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Adventure is a Vaccine of Resilience for Real Life. Living Adventurously 51 Sep 15, 2020

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Mark Davey is the Chief Executive of the Youth Adventure Trust, a charity that uses outdoor adventure to empower young people to fulfil their potential and lead positive lives in the future. They work with them to build resilience, develop confidence and learn skills that will last a lifetime, helping them to face the challenges in their lives.

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Youth Adventure Trust website
Mark once signed his name in the Taj Mahal VIP visitor's book
Joined the Army aged 19 because it was an outdoors, adventurous job
Life in the Army teaches you responsibility. It is a swift step into adulthood.
We wrap our young people in cotton wool and don't allow them to make decisions and responsibility for their own actions.
Common thread in Mark's adventures is to step out of his comfort zone and tackle things more difficult than he imagined he would be capable of.
Stretching other people through adventure
The YAT gives an 'adventure vaccine' to young people - giving them resilience for their difficult real lives
David Hempleman-Adams - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hempleman-Adams
Young people often don't have a chance to begin the 'believe-achieve' process
A lot of the young people who come to the YAT believe they are failing.
YAT help children for 3 years between the age of 11 and 16
YAT is not an adventure-provider; they are a longterm intervention organisation
YAT has an adventure scheme (3 years) then a mentoring scheme
Developing resilience, mental toughness and the skills they need for life.
Poverty of opportunity - a supportive family, transport access etc.
The ability to trust and communicate are new skills for many of these young people
As the programme progresses it becomes more about communication and conversation than the adventures themselves
Making everyone in an organisation feel as though they matter: the key is to build a strong team, delegate and trust, give them resources and let them get on with it.
200 volunteers help YAT and are a key ingredient to the 'magic'
YAT run lots of corporate challenges and fundraising adventure challenges
Fundraising and supporters get similar benefits to the young people

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Some of the Best Things have come from Ridiculous Ideas. Living Adventurously 49 Sep 08, 2020

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Dan Raven-Ellison is a Guerrilla Geographer & Creative Explorer. He led the campaign to make London the world’s first National Park City and is working on a new project called “Slow Ways” to collaboratively create a network of 4,000+ walking routes that connect all of Great Britain’s towns and cities. Walking can improve health and wellbeing, tackle the climate and ecological emergencies, save people money, improve our environment and bring joy to people’s lives.
In 2018 Dan also completed a completed a 100 metre nano-expedition for Friends of the Earth to make The UK in 100 Seconds, a short film that reveals what the United Kingdom looks like in its correct proportions. Each second of the film equals 1% of what the UK looks like from the air.

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London National Park City - https://www.nationalparkcity.london/
Slow Ways - https://ravenellison.com/portfolio/slow-ways/
Banksy's artwork is about putting things 'out of place' and this gets people thinking differently about the world
Guerrilla gardening and Seed Bombs - https://www.guerrillagardening.org/ggseedbombs.html
Thinking about, and exploring places in different ways
Chooses slow burn, disruptive, difficult projects
When I see things not being done I find it hard not to fill those spaces, even if it takes a few years
Exploration is about asking questions, searching for answers, being curious. It is about taking risks to find those answers
We are all explorers and subconscious adventurers
Enjoys asking "What if?" questions
The UK in 100 seconds - https://vimeo.com/291108273
Some of the best things that have happened comes from ridiculous ideas
Slow Ways - a network of walking routes connecting Britain's towns and cities
We have 200,000km of access routes in the UK, but they are often neglected now.
What if we reimagined all these footpaths to make them more useful once again?
7000 routes mapped out by 700 volunteers. These can be daisy-chained together.
If there is a choice between a high route and a low route, the option in Slow Ways should always be the low, easy route.
15,000 species, 8 species of bats, one of the most biodiverse regions of the country: Greater London
Every recognised habitat has national parks - why not cities too?
We need to recognise the value of urban landscapes and not treat them as less important
The soft power of love and caring for wildlife can make a big difference to wildlife
Do Nothing for Nature - great campaign idea: https://makelifebetter.nationalparkcity.london/quest/do_nothing_for_nature
Map of the London National Park City - https://www.nationalparkcity.london/map
Map of the Green Spaces of London, in the style of the Tube Map - https://www.nationalparkcity.london/component/content/article/8-place/134-the-greenground-map-by-helen-ilus
Trees of London map - https://londonist.com/london/maps/great-trees-of-london-map
Urban Good wants you to explore - https://www.urbangood.org/
London is full of empty childhoods. Children are an indicator species to the health of a community.
By not letting kids play outside parents are depriving them of so much (including their health)
Shifting baseline syndrome
Childhood needs to be safe enough, but not totally safe
What if? Why not' is the mantra of NPC
Why are we not prioritising nature, wildlife, childhoods in our cities?
We need to open imaginations and also highlight injustices
The geographies of why different groups of people are not going outside is very complicated and varied - the answers can change from one end of a street to another.
Other than white men - every other social group is under-represented in nature
Taking people out into nature and showing them it is an important way to broaden the range of people who experience it
People like watching nature on TV, but don't really care about it enough to actually care for it
The power of the story, and giving people epiphanies, is key to getting ideas off the ground
There is so much to be positive about.
Within cities we already have all the talent we need to make changes. The trouble is that the ideas are not spreading quickly enough and for action to take place.
It often takes years to get to the starting point.
It's often about jumping into the void and hoping for the best
We have very distorted impressions about land use and how much space there is in our countries.
5-7% of the country has been built on. 50% is used for agriculture ('milk and cheese')
Britain is one of the most nature-depleted countries on the planet
If we were to double the size of all hedgerows and hol...

