Alastair Humphreys
@alastairhumphreys.bsky.social
Living adventurously, writing books.
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The Seven Summits of My Neighbo(u)rhood (UK Edition 🇬🇧)
The Seven Summits of My Neighbo(u)rhood (UK Edition 🇬🇧)
A shameless theft of a brilliant idea by @semi_rad .
Please do watch his original film, here: https://youtu.be/7SLadjqxhhc?si=et0epDjVK96TwCkg
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November 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The Seven Summits of My Neighbo(u)rhood (UK Edition 🇬🇧)
Fancy joining a Trees for Cities volunteer day? Turn up for a few hours, plant some trees, get a nice curry: www.treesforcities.org/get-involved...
Volunteer | Trees for Cities
People like you can help make our cities greener. Find out how to volunteer with Trees for Cities here.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Fancy joining a Trees for Cities volunteer day? Turn up for a few hours, plant some trees, get a nice curry: www.treesforcities.org/get-involved...
Northern Lights set to dazzle UK once again due to possible 'severe' geomagnetic storm www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
Northern Lights set to dazzle UK once again due to possible 'severe' geomagnetic storm
The Northern Lights have been shining over the UK and there is another chance to see them Wednesday as Elizabeth Rizzini and Helen Willetts explain.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Northern Lights set to dazzle UK once again due to possible 'severe' geomagnetic storm www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
Farmers urgently need government support to restore rivers and make #SpaceForWater, which will create wildlife habitat, clean our waters, and protect communities from flood and drought.
We’ve got one month to get 10,000 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
We’ve got one month to get 10,000 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Provide funding for a nationwide, nature-rich river corridor network.
Support farmers and landowners to make space for water with more, easily accessible funding schemes. We call on government to commit to providing financial incentives to help farmers create & maintain...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Farmers urgently need government support to restore rivers and make #SpaceForWater, which will create wildlife habitat, clean our waters, and protect communities from flood and drought.
We’ve got one month to get 10,000 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
We’ve got one month to get 10,000 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
If you've read my book "Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness", please could you help nudge me up to 400 reviews on Amazon? It only takes 30 seconds to do. Thank you! www.amazon.co.uk/Local-Search...
Amazon.co.uk: Low Prices in Electronics, Books, Sports Equipment & more
Sign up to Amazon Prime for unlimited free delivery. Low prices at Amazon on digital cameras, MP3, sports, books, music, DVDs, video games, home & garden and much more.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
If you've read my book "Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness", please could you help nudge me up to 400 reviews on Amazon? It only takes 30 seconds to do. Thank you! www.amazon.co.uk/Local-Search...
Traveling the World on $500 a Month: One Cyclist’s Story
Traveling the World on $500 a Month: One Cyclist's Story » Explorersweb
Max Roving, 27, has covered 20,000km in the last 18 months, crossing rugged and politically sensitive terrain by bicycle. He travels on under $500 a month.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Traveling the World on $500 a Month: One Cyclist’s Story
Farmers urgently need government support to restore rivers and make #SpaceForWater, which will create wildlife habitat, clean our waters, and protect communities from flood and drought.
We’ve got one month to get 10,000 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
We’ve got one month to get 10,000 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Provide funding for a nationwide, nature-rich river corridor network.
Support farmers and landowners to make space for water with more, easily accessible funding schemes. We call on government to commit to providing financial incentives to help farmers create &…
petition.parliament.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Farmers urgently need government support to restore rivers and make #SpaceForWater, which will create wildlife habitat, clean our waters, and protect communities from flood and drought.
We’ve got one month to get 10,000 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
We’ve got one month to get 10,000 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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We all love the outdoors.
We all know the planet is in trouble.
What can we do to make a difference, to encourage others to do the same...
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We all love the outdoors.
We all know the planet is in trouble.
What can we do to make a difference, to encourage others to do the same...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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We all love the outdoors.
We all know the planet is in trouble.
What can we do to make a difference, to encourage others to do the same...
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We all love the outdoors.
We all know the planet is in trouble.
What can we do to make a difference, to encourage others to do the same...
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I enjoyed this chat with the Finding Purpose website: Why the adventurer came home www.findingpurpose.co/p/why-the-ad...
Why the adventurer came home
Alastair Humphreys: adventurer, author and speaker - Kent, England
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October 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I enjoyed this chat with the Finding Purpose website: Why the adventurer came home www.findingpurpose.co/p/why-the-ad...
Six years across South America on foot! What a journey! A talk in London on Monday 20 October: events.humanitix.com/peter-casey
An Evening with Peter Casey | 20th October 2025
An Evening with Peter Casey | 20th October 2025
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October 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Six years across South America on foot! What a journey! A talk in London on Monday 20 October: events.humanitix.com/peter-casey
Turn a Beer Can into a Camera
Turn a Beer Can into a Camera
🎞️ Full step-by-step guide on my blog:
👉 https://alastairhumphreys.com/can-camera
Two simple joys: picking up trash and spending time outdoors taking photos.
