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Why Microadventures Matter A guest blog by Bel Jackson Prow, a travel writer and researcher with a passion for adventure and nature connection. I lay in the tent in the corner of a farmer’s field, hoof-stomped clay digging into my back. My heart […]...
What to Pack for an Overnight Camping Microadventure Learn more about microadventures: where to go, how to find a location, keeping safe, what to pack, and loads of different ideas on my FAQs page…...
Microadventure FAQ’s The appeal of microadventures is that they make adventure accessible to people who may have very little outdoor experience. I hope that this page will answer most of the common questions I get asked from people looking to go on […]...
Microadventure Endorsements from Normal People Standard practise, upon releasing an adventure book, is to try to get Ranulph Fiennes to give your book an endorsement. But microadventures are not really aimed at Sir Ran. They are aimed at normal people. Normal people like you and […]...
Books to Inspire a Microadventure Book suggestions to give you ideas for a microadventure of your own  ‘¢       39 Steps ‘¢       As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (the first part of it, in England) ‘¢       […]...
How to plan your own Microadventure The appeal of microadventures is that they make adventure accessible to people who may have very little outdoor experience. I hope that this page will answer most of the common questions I get asked from people looking to go on […]...
5 to 9 #microadventure Ideas for Microadventures during Coronavirus Microadventure ideas to get your imagination going during lockdown. Run every street. Regular tree climbs. A moon walk. (Or this one.) A journey around your home. Sleep in your garden without a tent. Build a shelter. Go geocaching. Read one […]...
Inviting you on a Winter Microadventure It’s cold. It’s dark. I’m tired. I’m busy. I’ll do it later. It’s exciting. It’s memorable. I need a break. I’m always busy so it might as well be now. We can always look at things in two ways. As […]...
5 to 9 #microadventure The 2019 Summer Solstice Microadventure Challenge Would you like more moments of wonder in your life this year? Do you keep intending to make this the year when you really do get out “there” as much as you dream of doing? The trouble is, real life […]...
A step-by-step Series of Microadventure Challenges How can we inspire people to build their own habit of living adventurously? How can people self-learn skills away from the structure of organised adventure training? How can young people develop skills and independence until they are trusted to roam […]...
Calendar of the Microadventure Year Time to plan, commit, and make stuff happen… What have I forgotten? Please add your own ideas and events in the comments. (You can download the original pdf of this calendar from my Microadventures Book).  ...
7-Step Solution to a Summer Microadventure 1. Get out of town (When the boy in the bubble needs to escape) 2. Refresh (Although I’mm sure some ad recently made me want to drink cider…) 3. Connect (by Disconnecting) (Dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand […]...
Kit for a Swimming Microadventure Spiralling inwards, clockwise from top left: 3/4 length Thermarest Water Alpkit drybag rucksack, with tow leash attached Shoes you can get wet. (I usually use Vibram 5-fingers to swim in but couldn’t find them for this photo’¦) Wetsuit Warm clothes […]...
Bavarian Microadventure – with a difference I was worried, eight years ago, when I first began sleeping on local hills and swimming in rivers to get my prescribed dose of adventure. I had just, barely, hardly, got to a point where I felt confident that enough […]...
Urban Microadventures with Land Rover I have partnered with Land Rover to try to spread the idea of squeezing microadventures into everyday, busy life. Whichever way you choose to do it, wherever you live, whoever you are, whatever you enjoy, don’t forget that you can […]...
Land Rover Wilderness Microadventure I’mve partnered with Land Rover to try to spread the concept of microadventure to a wider audience. After you’ve counted down the minutes until 5pm, head into the wilderness for an overnight Microadventure. Experience your surroundings as you build a […]...
Microadventures with Land Rover I sat down with Land Rover to talk inspirations, experiences and all things microadventure. Watch the little intro film we made, then read the interview below. I’mm pretty excited that my little idea about squeezing adventure into everyday life has […]...
The 2017 Summer Solstice Microadventure Challenge – the Winners The 2017 Summer Solstice Microadventure Challenge led to a wonderful wave of people heading out and enjoying microadventures. If you joined in, I hope that you had a great time. Even better would be if some of these pictures inspire […]...
Painting Microadventure Carrying on my occasional series of films about the ways different people enjoy the outdoors and microadventures, I headed to Cornwall to spend a night out with artist Glyn Macey. If you like Glyn’s work, please do check out his […]...
Summer Solstice Microadventure Challenge: Look What People Are Doing! The Summer Solstice Microadventure Challenge is well under way, and it’s brilliant to see so many people getting out and making the most of these long summer evenings. Have a look at these pics, get inspired, get planning, join the […]...
Microadventures with Kids – everything you need to know! Many people love the idea of taking their children on microadventures. But there are many valid reasons why it can be hard to do. There are even more imagined barriers that get in the way. So here, in their own […]...
Fire and Foraging Microadventure Inspired by my wild baking microadventure, I decided it was high time I learned to light a fire properly, without matches or a lighter. This led me back to Sussex to my old friend Nick, to chat with him about […]...
A Budget Microadventure Kit Even if you don’t own any outdoor gear, you can assemble all that you need for a microadventure pretty cheaply. All of these links are for gear that is perfectly good enough quality for you to join in with the […]...
The 2017 Summer Solstice Microadventure: Choose Your Own Challenge EDIT – winners announced here. Welcome to the 6th year of the Summer Solstice Microadventure Challenge! The aim, as always, is simple: to encourage people around the world to stop procrastinating and try a microadventure. (Not sure what a microadventure is? […]...
Curry and Caves: a microadventure Following on from my chat with baker Tom Herbert, this week I headed north for curry in a cave with Tomo Thompson, an outdoor guide, in order to ask him what motivates and inspires him about getting into the outdoors. Joining […]...
Getting new people involved in Microadventures ‘œDo you remember the first time? I can’t remember a worse time. But you know that we’ve changed so much since then’¦’ – Pulp My first night in a bivvy bag was grim. I was under-dressed and cold. I was […]...
Wild Baking Microadventure A night away from the world, under the stars in a bivvy bag, can benefit many different people in many different ways. I am interested to start exploring what a microadventure might mean to a variety of individuals. Here then […]...
A series of Microadventure challenges to build your confidence A few questions I have been pondering: How can I inspire people to build their own habit of adventure? How can people learn useful and necessary skills away from the structure of organised outdoor training? How can people practice these […]...
Microadventures with Kids – your stories, please! I want to compile an inspiring and useful guide for people who would love to take their kids on microadventures but feel that it is too difficult. I am going to do this by sharing other people’s stories and advice. […]...

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