious - pictures to follow.
10 June 2010
The kind of feedback that makes it all worthwhile…
The kind of feedback that makes it all worthwhile - from an Oxfam Trailtrekker:
17 May 2010
Training Blog - Artemis Highland 100
‘A place where life is celebrated’, ‘legs drenched to the knees’ and ‘numb from the jittering’ ... follow Geordie Clark, Deputy Editor of FT’s Money Management magazine, as he trains for the Artemis Highland 100 in September.
6 May 2010
Best ever Maggie’s Monster Bike & Hike!
Was Maggie’s Monster Bike & Hike 2010 the best ever ...?! We think it might have been!
23 March 2010
Record numbers in record time - 2010 Quad sells out!
The 2010 Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon has sold out in record time!
22 February 2010
One week left to catch the Early Bird Discounts!
Register before the end of this week to catch the Early Bird Discounts for both the Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge and the Artemis Highland 100!
15 February 2010
WildFox Events sponsor Mark Beaumont Lecture Tour
WildFox Events are delighted to be the lead sponsor of Mark Beaumont’s spring lecture tour with Speaker’s From the Edge.
1 February 2010
Extended Deadline for Highland 100 Discount!
Early Bird Discount rate extended to 28 February 2010
26 January 2010
Special Teko Socks Promotion!
Special Teko Socks promotion for WildFox Events participants!
15 January 2010
2009 Rob Roy Challenge raises £260,000!
The Martin Currie Charitable Foundation donated a fantastic £260,000 to the 2009 Rob Roy Challenge Charities last night!
7 January 2010
Convert talk about NY resolutions into action!
Convert talk about NY resolutions into action – register for a 2010 WildFox Event now!
18 December 2009
The Early Bird Catches the Worm!
The early bird catches the worm - discounted registration fees for the Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge, Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon and Artemis Highland 100!
30 November 2009
2009 DVD out for Artemis Highland 100!
The 2009 DVD for the Artemis Highland 100 is now live!
26 November 2009
London date confirmed for 2010 Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon presentation
David Fox-Pitt will be in London at 12.30 on Wednesday 9 December to talk about the 2010 Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon.
12 November 2009
Artemis Highland 100 confirmed for 2010!
We are delighted to announce that Artemis have confirmed sponsorship of the Highland 100 Challenge for a fourth year in 2010!
8 October 2009
Maggie’s Monster Bike & Hike reaches 500 participants!
The 24 hour Maggie’s Monster Bike & Hike event, which takes place on the majestic Great Glen Way, has just registered its 500th participant.
7 October 2009
New Event: Lomond Challenge
We are proud to announce an new addition to our event portfolio. The Lomond Challenge sponsored by Sumerian taking place in the stunning Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park involves 3 separate challenges designed so that everyone can find something which excites them.
5 October 2009
Artemis thanks local Mountain Rescue Teams
The Artemis Charitable Foundation donates £2,000 to local Mountain Rescue Teams to say thanks for supporting both the Artemis Highland 100 cycle challenge and the Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon.
2 October 2009
Telegraph puts Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon into ‘Top Ten Best Events’
Telegraph puts Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon into ‘Top Ten Best Events’.
In it’s ninth year the Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon, billed as Scotland’s toughest one day event, has always been popular. It featured on the BBC Adventure Show last year it has now been voted into the Telegraph’s Top Ten Sporting Events.
30 September 2009
Scottish Rugby joins forces to launch 2010 Poppyscotland Hearts & Heroes Challenge
Scottish Rugby joins forces to launch 2010 HEARTS & HEROES CHALLENGE.
Simon Cross, the event ambassador, attended a photo shoot at Murrayfield Stadium to formally launch the 2010 event. For the full story please click here.
30 September 2009
Poppyscotland release the fundraising total for the Hearts & Heroes Challenge
The inaugural Hearts & Heroes Challenge which took place on 16th May 2009 has raised a whopping £244,961 for Poppyscotland, Hearts & Balls and the Sportsman’s Charity. Over 500….
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