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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 […]...

The Dilemma of Flying and Adventure This is an extract from my book Ask An Adventurer… “As the world focuses more on our carbon footprint, how do you get round the ‘travel’ issue? We’re a global family and I’m increasingly concerned about all the long haul […]...

If you were single and had no kids, what would you do differently in your life? (And, crucially, what can those thoughts teach you about what you should do in the future?) This question became a chapter in my new book, Ask An Adventurer: If you were single and had no kids, what would you do differently in your life? Hmmm… I’ve never thought about this question. OK, here are 999 things I’ve […]...

How does an ‘Adventurer’ get so much Time away from their family to go on Adventures? A confession… This question became a chapter in my new book, Ask An Adventurer: How do you get so much Time away from your Wife and Kids to go on Adventures? This week’s question came from several different people. For example, […]...

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 […]...

What on earth is an ‘adventurer’? Andy Kirkpatrick / @psychovertical: What is an adventurer? Julia: When did you decide you’re an ‘adventurer’? (If you’d like to ask me a question, you can do so here.) The first question in this series seems apt as a starting point: ‘what on […]...

Shouting from the Shed 72 Hi again, I’m feeling relieved this week as I have finished writing my latest book. It’s my 13th book, so hopefully a lucky one! Ask An Adventurer takes a behind-the-scenes look at my working life, answering questions put to me on Twitter. The […]...

Solstice [Here’s a link to other forays around my map.] “This is June, the month of grass and leaves… I feel a little flustered in my thoughts, as if I might be too late. Each season is but an infinitesimal point. […]...

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 […]...

How do you choose your next adventure when there are so many options available? How do you choose your next adventure when there are so many options available? Wizarding up ideas for adventures is one of my favourite things to do. I find it enjoyable, exciting, but also easy. If I was a specialist […]...

Coffee Outside, Somewhere New In her book Wintering, Katherine May describes the struggles of the fallow season we are now coming to the end of. “Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living […]...

Advice for Aspiring Adventurers I get a lot of emails from people asking "how to get into a career of adventure"....

The Escape Kit To make the most of unexpected sunny evenings and early escapes from work, it’s a nice idea to have an escape kit packed and ready to go. If you keep it by your front door so that you see it […]...

Hipcamp interview Q&A The power of everyday adventures Alastair Humphreys has never shied away from adventure ‘“ in fact, he’s made a point of embracing it. His adventuring started at an early age: by eight, he was running across mountains in races […]...

Walking Home for Christmas – 2017 Every year approximately 15,000 skilled and capable men and women leave the Armed Forces having served on behalf of their country. The majority transition successfully. But for a meaningful minority the departure from the structured world of the military is […]...

Born of Frustration [This is an extract from my book My Midsummer Morning] Born of Frustration I have been a father for seven years. It has been the hardest journey of my life. On my wedding day, such a fullness of emotion. This […]...

A Single Map is Enough [EDIT: you can now read the book I wrote about exploring my local map for a whole year (UK and Worldwide). And you can read the original blog stories from my progress across my map here.] “There is in fact […]...

Shouting from my Shed: 57 Shikamoo everyone! We’re happily marching on together into summer; I’ve jumped out of a tree into a river for the first time in months; the best book I have ever written came out in paperback this week; I’m experimenting with the evil genius […]...

Shouting from the Shed 54 Lockdown Cycling “When you’re limited you get creative – welcome to my home office”. A joyous lockdown video in the Danny MacAskill mould. But what I really enjoyed here was the ‘How This Was Made’ film – one of the tricks took 601 […]...

Adventure Matters Adventure Matters Since deciding to make adventure my ‘job’ rather than merely my hobby I have consciously focussed on writing about nothing except adventure. No politics, no current affairs, none of the issues which play a large part in my […]...

I won’t regret not washing the kitchen floor more often. Living Adventurously 36 Anna Ashfield describes herself as "a kind of can't-be-arsed girl (who is really a middle aged woman). If an opportunity to do something arises, I test it by thinking, "when I go to bed at night and the opportunity has passed, will I regret it?" Fear alon...

Run Every Street Adventuring during lockdown. With even long, solitary bike rides off-limits I’ve decided to explore smaller than ever. Starting from my front door I’m going to run every street (using citystrides.com, heatflask.com and Strava) on a mission to go places I […]...

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 […]...

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Where did it all go wrong? Whatever life bestows on us, nothing need restrict our attitude, our curiosity or our imagination. Whether you are 25 or 52, you can still opt to reclaim the youthful enthusiasm you may have had wrung out of you. ...

What stops us What practical barriers stand in your way? What mental barriers have you built up? Which concerns can be shunted further down the line?...

Green Spaces are an Opportunity for People to Come Together and Connect – Living Adventurously 18 Annie Berrington is the founder of Get Out More, a social enterprise working to help people engage with nature to feel better in mind and body. She is a qualified forest school practitioner, a busy mum, and a keen microadventurer. ...

What you don’t know you can learn by doing – Living Adventurously 17 Tim Frenneaux is a former martial arts instructor and nine to fiver. He decided to return to the outdoor life that had brought him so much happiness growing up, and that the best way to make the difference he wanted to see in the world, was to start a bus...

Living adventurously changes with time If you continue living the way you are, where will it put you ten years from now? Is that a place you want to be?...

The Doorstep Mile Podcast – 1 Would you like a more adventurous life? Are you being held back by a lack of time or money? By fear, indecision, or a feeling of being selfish or an imposter? Living adventurously is not about cycling around the world […]...

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