Not Flying doesn't mean Not Travelling. Living Adventurously 48. Sep 01, 2020

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Anna Hughes is an author, environmental campaigner and cyclist. She has worked in behaviour change and sustainability for over a decade, and is currently Director of Flight Free UK, a campaign set up to encourage people to fly less. After a brief career as a teacher, Anna began working on behaviour change projects for sustainable transport charity Sustrans in 2009. She has since worked as a bicycle mechanic, cycling instructor and workshop leader. Anna lives on a canal boat near London.

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https://www.annacycles.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/EatSleepCycle
https://flightfree.co.uk/
Lives on a narrowboat on the River Lee
Canal network - https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network
Adventure came to me the same way it comes to many people - you read stories of other people but don't make that step yourself until you get a push.
Always been excited that I can always get on my bike, go anywhere I choose, and make an adventure of it
Sustrans - https://www.sustrans.org.uk/
National Cycle Network - https://www.sustrans.org.uk/national-cycle-network
Cycling round the UK - took 6 months of planning.
4000 miles round the coast of Britain, from Tower Bridge with the sea on your right.
Whitby to Robin Hood's Bay on the old railway track - http://www.gps-routes.co.uk/routes/home.nsf/RoutesLinksCycle/whitby-to-robin-hoods-bay-on-the-cinder-track-cycle-route
The sea has a different feel and different colour in different regions of the UK
Loved the beaches just north of Aberdeen (as well as the to-be-expected favourite areas of the UK). Massive sand dunes
Slow down and find the extraordinary in the ordinary
Cycled round the UK, despite hating camping. "I didn't go on a camping trip, I went on a cycling trip."
Still fits a pillow in her panniers
Being a solo woman, people wanted to help her. You are less threatening as a woman.
You really can just be an ordinary woman with an idea and the wherewithal to make it happen.
Kate Rawles - https://www.outdoorphilosophy.co.uk/
Emily Chappell - http://thatemilychappell.com/about/
Sailing around Britain very different to cycling around Britain. Didn't really enjoy it and found it very hard. It wasn't her own adventure.
Then We Sailed Away - John Ridgway
Not flying does not mean not travelling. There are so many wonderful places accessible by train and boat
It's about seeing what you can do, not what you can't do: getting there without flying can add to your experience. It's a geography lesson and a slow way of feeling your way through landscapes and cultures.
A train that goes on a ferry - https://www.packthesuitcases.com/copenhagen-to-hamburg-train-ferry-adventure/
I don't want to do something if it causes waste.
The age of stupid movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjsJdokC0s
Just doing my own thing isn't enough - I need to influence behaviour change in other people as well
Flightfree2020 - https://flightfree.co.uk
Tom Allen on going flight free - https://tomallen.info/can-flight-free-living-and-adventure-travel-really-co-exist/
Key things we can do to help the climate: stop flying; stop driving; plant-based diet; green energy; fast fashion
Switch energy provider to Bulb. You'll get £50, and I will give £50 to FlightFree2020: www.bulb.me/alastairh3634
Bam clothing - https://bambooclothing.co.uk/
Anna has decided not to have children for climate reasons
Population is an incredibly important subject when we are talking about climate change
Individual action v System change - https://flightfree.co.uk/post/individual-action-vs-system-change/
There is no tax on aviation fuel! Climate crime.
By buying a plane ticket we are saying "I am OK with this - business as usual"
New sleeper train from Prague to Croatia
Sweden is more climate-alert. 9% drop in air travel last year.
We as consumers can demonstrate to government the actions we want to see
Offsetting doesn't lead to climate change behaviour. It gives us a licence to carry on our behaviour.
CheatNeutral.com (archived site) - https://web.archive.org/web/20080517053651/http://cheatneutral.com/
Look at your own carbon footprint and see ...

