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Category Archives: Ramblings
The World According to… Me!
A short-fire travel Q&A with Wanderlust.
An Experiment in Simple Living
The video from my microadventure living as hunter-gatherers for a few days in a Sussex Wood. What do you think? A waste of time or a good time to think and reassess? DON’T MISS A THING – FREE MONTHLY UPDATE BY EMAIL: Have you read Alastair’s books? Also available for Kindle, iPad and children.
How to set up an Expedition Website – for free
Time and money that should be spent on your trip, not the trimmings.
Wild Swimming as Therapy
You'll never regretted going for a swim, but you might regret not doing so.
Ten Things I Learned While Cycling Round the World
Not including all the big, valuable lessons that long journeys in foreign land teach you (independence, humility, gratitude, sociability, flexibility, patience, self-confidence and so on), here are ten things I learned while cycling round the world: The Middle East was one of the kindest, most welcoming regions I have visited. Not only do people consider [...]
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Almost Fearless
Don't worry about your life. Live your life. But don't be fearless. Be almost fearless.
Got the t-shirt? Now go out and do stuff.
It is very easy to wear very idealistic T-shirts, to have wonderful statements of intent emblazoned across our hearts. But it is far more difficult to actually live by these mantras, to pursue an uncluttered life focused on the stuff that really counts.
Things I Learned Today
A list scrawled at 1am on a train home, despondent yet clear-headed and conscious that with a 24 hour mountain bike race tomorrow, I really ought to be sleeping right now. Sometimes a 9 hour round trip to find out what you could have learned in a 15 minute phone call is worth it. Sometimes [...]
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Rory McIlroy and the Art of Suffering
There are many obvious similarities between golf and the expedition world. The sensation of hacking through inpenetrable wilderness, marvelling that you are in a place where no human being has ever set foot.
Making a living from travelling
Dipping into the archives; the most popular posts from this time last year: - My Manifesto for the Year. A year of Micro Adventure - Making a living from travelling - 10 Ways to Overcome Resistance - Self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you’re capable - Explorers share [...]
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There’s no place like home.
One of the pleasures of going away is coming home again...
Final Friday Favourite Photo – Beer, Tattoos and Bicycles
Another random, but hopefully enjoyable, cluster of pics.
Winters of my life
A lovely, poignant little piece that seemed really fitting on this snowy afternoon. DON’T MISS A THING – FREE MONTHLY UPDATE BY EMAIL: Have you read Alastair’s books? Also available for Kindle, iPad and children.
Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Before you read this post please listen to the piece of music below, unless you already know it. (Put it on in the background as you do something else for 9 minutes). It’s the second movement of Górecki’s Symphony No. 3. I’ve loved it for many years. I have listened to this haunting, beautiful piece [...]
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Tips for meetings. Don’t be a sponge, don’t be late
I have had my patience tested by a few of the people I have met recently. Here then are my top tips about meeting etiquette...
Alastair Humphreys: high net worth individual
An insurance company has just refused to insure where I live. They explained that this was because they deemed me to be a “high net worth individual”. I found this extremely amusing! Filling out their form I had listed my career as ‘Author’. This seemed a wiser choice when applying for insurance than calling myself [...]
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Life without a Blackberry
I read an interesting blog post last week entitled Life without a Blackberry. The post describes how nobody would want to watch a movie about a fellow who worked very hard his whole life in order to buy a shiny red sports car at the end. It’s a dull plotline, so why do so many [...]
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The art of living
A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labour and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine [...]
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It’s summer. There’s no excuse not to go wild swimming.
I love wild swimming. You never ever regret a wild swim once you are out and warm. It’s July now. It’s lovely and warm. Time to stop being a wimp and go jump in your local river / lake / ocean. I promise you won’t regret it… Have you been for a wild swim recently? [...]
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Slovenia – England’s nemesis but a great little country…
England play Slovenia next week to try to remain in the World Cup. Do we have any chance of winning this World Cup…? Anyway, Slovenia is a beautiful little country, and one of my favourite places in Europe. Have a look: DON’T MISS A THING – FREE MONTHLY UPDATE BY EMAIL: Have you read Alastair’s [...]
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