Door to door, human powered microadventures
“Hello, just checking you’re still coming?”.It’s 5:30pm on the hottest day of the year and I’ve been slowly cooking in…
A clash of the heavyweight titans… No sooner had I finished waxing lyrical about how much I love my Special…
I started this post back in 2016 and never got around to finishing it, probably because I was so hacked…
I’ve owned my Buffalo Systems Special 6 shirt for around 7 years now and it still looks like new. That’s…
It had been too long since my last overnight camp, the first half of my week’s annual leave had been…
Perhaps as a result of my penchant for hammock camping, I’ve recently found myself with limited options for tent camping…
In a tent you are basically in a rubbish version of indoors… Alastair Humphreys If a tent is a rubbish…
It’s easy to take your own backyard for granted, overlook beauty and local interest in favour of more exotic destinations.…
Whilst there’s nothing wrong with planning an arbitrary journey purely to facilitate the enjoyment of “getting out there”, I really…
I’ve never actually been to the site of Wye Crown (a large chalk “crown” carved into the hillside above Wye…
I planned to camp in the woods last weekend but wimped out due to forecast high winds. The Met Office…
Way back in 2016 I spent 12 straight nights sleeping in my DD Hammocks Superlight Jungle Hammock and raved here…
I’ve not managed an overnighter since last summer – a combination of lockdown, lack of fitness, winter and general laziness…
I promised my Dad I’d help him out chopping up some logs this weekend but rather than endure the drudgery…
Forecast for the weekend looked positively rough (August has been pretty shite in general so far) so pulled the trigger…
Getting back in the saddle… Not been here for ages. Not been out wild camping or bikepacking for ages either,…
So I’ve had the bike for nearly two weeks now and had time to rack up some miles and more…
Every cyclist knows the most important thing when buying a new bike is how it looks! Cycling is as much…
The nights are drawing in. Tomorrow marks the Autumn Equinox, the point at which day and night are equal in…
This Wednesday was national Cycle to Work day and what a hump day treat it turned out to be. Up…
Well I’ve lost all track of time and all momentum, week 9, 10? Who knows. What I do know is…
It’s the morning after the night before (and the one before that and the one before that etc) I’ve just…
If you’re anything like me, a serious lack of organisation and procrastination , not to mention the usual excuses (family,…
Not much to report. No biking, no adventures, no strength training. Nothing. On a brighter note, the ton of prescription…
So after nearly two weeks and no sign of the pain going away, I booked myself in to see the…
Halfway through week 5 I’d be struggling with niggling pain in first my right, then left hip which had limited…
Two hours since returning home and I’m still sluicing sand out of places best not described in public – a…
It’s my birthday, it’s the middle of summer, I’ve got a new bike and a day off work. Time to…
I’ve been angling after a new bike for a while now. In just four short years since buying my Boardman…
I always struggle with lunch. Not the eating it part, more the logistics. I’m not that organised so making a…
First week of eating like Bear nearly got off to a shaky start, Monday saw me in an all day…
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