My Adventures

I have been fortunate over the years to have enjoyed some exciting adventures. Click on the images to navigate to my adventures, or you could go out for a run. All options are good!

Big Adventures.

I have been fortunate over the years to have enjoyed some exciting adventures.

There are plenty more to come. Click on the images to navigate to my different journeys.

  • As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

    The book Laurie Lee wrote – As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning – is my favourite travel book of all time.

  • Rowing the Atlantic

    In 2012 Alastair rowed across the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Canoeing the Yukon

    A 16-foot canoe loaded with food, 500 miles of wilderness ahead of us, camping on islands under the stars: paddling down the Yukon River remains one of my favourite adventures.

  • Arctic Photography

    I spent six weeks in the Canadian Arctic on an Ice Base on the frozen Arctic Ocean at 78 degrees north (at the spot often referred to in polar races as ‘The North Pole’, though in fact it was the 1996 location of the magnetic North Pole).

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, simplicity and the great outdoors, without the need to ski to the South Pole or go live in a cabin in Patagonia. The appeal of microadventures is that they make adventure accessible to people who may have very little outdoor experience.

  • Microadventure FAQs

    The appeal of microadventures is that they make adventure accessible to people who may have very little outdoor experience.

  • River Swim

    Look at the normal with fresh eyes. Seek the extra-ordinary in the ordinary. Step away from the pleasant, unsurprising riverside picnic. Step away and slide down into the water. See the world from a different perspective. Be surprised. Swim a river.

  • A Journey On The Tube

    I’ve spent a lot of time, too much time, squashed in the London Underground and wishing I was doing something like this instead.

  • Four Seasons of Microadventure

    Once a season this year I am spending a night out in the same woods.

Adventure Inspiration.

Adventure can be exciting, challenging, refreshing and rewarding.