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Apples [Here’s a link to other forays around my map.] A foray today to the outer fringes of my map and, travelling there, a sinking feeling that a single map is far too big for a lifetime of exploring! But I shall […]...

Have a Meaningful Specific – Don’t Try to Please Everyone. Living Adventurously 53 David Hanney is the Co-founder and CEO at Alpkit, an outdoor and bike brand for enthusiasts and adventurers. ...

Shouting from the Shed 59 Good morning, I’m writing this in my shed as rain rattles the roof and the first strong autumn winds flurry leaves from the trees. The seasons are changing, and the world is changing too. David Attenborough has joined Instagram “because, as we […]...

Flying and “Stuff” are the Biggest Problems in Adventure. Living Adventurously 56 Kate Rawles' 'Outdoor Philosophy' looks at the relationship between people and nature, telling stories through long bicycle journeys, including crossing South America by bamboo bicycle....

Shouting from the Shed – 55 Hi everyone, Welcome to my latest shed ramblings. Thank you to all those who sent nice messages (try it – I love hearing from you: just click ‘reply’ ) after my recent post about selling books. Even bigger thanks to all those who bought one or […]...

5 Principles of Sustainable Adventure Al from Via Outdoors shares some thoughts on the benefits of spending time in the great outdoors… Deep into the second month of lockdown, we may be missing the world outside, but it’s not reciprocated. It seems churlish to mention […]...

Push, push, push Living adventurously is about cajoling ourselves to venture beyond what we initially think possible. At each stage in the narrative here, I did not imagine that I would attempt what came next, nor did I give much thought to how many different 'comfort zon...

Trying to achieve perfection is usually a recipe for disaster. Living Adventurously 23 Brant Richards is the Co-Founder of HebTroCo which smashed Kickstarter funding targets and grew into a Made In Britain menswear brand from the ground up. ...

Sliding doors When have you shied away from doing something because it wouldn’t be perfect? Would ‘good’ have been a preferable outcome to not done at all?...

Tea and biscuits All adventures have several distinct phases. The first is my favourite because it is enjoyable, exhilarating and very easy. This is the unrolling of a big map and your blossoming daydreams. It can take place by yourself with a mug of tea and a packet of b...

One Thing at a Time, as Beautiful as Possible – Living Adventurously 14 Thom Barnett runs Mamnick, a clothing brand passionate about cycling. The tagline is “one thing at a time, as beautiful as possible”. I cajoled Thom out of bed at early o’clock and we cycled out of Sheffield together, nipping down […]...

On Sunday night I am excited to go back to work on Monday morning – Living Adventurously 11 Jon Barton is the founder of Vertebrate Publishing. It sits at the very heart of British adventure writing and outdoor sports. Jon says that “we publish books to inspire adventure. It’s our rule that the only books we publish are […]...

What Stories Do You Tell Yourself About Your Barriers? Sarah Lister was drifting through her twenties until a ‘doorstep mile’ moment of commitment saw her quit her unloved job and begin again. Today Sarah lives in a cosy cottage at the foot of beautiful fells in the Peak District […]...

What Stories Do You Tell Yourself About Your Barriers? – Living Adventurously #8 Sarah Lister was drifting through her twenties until a 'doorstep mile' moment of commitment saw her quit her unloved job and begin again. Today Sarah lives in a cosy cottage at the foot of beautiful fells in the Peak District National Park. She works as a...

The Inspirations and Limitations for Women Getting into the Outdoors – Living Adventurously episode #7 Hetty Key combined her industry experience of the Outdoor / Adventure world with her academic background to investigate issues surrounding women in adventure. Hetty is passionate about using data to increase diversity and improve accessibility within the outdoors. Women in […]...

Living Adventurously is About Trying to Not Be at Work – Living Adventurously #4 Simon Jackson launched the superb Moors One Hundred bikepacking event in North Yorkshire. He guided me around some of his favourite trails on a glorious day of summer heatwave. Simon has a normal job and the usual commitments of raising […]...

Putting Restrictions in Place Enforces Creativity – Living Adventurously #5 Tommy Banks was the youngest chef in the world to be awarded a Michelin star. The Black Swan at Oldstead was rated the best restaurant in the world by TripAdvisor in 2017. As a connoisseur of banana sandwiches and dehydrated […]...

A Year in a Tree This year I climbed a tree every month. Same tree. Same bough. Same day (or at least always in the first week of the month). It was a chance to notice more, to witness the world working. And it allowed […]...

The Barriers to Living Adventurously A selected list of barriers, taken from readers of my Instagram account (@al_humphreys) I began by asking this question: View this post on Instagram I am interested to find out what might be stopping you from living as adventurously as […]...

My Books of the Year 2019 If you’re looking for ideas of books to give as gifts (perhaps after sneakily reading it yourself first), here are my recommendations for 2019. I read a lot of books and so I’m confident these won’t disappoint. (I often post […]...

Shouting from my shed – 38 Konnichi wa, I’m madly chasing a (self-imposed) book deadline and therefore what better thing to do than distract myself by taking the time to share ten golden nuggets with you: I’m delighted to announce that after a looooot of work and time, […]...

The Big Climate Fightback Action for tree planting has been sparked after conservation charity, the Woodland Trust, had to yet again call out the Government for failing to meet its annual tree planting commitments. Because of this, the charity launched the UK’s largest mass […]...

Instagram Fears I asked on Instagram what people were scared of, and what was stopping them from living more adventurously. The most interesting aspect of the answers was how the same ideas came up time and time again. The most frequent themes […]...

Living More Adventurously – the Do Lectures One of my favourite speaking events was the Do Lectures in Wales. Here’s my talk, followed by the transcript. Let me ask you two questions. The first: ‘would you like to live more adventurously?’ I don’t mean would you like […]...

Suilven This adventure began with a map. Or perhaps it began with a bike ride – I can’t remember any more. It doesn’t really matter, I suppose, but good ideas do tend to brew when either a map or a bicycle […]...

Shouting from My Shed – 32 Hello and welcome to June! Time for evening bike rides, river swims, and sleeping on hilltops… 👉 For years now I have been running a Summer Solstice Microadventure Challenge. Start making plans for some moments of wonder in the build-up to […]...

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 […]...

Shouting from my Shed – 27 Hello! 62% of you voted for me to keep my newsletters long and waffling (clearly my audience is predominantly layabouts without any proper work to be doing on weekday afternoons), so I’m going to keep things that way. But for […]...

The Doorstep Mile Newsletter: Living Adventurously The Oxford Dictionary defines adventure as an ‘unusual, exciting or daring experience’, and being ‘willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences’. Would you like to live more adventurously? I know that I certainly would. […]...

Pootling about the Bavarian Alps Plans in the outdoors do not always work out. That does not always matter. In fact, much of the time plans are important for only one thing: giving you the excuse and the impetus to get out of the door, […]...

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