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.

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.

  • 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.

  • 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 5-to-9 Microadventure

    Last week I had the perfect opportunity to practice what I preach: the idea of brief adventurous escapes. I had just spoken at an IT conference in Scotland and the boss of the company had taken the stage after my talk to do her very best to drain away all the fun, enthusiasm and positivity I had been paid to inject.

  • A Journey to the End of my Country

    The irony of reading the epic Odyssey on a microadventure was not lost on me. But if there is one thing I have learned during this Year of Microadventures it is this...

Adventure Inspiration.

Adventure can be exciting, challenging, refreshing and rewarding.