Push to the edge of the comfort zone and emotional things happen. Living Adventurously 47. Aug 25, 2020

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Steve Denby is the founder of Primal Roots, a social enterprise that believes in the restorative power of fitness and nature as a tool to achieve more than just improvements in health and wellbeing. We talk about training in the woods, the joy of burpees, the benefits of nature and fitness for people struggling in life, as well as cocaine addiction, adoption, racism and meditation.

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www.primalroots.org.uk
Steve also teaches meditation classes
If you say you're too busy for something, that means it's not a priority to you.
He hasn't met anybody who won't benefit from meditation
If you get 1-second of emptiness in a 10-minute session that's successul
Headspace - https://www.headspace.com/
He has spent a lot of life working both in gyms and outdoors
You wake up in a box, you go to work in a box... and eventually they carry you away in a box
Linear muscle-building in not functional in any way
Humans are designed to pull, climb, push, roll, lift awkward shapes
For 51, I'm a fit young man
Deadlifting logs, leaping over logs, push-ups, running in the woods
Your body goes back to its roots, goes primal
Groups - competitiveness, camaraderie, conversation
No judgement - a big mixture of fit people and unfit or overweight people
Primal Roots target unfit people
Taking mirrors away would help more people feel comfortable in gyms
Primal Roots is a social enterprise. It attracts paying customers who go towards supporting non-paying customers
They support vulnerable adults caught up in addiction and repetitive behaviours. Also homeless people.
Porchlight, Homeless charity - https://www.porchlight.org.uk/
Do training sessions in prisons as well
Appreciates the benefits of barefoot exercise
All the sessions are together, a mixture of paying and non-paying customers
Push to the edge of the comfort zone and emotional things happen - people start to open up and connect
Primal Roots are not the solution, but they are part of the solution
People like to belong to something
Was a functioning cocaine addict for many years
We talked about the barriers to the outdoors Steve faced as a non-white man
Noticing an increasing number of black people joining Primal Roots
Promoting well-being, fitness, fun, community, healthy eating, feeling good (and by the way you'll lose some weight too)
The Scouts were Steve's intro into the outdoor world. The Scout leaders were his inspiration
Used to use a projection of wealth to impress people. Now his ambition is to leave a legacy for his children to say "Dad, I'm proud of you"

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Why do you need to travel round the world when you can walk around Lewisham? Living Adventurously 46. Aug 18, 2020

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Jack Cornish is a walker, an artist, and a Londoner. He works for the Ramblers charity, working to protect and expand the places people love to walk and promote walking for health and pleasure. Jack has walked the length of Britain and is slowly walking every single street in London. In his spare time Jack works on his art and mixes gin cocktails.

