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Meet On A Hill: An Evening Out With Friends Thank you to the many people who have kindly “bought me a coffee” for just £2.50 as encouragement to keep this blog going. “Yes, I too would like to donate a couple of pounds to this site..!”...

Cycle to the Sea Nobody in the UK lives more than 70 miles from the sea. Why not ride there this weekend?...

A Quickfire Trail interview · What’s the highest mountain you’ve climbed? I have climbed virtually no mountains. This pains me! The highest I’mve been is “near the top of Illimani” but we had to turn back when my pal got altitude sickness. · What’s […]...

Four Seasons of Microadventure Why don’t you try this challenge this year? Once a season this year I am spending a night out in the same woods. It’s a simple idea: a way to see how the world changes, to measure my own year […]...

Summer Solstice Microadventure Winners This is the fourth year I’mve run a solstice microadventure challenge on my blog. I’mve noticed a very different response this year to the last couple of years. There have been more people than ever getting out into the wild, […]...

The Doorstep Mile At talks I give I am often asked, “what is the hardest thing you have ever done?” Generally they want to hear me tell of hauling a 300kg cart through the Empty Quarter desert, sweating in the footsteps of Thesiger. […]...

We go to places we’ve never been because we want to be Surprised. There are many aspects to travel. We go to places we’™ve never been because we want to be surprised. We want to see new sights and experience fresh things. We seek out remote places to see what they might teach […]...

The Summer Solstice Microadventure Challenge is Back! Get outside. Enjoy the summer. Sleep on a hill. Have fun. Win stuff!...

Wild Swimming, Wild Camping and Ancient Hillfort Microadventures Some ideas to try close to London....

Chris Guillebeau Chris Guillebeau is an author and entrepreneur. He has visited every country on Earth. Chris runs a blog called The Art of Non-Conformity and has written several fantastically useful books. I interviewed him for my Grand Adventures project (which has […]...

Cycle Touring Books to Read before you Go Useful and inspiring books and resources to help you plan your adventure....

Choosing a Life Less Ordinary Once upon a time, I used to dream of adventure. I sat at home, reading books, flicking through magazines, scrolling through blogs, and drooling over places like this: and even this: Trouble is, they are the sort of places that […]...

Your Summer of Microadventure If you're not already on board, why not begin Your Year of Microadventure with us in May? Here's the challenge:...

On Foot through India The river Kaveri is one of the 5 great holy rivers of India, revered by pilgrims for centuries. From its source amongst the coffee and cardamon plantations in the cool hills of the Western Ghats, the river flows 500 miles across […]...

Mountain Bikes and Bothy Nights A short film about an imaginary journey round Scotland, linking together wild bothies and landscapes....

The Nuts and Bolts of Making an Adventure Happen I'mve been on enough big trips now to trust myself to prepare for them competently. There is a deluge of stuff to plan!...

By Foot and Packraft across Iran – a free film! Last year, two friends of mine went on a very cool looking expedition to Iran. They’ve just produced a free short film about the trip, and are in the process of making a feature. See below for Leon’s introduction and […]...

Spanish Microadventure I spoke at a conference in Barcelona recently. The client kindly put me up for the night in a very posh hotel. I enjoyed it very much! But I extended my stay in Spain by a night because I wanted […]...

11 Tips on Finding Sponsors for your Expedition Finding a sponsor is hard. Here are some tips to help the process....

My Spring Microadventure The Year of Microadventure project is gathering pace nicely, gathering plenty of new recruits as the weather improves. The idea is simple: spend one night a month under the stars for a year. I’mve always known that some people will […]...

Story Telling and Adventure Some advice on whether, and how, to tell the story of your adventure....

Your Spring Microadventure I began the Year of Microadventure campaign to challenge people to spend one night a month out in the wild. I knew full well that only a certain breed of person would be up for sleeping on a hill in January or […]...

Money and Adventure Some tips on saving and budgeting for your adventure....

Night of Adventure is back Here are 12 brilliant adventure stories that you’d enjoy hearing, told by fantastic characters (and me). All these people will be speaking at the next Night of Adventure event in London on March 24th. These charity events have been running for 5 […]...

Ben Saunders Ben Saunders is a pioneering polar explorer and a record-breaking long-distance skier, covering more than 6,000km (3,730 miles) on foot in the polar regions since 2001. Ben’s accomplishments include leading the longest human-powered polar journey in history, a round-trip from […]...

Microadventure Facebook Groups and MeetUps I don’t want the idea of “microadventure” to become formulaic. So long as people are getting out into the wild – hiking, climbing, riding, swimming, running, sleeping – then that’s all that really matters. Having said that, one of the […]...

Try saying “I Choose Not to” instead of “I Can’t” Too busy for the adventure you dream of? Too skint to head to the hills? Not skilled enough to paddle the river? Too many things on to begin writing that book? Here’s a small experiment to try: Instead of saying […]...

Banff World Tour If you are in the UK and love adventure, then I urge you to go and see the Banff World Tour when it comes to a cinema near you in the coming weeks. It’s heading all over the country (dates/venues […]...

Tim Cope – 3 years on horseback Australian adventurer Tim Cope has cycled across Siberia and rowed the Yenisey. He has also travelled, by horse, for three years across Eurasia. I had a great chat with him for Grand Adventures. Alastair: Can you give me a simple summary […]...

Travelling Round the World by Train Temujin Doran is a film-maker and dancer par excellence. I caught up with him to ask about his journey round the world without using an aeroplane. (photo by Hannah Devereux) Alastair: Tell me about your idea of going around the […]...

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