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• Thank you to everyone who has watched my new online talk. I made a very foolish decision to down two cans of Red Bull just before I began, so I was ridiculously wired and speaking far too quickly and generally forgetting to breathe and trying to say far too many things all at once and trying to fit a year of learning into 15 minutes and it all felt a bit mad while I was up on the stage and trying to remember what I actually meant to say!
•  Why the Legal Argument about Wild Camping on Dartmoor is about Much More Than That. (And a nice film with more context to the wild camping situation.)
•  The March for Clean Water is a national gathering on November 3 of anyone concerned and outraged about the state of our waterways.
•  If you struggle to get words down on paper (), you might find it helpful to join a silent Zoom group of hundreds of people writing away for an hour. I’m loving it. 8am, 1pm, 4pm and more (UK time). See you there? A fantastic resource for writers who maybe struggle with procrastination, motivation, and the challenges of progressing with ploughing a lonely flurry.
•  I enjoyed chatting about adventures large and small on the Sketchplanations podcast. Their website is also worth checking out: ‘simplifying complex ideas through fun and insightful sketches.’
•  If your job basically involves driving a computer all day, have you thought about the possibility of working full-time whilst exploring quite a big chunk of the world…?
•  A runner looks for new ways to find adventures close to home. Interesting article.
•  There are no more borders in the European Union. However, you will always know where the Netherlands begins…
•  An interesting podcast summary of the inspiring tale of Yvon Chouinard, a reluctant billionaire who only wanted to climb and surf, harnessed his passions to create outdoor apparel brand Patagonia – before giving it all away to fight climate change.
  Listening to this raised a question for me which I think all of us should consider and apply to our own careers: ‘What can my work and business do to leave the planet in a better place?’
  Hit ‘reply’ and let me know what you might do and what I could do?

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Alastair