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What to Pack for a Microadventure A list of kit, plus some common FAQ's for first-time microadventurers....

A Message about a Microadventure Emails like this are wonderful to receive. After my year of microadventures I have been delighted to see a real increase in the number I receive. I’mm posting this here to emphasise this point: that you do not have to […]...

Microadventure Film Festival "Wow! My life is too boring - I want to try this for myself..."...

A Year of Microadventure in Review In my talks I always try to emphasise the importance of adventure and endeavour in our placid, padded, 21st Century lives. Adventure is a loose word, encapsulating a spirit of trying something new, trying something difficult. Going somewhere different, leaving […]...

Mountain Microadventure Video So here is the video for the 10th microadventure of the year. I hope you like it....

A Mountain Microadventure A knife-edge ridge with an overhanging and infinite drop on one side, and a drop on the other side even steeper and longer......

Microadventure Reading List For anyone who is seeking out the extra-ordinary in the ordinary, here are a few books that may appeal....

Microadventure Competition Winners Congratulations to everyone who took part....

Microadventure #8: Wild Swim Video I'mve become a bit obsessed with wild swimming so it made sense to include a swimming journey in my year of microadventure....

Information about Inflatable Boats for River Microadventures I can't over-state how much fun it is to paddle down a river. So here are a few suggestions....

Paddling and Spider Crabs – a Welsh Microadventure Not for the first time I am struck by how easy it is to find somewhere remote and surprising in Britain, if only you make a little effort to think originally and seek adventure....

microadventure competition – howies You’ve been reading about them all year. Now it’s time to take the plunge yourself into a world of cheap Credit Crunch adventures. Microadventures that are close to home, which are fun, affordable, easy to organise and designed to get […]...

Destination: Muckle Flugga. Microadventure #6 A journey through the most remote islands of Great Britain by folding bike and packraft....

Microadventure Number 6 The one with the packrafts and the folding bikes. Preview....

Your Year of Microadventure Would you like to live more adventurously for a year? To experience the wild and escape from the rushed, mundane real world. To do something new, fun and different. To spend memorable time with your friends, family or by yourself. […]...

A 5-to-9 Microadventure One day like this a month'd see me right....

Manifesto for Microadventure: the Revolution Will Not be Motorised I make my living from speaking and writing about the things that I do. I have a platform to preach from. And the time has come for me to practice what I preach....

Microadventure on Britain’s longest Roman Road As part of my quest to find microadventure in Britain I set out to walk from Exeter to the source of the Thames following the route of the Fosse Way, the longest Roman road in Britain....

Sea Kayaking microadventure I paddle hard as the wave catches hold of my sea kayak and sweeps me up onto the beach. My friends James and Rich swoosh alongside. We are the only people on the beach. In our red, yellow and blue […]...

Video of a Welsh Microadventure Paddling up the Pembrokeshire coast in search of a secluded beach to camp. Watching seals and dolphins, catching fish and crabs, cooking on a campfire and sleeping on the beach. Filmed on a Canon 5DMkii and a GoPro Hero HD […]...

Microadventure Inspiration 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, […]...

A sea-kayaking microadventure I headed to Wales with my photographer friend, James Bowden. There we teamed up with the guys from wonderful fforest who host the annual Do Lectures. They were going to show us their secret beach. We had been promised the […]...

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 […]...

The world of microadventures Dipping into the archives: a few posts I like from this time last year: – The world of micro expeditions – A video from training in the mountains – A positive story about the ‘yoof’ of today...

Microadventure kit list Everything you need for a night away from the city....

Shouting from the Shed 119 Shouting from the Shed Hi again, In the last newsletter I started with an impromptu riff about trying to figure out what to get my teeth into now that I’ve finished writing Local. I was touched by how many of you got in […]...

10500 Days (and almost as many words) “My thoughts first turned to adventure 10,500 days ago today. The idea of adventure for me at first was simple and uncomplicated. It was the prospect of excitement, fun, and novelty that were pulling me forward, and the push of […]...

Survey results: What direction shall I go next? I recently asked the wonderful readers of my newsletter for a bit of advice on what things I should focus my attention on for the next few months and years. I thought I’d share the results here, partly to show […]...

Your Local Seven Summits – a Challenge for 2024 (@semi_rad) The Seven Summits Challenge is one of the adventure world’s great set-piece projects. Climbing the highest mountain on each continent. Carstenz Pyramid, Denali, Aconcagua, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, Vinson and, of course, Everest. A fantastic achievement and a brilliant dream to […]...

Shouting from the Shed 112 I’ve set up a discount system on my book shop so that if you buy an extra book you get a 10% discount, buy 2 books for a 20% discount, and so on up to 5 extra books for 50% discount. I have […]...

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