CLOSE TO HOME
There is newness and curiosity and wildness everywhere; the more we look, the more we see,” author Alastair Humphreys tells me, his passion for local adventures almost contagious.
He’s the pioneer of the ‘microadventure’ – explorations that are short, simple, cheap and local, yet exciting, rewarding and challenging – and perhaps Britain’s most vocal advocate of adventuring locally.
“Lockdown turned us all into local adventurers, forcing us to seek out the wild places and beauty that lie all around us,” he adds. “Whether we continue to embrace that, and find wonder and satisfaction in our local areas will be up to us as individuals. It comes down to a framing of our attitude. Can the purpose of our explorations be achieved locally and sustainably? Or will we revert to jetting off all over the planet, selfishly spewing carbon in exchange for selfies in exotic lands?”
HOME: WHERE THE HEART IS?
This cuts to the heart of a huge debate in
