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Microadventures

There are good reasons why I spent over 4 years cycling round the world rather than doing it in 6 months.

Similarly I chose to run the London marathon in less than 3 hours and collapse over the finish line rather than jogging round at a leisurely pace.
There is a point towards me striving for a 1000-mile trek across the Empty Quarter rather than a week-long trip to Dubai.

To everything there is a season…

However, you do not need to fly to the other side of the planet to undertake an expedition. You do not need to be an elite athlete, expertly trained or rich to have an adventure.

Adventure is only a state of mind.

I believe that adventure is about stretching yourself: mentally, physically or culturally. It is about doing what you do not normally do, pushing yourself hard and doing it to the best of your ability.

If that is true then adventure is all around us, at all times. Adventure is accessible to normal people, in normal places, in short segments of time and without having to spend much money.

Adventure is only a state of mind.

That is why I came up with the idea of microadventures. Simple expeditions and challenges which are close to home, affordable and easy to organise. Ideas designed to encourage ordinary people to get Out There and Do Stuff for themselves, even in these tightened financial times. This year is my year of British microadventures. This blog entry should tell you everything you ever needed to know to try a microadventure for yourself.

They may be small but microadventures can still be challenging and rewarding. Each one is designed to inspire others to set their own challenges, challenges which may be short but which grasp the spirit of adventure.

This is the goal of my microadventures.

Read about some of them here, watch the videos below, then get out there and do something yourself! Send me a postcard…

Read much more about microadventures here.

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