Author: Tim Moss
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Tell me, where did you sleep last night?
I’m quite excited about my plan for this evening’s Everyday Adventure. I wish I could tell you what it is but I can’t. Not just just yet, anyway. If I pull it off then I promise to add it in the comments box tomorrow morning. But anyway, this isn’t about me. It’s about you… How…
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100 pounds, 29 photos – The Story Board
I’m not sure what exactly made me wedge a miniature whiteboard into the back of my rucksack last Sunday but I’m certainly glad that I did. I was attempting to have an adventure on a budget of £100. Not only did the whiteboard help with the hitch-hiking (several people said they wouldn’t have picked me…
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Should I break a World Record? (Vote now!)
Come spring time I’ll be saddling up in one of those three-wheeled pedal-powered vehicles they call a rickshaw. I’ll be raising money for Special Olympics Great Britain by trying to pick up 2,012 passengers in celebration of the London 2012 Olympic Games. I’ll also be trying my darnedest to have a bit of an adventure…
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£100 – An expedition on a budget
I set off today with a rucksack and a hundred pounds to have an adventure. Too often we restrict ourselves, hold back on our dreams or rein in our aspirations with the perceived constraints of the world – time, commitments, lack of expertise or knowledge, money. I, like everyone else, fall foul of this on…
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A Simple Democratic Corporate Life – Six of the Best, January 2010
Here are some blog entries from other peoples’ websites that I have enjoyed or got something from over the last month and think that you might too. Have a look and vote for the ones you like. Congratulations to Alastair Humphreys whose article ‘Please stand on the right (if you are a loser)‘ got the…
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Así Es La Vida (Part Two) – Guest Blog: Andy Ruck
My friend Andy Ruck has just had his first book – Así Es La Vida – published and has very kindly offered me an extract for this website. The first instalment went up last week and the second is below. Moments later a police truck screeched to a halt in the dust and out jumped Pedro Ortiz, a…
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What would you do with a hundred pounds?
A generous relative gave me a £100 cheque for Christmas. If you follow this site much then you’ll know that money is not my greatest asset at the moment and thus I didn’t feel I could blow the cash on a frivolity. Equally, I hate watching gifted money seep into daily life, groceries and bills.…
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Typical expenditure for running a Tube line
One of the things I enjoy most about my latest challenge – to run the length of every Tube line in London – is its simplicity. And part of that is the low running cost (note the pun). Thus I present to you today the expedition budget for a typical day spent running the length…
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5 Health Benefits of Cold Water Swimming
If you had to assign one attribute to the kind of people who jump into ice-encrusted lakes for fun, it would probably be: weird. But, if pushed for a second, I bet it would be: healthy. [divide] [divide] Overweight, lethargic, bad skin, thin hair. These are not adjectives often associated with those crazy freezing water…
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Así Es La Vida (Part One) – Guest Blog: Andy Ruck
My friend Andy Ruck has just had his first book – Así Es La Vida – published and has very kindly offered me an extract for this website. To set the tone, I could tell you that Andy has spent the last six years in Scotland with brief and not-so-brief forays into the Alps, Norway, Spain,…
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Camp in Your Living Room – Everyday Adventure #2
Did you ever build a fort in your living room and sleep in it when you were a kid? Camp in your back garden and get scared by the sound of the local cat outside / noise of the wind / shadow of your dad coming out to check on you? How about a sleepover…