Stories from winners of The Next Challenge Grant and my own adventures…
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I enjoyed following Julian Sayarer’s cycle around the world – This Is Not For Charity – and his wonderful writing from the comfort of my home last year. I was thrilled and disheartened in equal measure to first see him…
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How times change
I ran 30 miles along the Northern Line the other day. I’d run that far once before and didn’t really think anything of it the morning I set off, in part because I didn’t know how far it would be…
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How to have an adventure for £100 – Part 1
This is a low point. I’m entering the third hour (or is it fourth now?) of standing at the side of the road with a thumb out and a sign saying ‘Cardiff?’ – as optimistic as the expression on my…
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Walking to Work… My Next Challenge by Ewan Laurie
This is the first in what I hope will be a long line of a new feature entitled ‘My Next Challenge’. Each month we’ll have a new person tell us about an upcoming adventure – what they’re doing, why they’re…
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Commute with Gusto! – Everyday Adventure #3
Enjoying the pungent aroma of a fellow Tube rider’s sweaty armpit thrust across your face. Sat in static traffic so long that the radio starts repeating songs you heard earlier. Watching your breath as you shiver waiting for a bus…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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