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Source to Sea I love the sources of rivers. I grew up near one in Yorkshire. I’mve visited a few in the last couple of years (Thames, Markafjlot, Kaveri, Pjorsa), and I reckon there’s few simpler ways of finding yourself a fascinating journey […]...

An Experiment in Simple Living The video from my microadventure living as hunter-gatherers for a few days in a Sussex Wood. What do you think? A waste of time or a good time to think and reassess?...

How to set up an Expedition Website – for free Time and money that should be spent on your trip, not the trimmings....

Back to Basics After a few hours of hating this stupid experiment, I noticed that my mind was slowing down. I was coping....

Media Information Suggested Introduction to be Read out Before Talks: Alastair Humphreys is a British Adventurer and Author. He has been on expeditions all around the world, travelling through over 80 countries by bicycle, boat and on foot. He was named as […]...

An Out of Office Experience You've just got to do it....

Do what you love, and do it often This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often. If you don’t like something, change it. If you don’t like your job, quit. If you don’t have enough time, stop watching TV. – Holstee...

You have nothing to lose and everything to gain “Too often we are scared. Scared of what we might not be able to do. Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let our fears stand in the way of our hopes. We say no when we […]...

Why Walking Is Cool Walking is not just a hobby for old people. It's the greatest mode of transport invented and the key to reaching the world's wildest corners....

A Journey to the End of my Country By bike and packraft to the most remote outpost of the UK. Microadventure Number 6 for the year....

Midsummer – Do Something Adventurous It's the longest day of the year. Here's how to not waste it....

What is the nature of adventure? Some more thoughts on what's the point of all this......

Hmmm… Combine a Brompton and a packraft and I feel a microadventure brewing......

Adventure is out there A quick reminder about setting off for a microadventure...

The Book of the Bivvy People who don’t drink have sex less often and they prefer the B&B to the bivvybag....

The One Day Bike Tour Too many people say to me "One day I'md like to do a big journey by bike. But I don't have the time..."...

The Bivvy Challenge Even the Queen, ensconced in the very middle of Britain’s biggest city, is only a 15-mile yomp away from a great bivvy site in the woods by the Great Pond on Epsom Common. Nobody in the UK lives more than […]...

The Epic Tri – a report Guest blog about one of the most impressive UK challenges....

Do what you love and you will never work a day all your life When people ask what my job is, I never know how to respond. I go on journeys and set myself challenges. I write, for books, for magazines, for blogs. I give talks and take photographs. But none of these actually […]...

The Childhood Obesity Epidemic There are 11 million obese children in America....

Boy Scouts: a Badge for Video Gaming and the average American boy spends 7 hours a week playing video games....

The Gentle Art of Tramping The Gentle Art of Tramping by Stephen Graham is an absolute gem of a book. Dating back to 1927 it is a fabulous How-To guide to becoming a wanderer, a vagrant, a hobo. Chapters covering kit selection blend with others […]...

Depressing Statistic #1 ...the first in a regular series of depressing statistics about youth obesity and declining activity levels....

Use Your Weekend Go somewhere you have never been before. Ride hard. Get wet, cold and muddy. Laugh with your mates. Then relax, aching and exhausted, having earned your beer. Use Your Weekend....

What is the Best Expedition Sleeping Bag? A reader poll to gather a range of opinions on the best expedition sleeping bags....

Video: 24 hour Winter Mountain Bike Race The Strathpuffer is a 24 hour winter mountain bike race in northern Scotland. I rode it as the first event in my year of microadventures....

Enter a Race Today This year is my year of British microadventures. A year of seeking out challenges, new places and new experiences in my own country. In order to try to encourage a wider span of people to sample a microadventure for themselves, […]...

Missing: the British Spirit of Adventure? Some very depressing, but fascinating statistics here about the pathetic, depressing state of Britain today. I know that sounds like a Daily Mail statement, but this is pretty sad stuff. And I know I’mve already mentioned some of these before, […]...

Thoughts after an Afghan meal in West London Whether it is a late night chat with a kebab shop owner about his native Istanbul, the surprised smile when you thank a waitress in a Vietnamese restaurant in her mother tongue, or the happy memories I associate with salsa […]...

The Epic Triathlon One of my hesitations when deciding to spend 2011 pursuing microadventures around the UK was that perhaps I might feel starved of really tough challenges. How wrong I was. As an example of how a bit of imagination and madness […]...

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