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How to Choose Your Adventure. 36 Questions to Hatch a Plan… You’ve decided you want to do a big journey. You’ve begun saving. You’ve allocated time in your calendar to the trip. Your family and boss know that you’re doing the trip. Nothing is standing in your way. (You have permission […]...

Adventure To Do List As your adventure plans gather momentum, you’ll find yourself deluged with to-do lists. You will never, ever get through them all before your day of departure dawns. You will not get as much training done as you intended. You will […]...

Travelling Solo or with a Friend On most of my travels I have been on my own. But I have also had many great experiences when travelling with a friend. So which is better? Here are a few thoughts to help you weigh up the pros […]...

Overcoming other Commitments to Make Your Adventure Happen It’s a foolhardy thing to tell other people how they ought to lead their lives. I’mm conscious that heading off on adventures is far easier for me than it is for many other people. It’s why in my new book […]...

Questions to Help you Find Time for Adventure Yesterday I tried to encourage you to reflect on how time is passing us by. It’s unlikely that there will ever be a perfect time to go and do your dream adventure. Therefore it makes sense to start trying to […]...

Finding Time for Adventure If you are in the fortunate position of being able to even dream of undertaking a big adventure, getting hold of £1000 may not be the biggest hurdle. After all, it’s less money than many holidays, kitchen upgrades, wedding dresses […]...

Ideas for Grand Adventures for £1000 Here are a few suggestions for ideas of adventures you could have for £1000: ‘I would go south – hitch-hiking into Africa.’ – Steve Dew-Jones, hitch-hiked to Malaysia. ‘I would probably just leave the front door with my camping kit […]...

Is £1000 Really Enough Money for a Proper Adventure? There is often an assumption that adventures have to be expensive. They need not be. This is particularly true if you overcome another assumption: that you have to fly to somewhere far away in order to have an adventure. Hatching […]...

How to get £1000 for an Adventure One of the biggest problems with launching your dream adventure is saving enough money. So here is an easy way to get saving. It requires zero willpower or organisational skills. And it shouldn’t cause too much daily hardship in your […]...

Is Money an Obstacle to your Adventures? Money is cited by most people as one of their biggest worries in life and the largest obstacle to adventure. When I hear people saying ‘œI’md love to do a big adventure, if only’¦’ it is usually money that they […]...

Advice for Young People Dreaming of Adventure “All of our days are numbered; we cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it.” ― Nick […]...

Dreams vs Reality I received a really interesting email this week titled “Dreams vs Reality”. It’s an important counter-point to the usual online messages of “follow your dreams! quit your boring job! head for the sunshine!” I’mm guilty of those rather polarised, binary […]...

Packing Every increased possession loads us with new weariness. – John Ruskin Everything I own is in the faded bags that I carry on my bike. I could list every one of my possessions. Wherever I go, all day, every day, […]...

Henry Worsley I feel very sad today. My friend Henry Worsley has died, shortly after being evacuated from an expedition in Antarctica. Henry was a friend, an inspiration and, at times, an inadvertent mentor. I wanted to be like Henry when I […]...

A Mediterranean Microadventure In an interview a while ago I listed some people who I would love to collaborate with on an adventure project. One of them was my friend Tem. He makes films. Whilst our magnus opus still awaits, it was brilliant […]...

How to Cycle 40,000 miles Round the World in 1000 Words I am not a cyclist. I'm™m not very brave. I didn'™t have much cash. I didn'™t have the best gear. I'm™m still rubbish at fixing my bike. Here then is how I cycled round the world....

Make this Your Year of Microadventure Would you like to live more adventurously? To experience the wild and escape from the rushed, mundane real world. To do something new, fun and different. To spend memorable time with your friends, family or by yourself. To challenge yourself, […]...

An Introduction to Microadventures The story behind microadventures, and a call to action....

Christmas Microadventure Challenge Over the past few summers I have been trying to rally people to tackle a summer solstice microadventure. It has been a pleasant success, with loads of people heading for the hills. This year lots of people have been tackling a microadventure each month […]...

Karun The Karun is Iran’s longest river. Two friends of mine set out to try to travel the length of the river from source to sea. Their film, Karun, was released this week following a successful Kickstarter fundraising campaign. I was lucky […]...

Mountain Bikes and Bothy Nights The story of my journey round the bothies of Scotland by mountain bike. One of the most fun weeks of my life....

Proof for Reddit Hi, hopefully this page proves that I am the author of the Reddit IAMA about cycling round the world…! More proof about my ride on the round the world by bike page. Al Here’s the most recent adventure film I’mve […]...

Ingredients for Planning a Great Adventure The best journeys are simple. Not easy, but simple. A simple journey will take you from A to B. But to make the journey special you’™ll need to throw in a few extra ingredients. These might include: A journey with […]...

Into the Empty Quarter – watch Today, for Free This is the 20-minute 'festival cut' of the film. Feel free to watch, share, enjoy, download as you wish. ...

The Top 10 Adventure Film Festivals A list of the best adventure, travel and mountain film festivals in the world!...

Adventure Film Festivals Summer may be over, but this is still one of my favourite times of year. It’s Adventure Film Festival season! Across the world there is a growing number of festivals showcasing the best in travel, expedition and mountain adventures. You should […]...

Why I began Microadventures Half a lifetime ago, I left home to spend a year in Africa. That was it. I was hooked. Adventure!...

A Snapshot of India ‘œThe Earth teaches us more about ourselves than all the books in the world.’ – John Steinbeck All the clichÃ©s about India are true. ClichÃ©s always are. But there is so much more. There always is. India: so vivid and […]...

Going Deep I wake up. I get out of bed. I have a shower. I brush my teeth. I get dressed. I go to the kitchen for breakfast. A boring start to another day. I throw the kitchen window open. Birdsong and […]...

The Fred Whitton Challenge The Fred Whitton Challenge is an iconic, 112-mile cycle challenge over all the major passes of the Lake District National Park. It’s beautiful, difficult, simple, but not easy… Most people ride it in one day, but I turned it into […]...

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