An award-winning travel writer, Elsa Hammond has sailed from Samoa to Fiji, unicycled across England, carried out conservation work in the jungles of Borneo, and spent 51 days rowing alone on the Pacific Ocean. Whilst rowing on the Pacific in 2014 she worked as a citizen scientist in partnership with Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation, taking samples of seawater for research into microplastics. She swims outdoors all year round, and is exploring different ways of writing about these experiences. In 2015 she co-authored the award-winning Wild Guide to Southern and Eastern England, and is currently writing poetry about her time on the Pacific.
Come and hear Elsa speak about spending almost two months ‘alone on a wide, wide sea’ in a small rowing boat. Expect stories of strange marine visitors, terrible weather, boat disasters, and (of course) albatrosses.