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Shouting from the Shed 86 Good morning / добрий день, I’m a long time supporter of Hope and Homes for Children, a charity born from the suffering of orphans during war. 30 years on, their work is as vital as ever. As the war in Ukraine intensifies, many […]...

Shouting from the Shed 77 Hi again, I was determined that today’s missive would be brief, but I’m afraid I’ve ended up with loads of good stuff to share with you. So I’ll just dive straight in (after reminding you to scroll down for a dip […]...

Mushrooms [EDIT: you can read the stories from my progress across my map here.] The Duke of Wellington was one of Britain’s greatest military heroes and Prime Ministers. Although he was born in 1769, he lived long enough to have […]...

How Do You Start a Podcast? How do you go about creating a podcast? I love yours but wonder where does someone start? – Ffion I love your podcast and it sounds amazing! Could you tell us about the equipment and software you use to create and […]...

Coffee, after a night outside You’re going to appreciate this month’s coffee more than any other from our adventures this year. A night spent under the stars is unlikely to offer the best sleep of the year, but it is refreshing and restorative in other […]...

How does an ‘Adventurer’ earn enough money to make it their full-time job? How Do I Earn Money? This has been the most common question so far, asked by many different people. I walked through my local woods in the pouring rain to mull over my answer and find a cafe* to write it down. I hope […]...

Bikepacking Equipment Guide 2021 Here is the equipment I packed recently for a multi-day bikepacking ride over several hundred kilometres of hilly roads, gravel tracks, bridleways and clifftop footpaths. Top Row, from Left to Right. Pannier. I only needed to use one, and with […]...

Ask An Adventurer – New Book Out Today! I’ve written a new book! Ask An Adventurer is lucky number 13, I hope… You can order a copy here, today. Adventurers cross deserts and row oceans, appearing to live the dream. Yet they also must pay the bills […]...

Lakes [Here’s a link to other forays around my map.] There was a tropical, humid, jungle feel to the morning: plants shining and ground steaming after heavy overnight rain, a thrush singing a loud, persistent song that would not sound out […]...

Some Good Books I Have Read Recently Here’s my list of good books I’ve read recently, updated every so often. If you’d like to hear when I add more suggestions, please sign up to my newsletter. Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Bookshop.org and I will earn […]...

Ask An Adventurer For Kindle, click here. For overseas orders, click here. (Free worldwide postage.) For UK addresses, add to cart below. “Ask An Adventurer gives you all the essentials on turning your hobby into a paying profession: from managing time to engaging audiences, pitching to clients to self-marketing. A really interesting read, yet down to earth and practical, I think anyone intrigued to learn about becoming any kind of full-time ‘artist’ would get something from this very lucidly written book.” - Buzz Magazine Adventurers cross deserts and row oceans, appearing to live the dream. Yet they also must pay the bills and carve out time to get away. Are you trying to make a career doing what you love, daring to go freelance in a creative industry, growing a tribe or curious about an unconventional career? What is it like to build a life from living adventurously? Whether you are adventurous, creative, or just curious, Ask An Adventurer answers your questions from behind the scenes. All of the questions in the book were posed to Alastair by readers on social media....

Night Riding I have ridden my bike at night many times, of course. Home from the pub, round town, back from the station, down a motorway into Istanbul, out of the desert into the dawn in Sudan, through the night and the […]...

Kestrels [Here’s a link to other forays around my map.] “Footpaths are mundane in the best sense of that word: ‘worldly’, open to all. As rights of way determined and sustained by use, they constitute a labyrinth of liberty, a slender […]...

Jaded [Here’s a link to other forays around my map.] What makes a grid square interesting? Is it all the things there? Or is it the things that I see? The things that make me curious, that spark connections and […]...

Coffee Outside, After a Wild Swim Here we are, almost halfway through the year. We’re coming closer to the summer solstice, which for those of us in the northern hemisphere means ample hours of daylight, and warmer days for explorations and adventures. Nature is bursting […]...

Shouting from the Shed 70 Hi again, I have a long list of things I’d like to share with you today (including a newsletter from the archives at the bottom), so I’d better get started… On May 6th I’m giving a free online talk for the John […]...

Coffee Outside, With a Dose of Creativity What makes you feel creative? Every month we have been exploring ways that coffee can offer the opportunity for interesting microadventures, a vehicle into exploration of the world around us or our inner selves. What is otherwise a very regular […]...

Shouting from the Shed 67 Good morning, I have a favour to ask: if you enjoy getting my newsletter, would you mind sharing it on Twitter? I’m continuing my experiment of posting links from the archives down at the bottom in case you’ve got time on your […]...

Social Media on Bike Tours: pros and cons I contacted some people on Instagram who have done huge bike tours recently to ask them how social media has impacted their ride. (I did this after writing my own thoughts on whether adventure was better before social media.) Here […]...

Marina [Here’s a link to other forays around my map.] Historical names for February include the Old English terms Solmonath (mud month) and Kale-monath (named for cabbage). In Finnish, the month is called ‘helmikuu’, meaning “month of the pearl”; when snow […]...

Coffee Outside Momentous and wondrous things — adventure, a piece of art, a new project — begin with a seed of an idea, a cup of coffee, and then the decision to begin. Whether it is ‘putting the kettle on’ in Britain […]...

Coppicing [Here’s a link to other forays around my map.] “It is not a matter of going somewhere and counting off what it has to offer, as if using up its finite potential for new experience. It is more like peeling […]...

Dark Mills [Here’s a link to other forays around my map.] “There is in fact a sort of harmony discoverable between the capabilities of the landscape within a circle of ten miles’ radius, or the limits of an afternoon walk, and the […]...

Fake Plastic Trees [Here’s a link to other forays around my map.] “I love Nature partly because she is not man, but a retreat from him. None of his institutions control or pervade her. There a different kind of right prevails. In her midst […]...

Ten Top Adventure Travel Tips Give yourself more planning time than you think you need. But also commit to a start date and understand that not everything will be ready by that point. It never has been, nor ever will be! The most important […]...

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 […]...

making a living from your love of travel Like all readers of this blog, I love travelling to new places in the world. In fact I enjoy it so much that I’mve worked hard to turn it into my job. I’mve funded the last decade or so of […]...

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 […]...

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