In this video, I combine both by…
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October 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Turn a Beer Can into a Camera
I love this nosey glimpse of the desks where The Booker Prize nominees write: from kitchen tables to a cemetery bench www.wallpaper.com/design-inter...
This is where The Booker Prize nominees write: from kitchen tables to a cemetery bench
From kitchen tables to bare desks (and even a cemetery bench): 12 writers from the Booker Prize 2025 longlist on their favourite writing set-ups
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October 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I love this nosey glimpse of the desks where The Booker Prize nominees write: from kitchen tables to a cemetery bench www.wallpaper.com/design-inter...
David decided to walk to over 200 branches of Samaritans across the UK and Ireland to raise the profile of the charity and support their aim of reducing the number of people who die by suicide.
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The Listening Walk – Supporting Samaritans Across the UK & Ireland
Join David Matthews on The Listening Walk as he visits all 200 Samaritans branches, raising awareness and funds to prevent suicide. Follow his journey and support the cause.
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September 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
David decided to walk to over 200 branches of Samaritans across the UK and Ireland to raise the profile of the charity and support their aim of reducing the number of people who die by suicide.
thelisteningwalk.com
thelisteningwalk.com
My Midsummer Morning - rediscovering a life of adventure
My Midsummer Morning - rediscovering a life of adventure
My Midsummer Morning - In 1935 a young Englishman named Laurie Lee arrived in Spain. He had never been overseas; had hardly even left the quiet village he grew up in. His idea was to walk through the…
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September 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
My Midsummer Morning - rediscovering a life of adventure
Cross the world four times | Derek Sivers
Cross the world four times | Derek Sivers
Cross the world four times.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Cross the world four times | Derek Sivers
Some thoughts on the niche worlds of bikepacking / cycle touring... www.tumblr.com/tracksterman...
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💬 1 🔁 0 ❤️ 1 · It was 10-12 years ago that I moved away from long, open-ended cycling tours towards shorter trips within the UK. This coincided with a lot of new luggage options hitting the marke…
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September 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Some thoughts on the niche worlds of bikepacking / cycle touring... www.tumblr.com/tracksterman...
Join us for an inspiring lecture on our 30 day journey to Arabia Felix in the 1927 footsteps of RGS Gold Medalist Bertram Thomas.
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Oman-The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Lecture
Join us for an inspiring lecture on our 30 day journey to Arabia Felix in the 1927 footsteps of RGS Gold Medalist Bertram Thomas.
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September 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Join us for an inspiring lecture on our 30 day journey to Arabia Felix in the 1927 footsteps of RGS Gold Medalist Bertram Thomas.
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A World Tour of Yorkshire
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Al Humphreys: Adventure Is Local
Al Humphreys challenges the idea that adventure requires going far, showing instead how exploring familiar places can bring discovery, variety, and fulfillment—while reducing environmental impact…
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September 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A World Tour of Yorkshire
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England’s model for countryside access cost six times more to implement than Scotland’s right to roam policy, new figures reveal.
Countryside access curbs in England ‘cost six times’ Scotland’s right to roam
Exclusive: Data shows implementing English countryside legislation cost £69m over five years
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September 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
England’s model for countryside access cost six times more to implement than Scotland’s right to roam policy, new figures reveal.
From 19 – 25th September, survey your river with the Big River Watch app to help restore rivers across the UK and Ireland
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The Big River Watch
Help improve our rivers. From 19-25th September, t ake part in The Big RiverWatch survey!
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September 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
From 19 – 25th September, survey your river with the Big River Watch app to help restore rivers across the UK and Ireland
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
Swimming and wild camping should be a right for all people to enjoy in the English countryside, Labour MPs have said.
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Right to swim and wild camp in England should be enshrined in law, Labour MPs say
Report from group of MPs calls for broader access to rivers, woodlands and fields to improve connection with nature
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September 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Swimming and wild camping should be a right for all people to enjoy in the English countryside, Labour MPs have said.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Highland hillwalkers asked to look out for space rocks
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Highland hillwalkers asked to look out for meteorite fragments
The UK Fireball Alliance is hopeful walkers can stumble across the space rocks which fell in the Highlands in July.
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September 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Highland hillwalkers asked to look out for space rocks
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Bristol folk... The Wilderness Lectures are back. Such a brilliant Bristol institution for many, many years: www.wildernesslectures.com
Home
We have a new website under construction that will be coming soon and reflect our new name (Wilderness Live) and branding, so watch this space!
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September 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Bristol folk... The Wilderness Lectures are back. Such a brilliant Bristol institution for many, many years: www.wildernesslectures.com
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Make a Camera from a Can
Make a Camera from a Can
Make a Camera from a Can
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September 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Make a Camera from a Can