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Category Archives: MicroAdventure
microadventure with howies
You've just got to do it.
Destination: Muckle Flugga. Microadventure #6
A journey through the most remote islands of Great Britain by folding bike and packraft.
Microadventure on the Shetland Isles
By bike and packraft to the most remote outpost of the UK. Microadventure Number 6 for the year.
Microadventure Number 6
The one with the packrafts and the folding bikes. Preview.
Midsummer – Do Something Adventurous
It's the longest day of the year. Here's how to not waste it.
Hmmm…
Combine a Brompton and a packraft and I feel a microadventure brewing...
Adventure is out there
A quick reminder about setting off for a microadventure
The Book of the Bivvy
People who don’t drink have sex less often and they prefer the B&B to the bivvybag.
The One Day Bike Tour
Too many people say to me "One day I'd like to do a big journey by bike. But I don't have the time..."
The 24 Hour Bivvy Challenge
Microadventure Number 4 for the year is the 24 Hour Bivvy Challenge. It originates from this howies idea from a couple of years ago. Combining aspects of my first three challenges this year (entering a race, going somewhere new, sleeping on a hill) prepares us smoothly for the toughest challenge to date, though one that [...]
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The Epic Tri – a report
Guest blog about one of the most impressive UK challenges.
Microadventure #3: Sleep on a Hill
One day like this a month'd see me right.
I is for Iran
Iran is one of the countries on my list of places I would love to visit but have been refused visas for.
Database of Britain’s Best Adventure Races
I'm trying to compile a list of excellent races. Please add your suggestions.
Microadventure 2: Use Your Weekend
Go somewhere you have never been before. Ride hard. Get wet, cold and muddy. Laugh with your mates. Then relax, aching and exhausted, having earned your beer. Use Your Weekend.
Video: 24 hour Winter Mountain Bike Race
The Strathpuffer is a 24 hour winter mountain bike race in northern Scotland. I rode it as the first event in my year of microadventures.
Enter a Race Today – microadventure #1
This year is my year of British microadventures. A year of seeking out challenges, new places and new experiences in my own country. In order to try to encourage a wider span of people to sample a microadventure for themselves, I am going to cover a range of different types of microadventure. I’m kicking off [...]
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Missing: the British Spirit of Adventure?
Some very depressing, but fascinating statistics here about the pathetic, depressing state of Britain today. I know that sounds like a Daily Mail statement, but this is pretty sad stuff. And I know I’ve already mentioned some of these before, but they definitely merit shouting about. In fact this is basically the reason I began [...]
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Thoughts after an Afghan meal in West London
Whether it is a late night chat with a kebab shop owner about his native Istanbul, the surprised smile when you thank a waitress in a Vietnamese restaurant in her mother tongue, or the happy memories I associate with salsa picante and Mexican tacos, I feel a strong link between the foods of the world [...]
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London’s World of Food: an A to Z
As part of my grand plan to practice what I preach this year and seek out interesting, challenging experiences close to home, I came up with what I hope will be a fruitful little project. I love travelling for many reasons. And I suspect that many of the kicks I get out of travel can [...]
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