Live More Adventurously Everyday
The summer ebbed away slowly this year, with an endless flow from one task to the next. In fact, it hardly felt like we had a summer at all. The colours of autumn crept up quietly and are now beginning to slip away, just as subtly.
At home, the leaves have fallen ungracefully from the trees, scattering yellow here and there among the green. The cold air is the only true signal that another summer has passed.
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I’m a big advocate of trying to enjoy the little things in life. I don’t have the time to go on big, dangerous adventures. Instead of being down in the dumps about this, I think about all the adventure I can squeeze into my life. Whether a walk on my lunch break or a quick day trip at the weekend. There’s plenty of Every Day adventures to be had!
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Bikepacking. Cycle Touring. Whatever you want to call it I’ve done it. I’m by no means an expert or hardened adventurer, but I’ve got a few thousand miles under my belt. If your interested in giving Bikepacking a go and wondering what sort of thing you might need, then this guide is here to help.
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Date: Monday 27th May
Distance: 5 Miles
The fourth walk of our Leicestershire Round Hike started on another bank holiday. This is starting to become a bit of a trend… However, if we only walked on Bank holidays it would take us 3 years to complete. Perhaps we need to make an effort to go out more often.
We started again in the Village of Rearsby. This time we were joined by Betty, a 4-year-old rescue dog who joined our family 2 weeks ago. She’s certainly lively and was keen for a walk, but we weren’t sure how she would handle the distance having lived in a kennel for the past couple of months, so we thought this flat 4-mile stretch would be an ideal starting point.
Continue reading “Hiking the Leicestershire Round: Rearsby to Frisby on the Wreake”
Date: Monday 6th May 2024
Distance: 6.5 Miles
The fine weather from the weekend carried over into the bank holiday as we laced our hiking boots up once more and headed north to the village of Mountsorrel to embark on our third walk of the Leicestershire Round.
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Date: Saturday 4th May 2024
Distance: 4.5 Miles
It’s been a few weeks since me and Faye took on our first section of the Leicestershire Round, a local 100 mile walking route. Finding free time can be challenging, but even more so when there are two of you. Anyway, on a sun drenched bank holiday weekend we found an afternoon free to go and do our second section of the walk.
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Date: Saturday 23rd March 2024
Distance: 4 Miles
Myself and my partner, Faye, have decided that this year we are going to section hike the 102 mile route around our local county. I’ve been debating this one for the past two years, and after considering bikepacking it, running it or non-stop hiking it, we’ve instead decided to take our time and enjoy it one walk at a time across 2024.
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Some people are lucky enough to take a picture which changes history, or documents a moment that people will talk about and share for centuries to come. If you’re like me however, you might have a camera roll on your phone full of photos people have never even seen. Nevertheless, they’re just as important as the photos which are renowned around the world.
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Fresh from completing my first grid square, it didn’t take me long to get back out again in search of square number two. When I was presented with a Friday afternoon off work, I looked out of my window, seen the clear blue skies, and knew I needed to go fetch my bike and cycle the mile down to my next grid square.
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When most people hear the word ‘Adventure’ they think of epic around the world trips or expeditions to the Arctic Circle chasing polar bears. Big adventures for adventurous people. We probably don’t think of our local area as a place where adventures happen. This is the place we live our day-to-day lives. We know our way to the shops and have our favourite little park with its coffee van to walk the dog. Why would we ever pick up a map of our home and wonder if there is more to it than meets the eye?
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