Living Adventurously Don't think too much; don't worry too much - Living Adventurously 30
Charlotte Evans, at 20 years old, was the youngest person I interviewed on my ride around Yorkshire. She describes herself on Twitter as a Notts County supporter, singer/songwriter, geographer and occasional radio producer from up North currently studying at the University of Nottingham.
I was interested to get a different perspective on things that I think I know well - the world of adventure, its accessibility (or not) to women, and the barriers that stop young women like Charlotte from travelling as widely as they may wish to do.
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- Charlotte's music on Soundcloud
- Charlotte is a geographer who plays music, not the other way round
- I write music on a laptop, which isn't very poetic
- Failed music A-Level, which forced her to drop music which she was hoping to do for a career
- Fan of Billie Eilish
- Harvest Moon - Neil Young, written for people with tinnitus
- Failing music was the best bad thing that ever happened to me
- My main passion these days is geography
- Main barrier to living adventurously is herself
- Barriers for being a young woman wanting to travel - it's daunting.
- Comparing to Lev Wood or Simon Reeve she sees that there's things she can't do because she's a young woman. But she also thinks you just need to find things way round it.
- The phases of life when you have money / or time
- Don't think too much; don't worry too much
- The luck of being born in a country like the UK, and the freedom that comes from it
- Nottingham Refugee Society
- If I could magically change one thing in my life I would... mend my oven
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