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https://www.jackfcornish.com
@cornish_jack
The Ramblers: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/
Cyclists Special trains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP1KxPjh4RM
Rough Stuff Archive: https://www.instagram.com/rsfarchive/
140,000 miles of footpaths in England and Wales. 10,000 miles are in danger of being lost forever - https://www.ramblers.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/dont-lose-your-way-2026.aspx
2026 is the deadline for recording all these paths.
Slow Ways network - https://ravenellison.com/portfolio/slow-ways/
National Library of Scotland maps collection - https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/
Know Your Place map - http://www.kypwest.org.uk/explore-the-map/
Layers of London map - https://www.layersoflondon.org/map?layers=true
Where's the Path - https://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm
People tackling every single street - https://www.everysinglestreet.com/others
Walked Land's End to John O'Groats as he didn't know Britain very well
The variety of every day in Britain surprised him
Loved the Solway Firth - a surprising unknown
Walking every street in London - it's chipping away rather than a concentrated period of exploration
Walking the city becomes part of living the city
Recording it on Google Maps and an A to Z map
Putting together a Google map of people doing similar around the world
Cycling every street of London - http://davis.vilums.me/all-the-streets/
Walking every street in New York - https://imjustwalkin.com/
Rickey Gates - running SF - http://www.rickeygates.com/everysinglestreet
94 year old walks every suburban street in Sydney - https://www.walksydneystreets.net/
London is a very green city - 47% green or blue
Living Streets - https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/?campaign=wtsw&source=adwords&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0rr4BRCtARIsAB0_48PVDxvVcow2S-tO6fmK35Mnr3G8p-j-xTFtKs2DQ6_aorpyFDyzSyIaAm0kEALw_wcB
Jack's popular / Alan Partridge Twitter thread - https://twitter.com/cornish_jack/status/1281658401366450177
Why do you need to travel round the world when you can walk around Lewisham?
Walking 2020 miles in 2020 (after doing 2019 miles in 2019)
Jack's art - https://www.jackfcornish.com/
The binary choice of Adventure OR Office Job is foolish
Favourite cocktail: Dirty Martini
Favourite gin: Plymouth Gin
A heavy bottomed glass for a heavy bottomed drink

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Don't submit Zombie films to Adventure film festivals! Living Adventurously 45. Aug 11, 2020

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Rosie Riley is the founder of Adventure Uncovered and a dedicated North Sea surfer who settles for cycling, running and outdoor swimming when in London. She is an advocate and promoter of sustainability and clean technology, and working towards a PhD in the sector.

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Rosie Riley Grew up surfing as a child in Tynemouth in the north east
North of the Sun - Arctic surfing: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/northofthesunEnjoys cycling and outdoor swimming in London
Loves cycling in Essex!
PhD "What's the potential for smartphone technology to encourage behaviour change in relation to air pollution?"
Working on a live pollution map for London
Apps for planning rides - Strava, Ride GPS, Komoot
The problem with UK air pollution is that it is invisible - nitrogen dioxide - not visible smog
Electric cars are a red herring, not the solution to pollution
2/3 of London car journeys are shorter than 3km
COVID is a chance to push forward with changes in street-scaping
Used to work for Solar Media - https://www.solarmedia.co.uk/
Tales of Adventure - https://twitter.com/talesadventure?lang=en
Adventure Uncovered's aim: "Our purpose is to influence social and environmental change through responsible adventure. We inspire and motivate outdoor enthusiasts to take positive action towards the health of our planet and its people."
Ed Accura - A Film Called Blacks Can't Swim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1w-qGdTNrU
Jessica Kilroy - Creek Sessions - https://vimeo.com/289971343
Amy Walker - Wild Swimming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW3lclU5j24
Karen Parry - Swim Wild podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/swim-wild-podcast/id1437178724
Rosie Watson - Building a sustainable outdoor community - https://adventureuncovered.com/stories/building-a-sustainable-outdoor-community-after-covid-19/
Brake the Cycle - bike tours - https://www.brakethecycle.co.uk/
Adventure Uncovered always looking for new, different voices
Adventure Uncovered's 'Editions': https://adventureuncovered.com/editions/
Adventure revolves around being outside, exploring unfamiliar places, exploring through sound or photography etc.
Rosie likes films showcasing 'normal people doing amazing things'
Important to start relationships with different groups of people, and to start listening.
You can't be what you can't see
When you're young you are so excited about the activity that you don't care who is doing it
Advice for new story-tellers: don't overthink it, just begin. It will evolve as it goes
Don't submit Zombie films to Adventure film festivals! (AKA - think about your target markets)
Your ears are the most important tool for generating good stories. Really listen.
The best bit of a fruit crumble... Frumble - https://www.thebarethreads.com/2018/08/15/gooseberry-and-raspberry-crumble/
Dreams of going for a moonlit surf
It is better to hunger for more than settle for less

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Change is always good; attempting things out of your comfort zone is important. Living Adventurously 44. Aug 04, 2020

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Danny Bent was voted one of the 100 happiest people in the UK, and one of the 50 most inspirational people in London. He is an award winning author and journalist, Guinness World Record holder, and celebrated adventurer and community leader.

