Inspired by Alastair Humphreys, I wanted to do things I hadn't done before, have fun, explore and enjoy wherever I happened to be. These adventures couldn’t be expensive, because I wasn’t making much money. They also had to be doable wherever I ended up living, because back in January 2015 I was still waiting for my hard-fought-for visa to stay in the UK, uncertain I’d be in the same country at the end of the month, let alone the end of the year. I wanted to discover things close to home, wherever that was. The year began with a list of challenges and fun things to try (some too expensive or time-consuming . . . at least for now!) and I continued to add to the list until at last count I'd collected over 120 ideas. I'll have to keep going if I want to try them all! Here is a selection (in no particular order) of 52 things I did this year, usually accompanied by my lovely partner, who was very kind to indulge me in my plots and schemes! If you'd like to add them to your own list of microadventure challenges, feel free. Perhaps you could also go on . . . A microadventure every week for a year!
This was a very enjoyable challenge! If you’re inspired, perhaps you could do the same thing in 2016. I’d love to read about your adventures - please do leave a link in the comments. |
This time last year, I set myself the challenge of having an adventure every week in 2015. Most of them would be very small adventures. Mini adventures. Microadventures.
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30/12/2015 21:10:13
I'm very impressed with your list :)
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Thanks! Yep, the idea was to have enough things on my list that I had no excuse not to do something each week. There were a few things I didn't do this year (mainly due to the expense - like learning to windsurf or going paragliding) that I'll hopefully get around to at some point in the future.
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30/12/2015 23:45:47
Paragliding sounds fun :) Are you thinking of doing it over the South Downs? That seems to be a popular spot. I imagine the views must be pretty good.
Alastair Humphreys
15/1/2016 10:51:58
Fantastic!
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