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Books to Inspire a Microadventure

Book suggestions to give you ideas for a microadventure of your own 

‘¢       39 Steps
‘¢       As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (the first part of it, in England)
‘¢       Winnie-the-Pooh
‘¢       Swallows and Amazons
‘¢       Three Men in a Boat
‘¢       Rural Rides
‘¢       Lost Lanes
‘¢       In Pursuit of Spring

Books that capture some of the essence of microadventure in the UK
‘¢       Book of the Bivvy ‘“ Ronald Turnbull
‘¢       Running High ‘“ Hugh Symonds
‘¢       Feet in the Clouds ‘“ Richard Askwith
‘¢       Waterlog ‘“ Roger Deakin
‘¢       Walking Home – Simon Armitage
‘¢       The Gentle Art of Tramping ‘“ Stephen Graham
‘¢       The Night Climbers of Cambridge
‘¢       Mountain Day and Bothy Nights ‘“ Ian Mitchell and Dave Brown
‘¢       To the River ‘“ Olivia Laing
‘¢       The Wild Places ‘“ Robert Macfarlane
‘¢       Walking Home – Simon Armitage
‘¢       Millican Dalton: A Search for Romance and Freedom – Matthew David Entwistle
‘¢       Extreme Sleeps: Adventures of a Wild Camper – Phoebe Smith
‘¢       Britain and Ireland’s Best Wild Places: 500 Essential Journeys – Christopher Somerville
‘¢       Wild Swimming: 300 Hidden Dips in the Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls of Britain – Daniel Start
‘¢       Wild Swim – Kate Rew

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