Danny helps people who feel chained by life to break free, come together and realise they are capable of the incredible. Creating happier lives, more powerful leaders and encouraging the artists of life to create.

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Response to the Boston Marathon bombing: organise a baton relay from LA to Boston
Whole family are enthusiastic runners. Runs with his mum and dad, niece and nephew on Christmas Day.
Running community has been his therapy, meditation, friendship and love.
Hoped to raise £10,000. Actually raised $600,000
Hoped to find 300 runners. Actually got thousands.He had a tiny idea. The American people turned it into a huge idea.
When you're grumpy and can't be bothered - the first step is the hardest
Crazy guy dancing on the hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA8z7f7a2Pk
Cycled to India on his own
Crying in the office at the realisation that when you're 21 years old, you have about 50 more years of it!
6 Months of meditation - sitting on a bike in silence pedalling to India
Not everyone is made for long adventures.
Diarrhoea in the desert, plus sandstorms...
If you can make yourself be brave enough it's great to go on an adventure by yourself
Ultimate Hell Week TV show: brief was to break them mentally, physically and emotionally. It was unbelievably hard.
The SAS love push ups
Positive attitude was the key to Danny doing well on that series
Being on TV didn't catapult Danny to stardom but it helped him feel validated within himself
The downside to solo travel is that you don't have anyone afterwards to share those experiences with.
Project Awesome is a loud and colourful, radically inclusive fitness community.
Grandmas come along, also elite athletes.
The coffee shop afterwards is where the magic happens when people open up.
A hug changes you when you can accept it - it's about vulnerability
London Relay to break down barriers in the city - attempt to break the world record for the longest-ever relay: 24 hours a day for a month
Very diverse demographic participated in the relay
The hardest barrier for anything is how you view yourself, what you think you are capable of
Tried (but failed) to get 1000 people to 'live their dreams' - didn't bank on how many people do not know what their dreams are
Doing things together lifts people to a higher level
Loves swimming in an ice-ridden lake. The best way to spend your birthday.
Generation Z get very into tiny, niche hobbies.
Enjoys making yoghurt
Poured so much into Project Awesome that approached a breakdown.
The art of asking for help is important.
Danny would not change one thing in his life. 'Massive acceptance' is a powerful thing.
Warning by Jenny Joseph
When I'm a billionaire... Don't put things off. Begin versions of them now.
One regret in life - quitting ballet lessons
Change is always good - attempting things out of your comfort zone is important
Don't worry about what anyone else is doing - just try to be the best version of yourself

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Alastair Humphreys interviews Alastair Humphreys. Living Adventurously 43 Jul 28, 2020

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At the end of my ride around Yorkshire I decided to interview myself. Having spent a month grilling people with a card deck of difficult questions, it only seemed fair to have a go at answering them myself!

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An Interview with my Dad. Living Adventurously 42 Jul 21, 2020

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A chat with my Dad!

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Managing a Farm through as many natural processes as possible. Living Adventurously 41 Jul 14, 2020

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Leigh and Neil Heseltine run a traditional hill farm in Malham in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. They breed pedigree Belted Galloway cattle and Swaledale sheep in 1100 acres of limestone scenery, grazing animals free to roam the wilds. They place an emphasis on leaving room for nature and Regenerative Agriculture.

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Stay at Hilltop Farm
There's an intrigue and fascination with hill farming
When something becomes your daily life you forget that it is interesting
4th generation farmer
Biggest change in Neil's farming life is the mechanisation of the job
Managing the farm through as many natural processes as possible
Growing up in a small village is a very family-based, traditional community
A lot of people in farming struggle to get the work-life balance right
In amongst the busy-ness it is hard to squeeze in any time for yourself, especially being a mother and working

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