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 attempts! There’s a homeschool lesson in that…

Joyful Participation in a World of Sorrows

Cheryl Strayed interviewing Pico Iyer about travel, writing, life and lockdown.

After listening, I emailed Pico Iyer and he replied! Dive into his travel writing archive here.

Microadventures during Lockdown

I’ve collated some ideas from my website appropriate for seeing adventure during lockdown. (Secret = curiosity.)

Similarly, if you want to get your slowest ever time on your run, or a totally different perspective on your walk, download the Seek app. It’s magic.

Of Things Being Various

A delight of travel is people watching. These are fleeting moments that have been uploaded to YouTube and have had zero views. You’ll either find this absolutely enthralling (me), or pointless!

Ten Long Reads on Expeditions and Adventure

From epic ocean rows to the tragic deaths of great alpinists, here’s a selection of excellent long reads.

Recent interviews on my podcast: ‘Ideas are Free: Give them Away’, ‘Four Mums in a Boat across the Atlantic‘, ‘The Wild Harvest school of self-reliance‘, ‘The Hardest Part of an Adventure is Coming Home Again‘ and ‘The mission of Cycling Without Age is to create happiness among our fellow elderly citizens.’

And have you done your #monthlytreeclimb yet?