Standard practise, upon releasing an adventure book, is to try to get Ranulph Fiennes to give your book an endorsement.

But microadventures are not really aimed at Sir Ran. They are aimed at normal people. Normal people like you and me.

So here are a few endorsements of microadventures from normal people. I hope they might persuade you to go buy the book!

I took my 4-year old son out on a microadventure. We slept in a bivi bag under the stars, and it remains one of the most special things we have done together.
Dan Knapp (31, teacher) and Leo (4, unemployed) from Canterbury, Kent

Encouraged by Alastair’s Microadventures, In 2013 I have tried new things, enjoyed many nights of wild camping under the stars, and focused on enjoying our country’s wonderful National Parks. – Lee Firman

many of us have dreams of adventure, huge dreams. Sometimes these dreams are so big and intimidating that they can root you to the spot.
A microadventure is tiny, requires minimal investment yet still exposes me to similar challenges, excitement and the unexpected beauty of the wilderness that lies at the end of my road. – Andy

The microadventure idea has started a quiet revolution in our household and in my office. The beauty is it punctures the myth that adventures are expeditions that take months of planning, require superhuman endurance or are the preserve of an elite group of professionals. My family, friends and colleagues have been inspired to find the spare time we all thought didn’t exist (it was right under our noses) and wring every last drop out of it; we opened our eyes and simply started enjoying the places around us that we’d taken for granted, the ones on the edges of our narrow maps and our narrow vision. We’re all adventurers now. – Steve Coffey, charity worker

I’mve spent many years writing and reading about other people’s adventures but always thought I had too many commitments and not enough time or money to do my own. Microadventures opened my eyes to the fact an adventure doesn’t need to be a solo motorcycle trek across Mongolia. They can be found in my neighbourhood. – James Tindall

I’md never bivvied out until we took up the Summer solstice challenge; our night in a storm on top of a hill in Dorset was memorable, hilarious and enriching. – Lucy Wyman

I have always valued ‘˜adventure’ but assumed they had to span weeks or months to qualify. The realisation that you can squeeze them in around virtually any commitments was liberating. Adventures create memories and they are what I live for. – John Mitchell

Adventures, big or small, put my life in perspective. It’s far too easy to forget about our beautiful surroundings. We tend to ignore things that we are exposed to all the time, but they have so much in them to be explored! Thinking of a woodland I’mve been running through for past few years’¦and suddenly, I got lost. Just notice how landscape look in different times of year, even different times of a day! – Eva

For me, the beauty of going on a micro-adventure for the first time was that it acted as a first step, to bigger and richer adventures that I otherwise wouldn’t have had the courage to undertake. – Dan

I like microadventures as they can be quite spontaneous, not requiring a great deal of planning. The result of which can surprise and inspire people. – johnny mcmanmon

Sometimes all you need is a gentle shove to get you into trying something you have never done before. The #microadventure was a perfect opportunity for me to treat bivvying the same way as I treat my daily commute. – Andrew Dodds

Stop the excuses. You are NOT too busy, too tired, too poor, or too uninspired, lacking the correct gear, lacking the correct friends, or lacking the motivation to have a ‘œproper’ adventure. Try a single microadventure, just one; you’ll understand that it really is as easy and as wonderful as it sounds. Reclaim your childhood enthusiasm for adventure and start living life as a game again. You have no excuses. – ‘œDark’

Microadventures get you into that habit of getting out there an enjoying the wild regularly, rather than sitting on the sofa watching survival shows waiting for the big trip which never happens.
When annual leave runs low at work or when family commitments constrict your time, a microadventure somewhere near to hand is still possible and will give you that little refreshing boost you need without all the planning and overhead of a large trip.
Getting out and enjoying the outdoors is not something ‘œother people do’ – Ed Benton

‘œI’md been meaning to do this sort of thing for years & always coming up with reasons why not. read Al’s blog & thought ‘œwhy not?’ & went & did it ‘“ cheers Al  ‘ ‘“ Andy, Global Telecoms Network Designer/Geek, London

I had my first ever night sleeping without a tent, at the tender age of 54! (Photo attached for proof!) I found that Yorkshire tawny owls in a remote and truly rural pasture make much, much, more noise than the semi urban ones which I hear from my house next to a main road! We camped in a lush green wooded valley with sheep for neighbours. At night the mist came down and settled low all around us, and as the skies cleared we were bathed in the cool light of an August moon. It was magical.  – Nick Coombes