Category Archives: MicroAdventure

30
Aug
2010

A sea-kayaking microadventure

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Posted in MicroAdventure, Video
Writing a few pieces for the Sunday Times about microadventures, I headed to Wales with my photographer friend James Bowden. There we teamed up with the guys from wonderful fforest who host the annual Do Lectures. They were going to show us their secret beach. We had been promised the prospect of a wonderful [...]

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06
Aug
2010

PK Friday: why do people go on expeditions?

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Posted in Expeditions, MicroAdventure, Pecha Kucha, Speaking, Travel
At the recent Night of Adventure I attempted to explain what lures me on to the next adventure.
05
Aug
2010

Review of The Treehouse Diaries

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Posted in Books, MicroAdventure
Last year I became friends with Nick Weston when I went to stay with him in his treehouse. Nick did a couple of great talks for me at the charity Nights of Adventure I organised. You can see his 6 minute talk here. I’ve just finished reading his book and it’s great. I asked him to send [...]

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05
Jul
2010

On Meek-ro Adventures

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Posted in MicroAdventure
I was thrilled recently to receive an email telling me that two 4 and 6 year old girls have made it to the summit of Snowdon. The highest mountain in Snowdon is no mean feat for someone that young. I was pleased to hear that this adventure had come about through my talk of Microadventures. Tim [...]

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02
Apr
2010

Pecha Kucha: the M25 by foot

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Posted in Humour, MicroAdventure, Pecha Kucha
I recently arranged a fundraising event for Hope and Homes for Children. The idea was simple: each speaker would have 20 slides, which scroll after just 20 seconds. This gives the speaker a mere 6 minutes and 40 seconds to speak. It is a fast, furious, fiendishly difficult speaking format that results in a fun, unusual, [...]

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22
Feb
2010

Comparing Scotland with the M25

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Posted in MicroAdventure, Motivation
I sometimes feel that I am caught somewhere between two camps. One side of me is drawn towards hard core physical expeditions, pushing my mind and body as far as they can go. The other part of me is more interested in travel and journeys that broaden the mind and teach me about myself and the [...]

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15
Feb
2010

Walking a lap of the M25

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Posted in Humour, MicroAdventure
As soon as the idea formed I knew it would be an adventure. Not a massive adventure. But that was fine. I was not looking for that. I wanted something small. I wanted a micro adventure. I recruited friend and fellow adventurer Ron Lilwall to accompany me, we decided to make a film of our [...]

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13
Feb
2010

Adventures in the ordinary

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Posted in MicroAdventure
Risk. Rebellion. Challenging the status quo. These are frequent themes on this site. So what happens if you shelve all of these things? What happens if you actually follow the rules? What happens if you follow every single law, byline and government health and safety recommendation to the letter? Intriguingly, one man is finding out. Have a look at what [...]

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09
Feb
2010

Across Scotland – the video

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Posted in MicroAdventure, Packraft
In case yesterday’s post had too many words for you, here’s a little video I put together about the trip.
08
Feb
2010

Across Scotland – a microadventure

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Posted in MicroAdventure, Packraft, Writing
Rannoch Moor’s colossal bleak landmark appeared even more forboding than usual as the train climbed north through Scotland. The ground was thick with snow, the sky grey-white and threatening. Burns and rivers were frozen solid with snot-yellow ice and the motionless rivers snaked towards iced-over lochs round the base of black mountains marbled with white. [...]

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