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Bob Graham Driving north, I was confident. I’m™ve been training hard (I ran a spontaneous marathon last week; boasted about it on social media). This year I am spending a day a month running in the hills, my self-prescribed Minimum Effective Dose […]...

40 Every month I visit the Lake District to spend a day running in the hills. It’s good for the body, good for the head, good for the soul. I film the run and chat to myself about whatever feels important […]...

The Book of the Bothy Author of Book of the Bothy ‘“ the first guidebook to British Bothies ‘“ Phoebe Smith takes us back to where the Mountain Bothies Association began, with an overnight under the dark skies of the Galloway Forest’¦ I often wonder if, […]...

A Guest Blog from John Muir* I was longing for an adventure, but money was scarce and I couldn’t see how a bread supply was to be kept up. Or at least, that was my current excuse for not doing something about it. I know that […]...

Wilderness – a new film Last year I spent a week in Scotland making a film about bothies. This Easter I returned to make a new film with my friend Tem. We spent a glorious week zooming around the Highlands and Cairngorms. Our plan was […]...

The Kindness of Strangers This is a guest post from Fearghal O’Nuallain… March 12th 2010, on an isolated track next to the Serbian Danube. I’mm a lone cyclist pushing a laden bike through the snow. Trudging a few steps, stopping, then trudging some more. […]...

Expedition Equipment List Here is the gear I will be carrying with me on my hike through Spain. Some of the kit I paid for; some was provided by companies; all of it meets my high standards for serving me well on the road. Daily […]...

I Am Going To Walk Out One Midsummer Morning In 1935 a young Englishman named Laurie Lee arrived in Spain. He had never been overseas; had hardly even left the quiet village he grew up in. He was searching for adventure and chose Spain simply because he knew one […]...

A Slow Rafting Adventure I’m™m lying in a hammock, on a riverbank, in a forest, in Sweden. Down on the water, tied to a pair of trees, is a two-tonne raft made from logs. Smoke is rising from the campfire. The steaks are almost […]...

Microadventures A microadventure is an adventure that is short, simple, local, cheap – yet still fun, exciting, challenging, refreshing and rewarding. As the world’s population becomes increasingly urbanised, busy, and stuck in front of a screen, microadventures offer a realistic escape to wilderness, […]...

Results of the Great British Summer Microadventure Challenge Well, we nearly did it. And that’s way better than I’md imagined at the start, back when I laid down the challenge to see if we could get an overnight microadventure happening in every county of the United Kingdom. I launched the challenge for […]...

Ways to Tell the Story of Your Adventure There are many ways to skin a cat; many ways to share your adventure story (about the time you skinned that cat, perhaps). Each one comes with pros and cons. Before you commit to one over another, it’™s worth spending […]...

“I love the adventures that you do, but is it possible / safe for a lone female?” It seems that every week I get an email from a woman, or a question at a talk, along the lines of, “I love the adventures that you do, but is it possible / safe for a lone female?” I’mm […]...

Packing Light for a Hiking Expedition Few things in the outdoor world can raise as much ire, or expend as much hot air, as discussions about lightweight equipment. I generally stay away from kit discussions because I’mm not and expert, nor am I very interested in […]...

The Great British Summer Microadventure Challenge For the past few summers I’mve organised a Microadventure Challenge, encouraging people to go and spend a night under the stars. I’mve found that it often takes the little jolt of a challenge to help people overcome procrastination, busyness, and the […]...

A Bicycle Challenge This is the Fred Whitton Challenge. It’™s not on Twitter and it’™s not branded as, Xtreme, Tough, Epic, Ultimate or Awesome, though it probably is some of those things. We live in an age of hype and hyperbole. But just […]...

Microadventure Ideas Suggestions for your first ever Microadventure. ...

Polar Adventures Explained Polar journeys are not cheap. You certainly cannot do one for £1000. They are logistically daunting, too. You will need to overcome these two huge hurdles if you have a yearning for the big white world at the poles of […]...

Everyday Adventures What is adventure anyway? One man’s adventure is another man’s holiday. One woman’s adventure is another’s god-awful miserable penance, or another’s daily lot. So I try always try to not define the word too tightly. Adventure means different things to […]...

Why Everyone Should Climb a Mountain ‘œIt is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.’ ‘”Edmund Hillary Mountains produce the best adventure stories. Actually, that’™s not quite true. Climbers produce the best stories. Mountains don’™t give a damn. And that, of course, is part of the […]...

“I Read; I Travel; I Become” Adventure is a broad brush. It’s not just climbing death-defying mountains or gasping with thirst in the Sahara. One of the most adventurous moments of my life was when, aged 18, I over-filled an inappropriately massive, shiny, new rucksack with […]...

In Praise of Journeys on Water Whether you choose a canoe or kayak, build yourself a raft, or simply set out to swim, heading to the water is possibly my favourite way of guaranteeing an interesting journey. Pick a river, any river on Earth, follow it […]...

Thoughts on Making a Journey by Animal I have never taken a journey involving an animal, though I would love to. I know the reasons why I have not done it: it’s more expensive than just going solo; making it to the start line is more of […]...

One Hour to Outdoors For quite some time I have been championing the idea that the wilderness is often closer than we realise. For those of us who spend much of our time hacking around the urban jungle, it can be hard to imagine […]...

In Praise of Petrol Power Adventure I have never done a proper motorised adventure. My personal preference for adventure involves human-powered, physical and masochistic means of transport. If I’mm having fun, I often say, then I’mm on holiday not an adventure. But that’s certainly not to […]...

Adventures on Foot: in Praise of Simplicity and Slowness Simplicity and slowness are core components of virtually all the best adventures. Walking is king of both these. Walking requires no expertise and can, if you prefer, entail zero training, preparation or planning. If you decided that you wanted to […]...

The Bicycle is where my Adventuring Heart lies The bicycle is where my adventuring heart lies. It’s the most versatile, all-purpose accessory to adventure ever invented. A motorbike may be faster; walking may be slower (there is a time and a place for both fast adventure and slow […]...

Grand Adventures My new book, Grand Adventures, is out now. Here is the introduction chapter to the book. I hope you like it. It’s designed to help you dream big, plan quick, then go explore. I would be extremely grateful if you […]...

Grand Adventures – new book out TODAY Today’s an exciting day. Well it is for me, at least. My new book, Grand Adventures, is published today! You can get a copy here. Grand Adventures has the same design and layout as Microadventures and is, in some ways, intended […]...

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Alastair Humphreys

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