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Break the “This is my dream!” Mentality and Be More Practical The strapline on Pam Mandel’s website reads “a camera, a passport, a ukulele’. I like that. I wanted to ask Pam for her take on adventure as she lives a far more ‘œnormal’ life than many of the other crazy folk […]...

Brendan Leonard I'mve not been in a climbing video, I will never win a race but I love the mountains. I'mm probably a lot like you. It's about enthusiasm for things regular folks can do. It's what can be done with 52 weekends and a few weeks of vacation a year....

Microadventure: The London Series Well, this is blooming marvellous… From June – September 2014, a group of over 60 London dwellers took part in the London Series Microadventure challenge. Once a week we escaped our desk jobs to sleep out in one of the […]...

Extreme Sleeps and Wild Night Adventures She may be editor of Wanderlust, the UK’s best global travel magazine, but Phoebe Smith knows that some of the best fun can be had in your own backyard which, if you play it right, will cost nothing at all’¦ Phoebe is […]...

Leon McCarron When I set off on my first big adventure, I wanted it to be really long. I wanted it to be indefinitely long because I felt I needed that, and I wanted all the challenges, and I didn't really want to be able to see an end point. I wanted just to keep pushing myself and see what would happen. And I wanted it to be really cheap and miserable. I wanted not to be able to spend much money, and just to force myself into action in all sorts of senses....

Travelling Alone or With a Friend Experienced adventurers share their experiences of travelling solo or in a pair....

In Tandem To The Gambia – an Adventure for under £1000 Countries get big when you cross them on a bicycle. #Adventure1000...

How To Plan Your First Overseas Cycle Tour In 6 Easy Steps If the busyness of modern life is stopping you from getting out there on your first overseas bicycle adventure, try following these 6 steps. It's easier than you think. ...

Andy Kirkpatrick Your future self, 40 years down the line, will hate you if you don't have the balls to live now....

Do you Wish you had More Time for Adventure? Do you wish you had more time for adventure? Do you struggle to catch up with friends as often as you’d like? Do you have to be back at work by 9am tomorrow morning? If so, then I made this […]...

Jamie McDonald – Running across Canada dressed as a Superhero Jamie McDonald is a very lovely man. He is genuine, honest, humble and funny. He’s also run 5000 miles across Canada. A good combination for a Grand Adventures interview… Alastair: I think epic is a really tedious and overused word […]...

Because, sometimes, “Good Enough” is good enough ...

If you really want to go on that adventure you MUST move it into priority number ONE. Lots of people have ideas and dreams of things they want to do. I often see friends' eyes light up as they tell me their dreams, only to see the bright lights fade as they mention that horrible word 'œBUT'. But the kids, the money, the job, the family, the dogs, the cats... We did the challenge for fun. 100% completely, absolutely and utterly for fun. ...

Running Round the World – the Hard Way Round How to run around the planet....

Madagascar and Me After reading about my Grand Adventures project, Marc Lambert contacted me to say that he had done exactly this – saved up money, made a plan, and headed off on an adventure… “In 2010 I did exactly as you’ve described […]...

La Terre Ã Bicyclette… I asked Alice and Andoni some questions about their epic 7-year bike ride round the world. Plenty of people do big bike rides so I wasn’t specifically interested in that aspect of their tale (sorry!). I feel that the most exciting […]...

Sean Conway Being a professional adventurer, it's almost like an oxymoron in a way, because the whole idea of being an adventurer is to go and challenge yourself and get away from it all, but to become a professional adventurer you have to be in the middle of it all....

£850 was always my working-figure for an expedition I'mve been lucky to do a lot of climbs in the Himalayas, and they've tended to succeed. Most hard climbs in the Himalayas fail. ...

Unclimbed Mountains in the Russian Altai A proper expedition, including flights to Russia, insurance, supplies and logistical support, for £1000....

Microadventure Solstice Winners The Summer Solstice Microadventure Challenge is 3 years old, and this year we’ve had more entries than ever! Hundreds of people headed for the hills for their very own microadventure. Thank you, and congratulations, to everyone who got involved. I […]...

Naked and Marooned Ed Stafford’s expedition down the Amazon was epic. Really epic. At about as far from a microadventure as any expedition has been in recent years. (Guest post by Ed on my site here.) His latest project is in the same […]...

The Silk Road Adventure LIFE happened. We both got new jobs. We found ourselves in new relationships. As time marched on, we both took postgraduate courses and got promotions. The girlfriends became '˜partners' and all of a sudden we were house owners....

This is the Greatest Drug of my Life Song, song of the South, Sweet potato pie and shut your mouth'¦...

A New Concept in Luxury Hotels Introducing the Microadventure Hotel. #microadventure...

Let the Wild Rumpus Start! There is nothing better than experiencing adventure as a child. Adventure forms memories that will last a lifetime and influence how we grow and experience life. Pack up the kids, head to the outdoors, let them roam free, climb, run, […]...

A Twenty-year old Gal Cycling Around the World "I'mm going to cycle around the world," sounds pretty crazy, especially for a twenty year old solo female, until you actually begin. ...

Adventure is as Easy as This Leave work. Meet up with friends. Head out of town....

All Adventurers Start Out Somewhere The first adventure that really kicked off our life of travel was cycling from Cairo to Cape Town. ...

How to Make the Most of the Long Summer Evenings It doesn't get dark for so long - do you really need to stay indoors tonight?...

The Family Adventure Project The Family Adventure Project was a pact between Stuart and me when our oldest child was born. A vow to keep adventure in our lives once kids and domesticity kicked in. ...

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