Living Adventurously

Chris Goddard is the Yorkshire Map Maker. He has been exploring and mapping his local landscapes ever since he was a child, spurred on by curiosity and a love of being outdoors. Chris dedicates his passion for exploring the minutiae of the world to creating intricate, beautiful books about the woods and moors around his home.  
He says, "My mother said I was born a good century too late and should have been out exploring and mapping the world in the age of empire. Yet the exploring I like to do need not be particularly exotic, rather it just has to be somewhere new – and you can discover new things around the corner from your house every day. Exploring is also not linear, but nearly always leads me round in circles as I am desperate not to miss anything. Indeed this is the only way to make a good map."

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• Chris Goddard, the Yorkshire map maker. Website and books. 
• Failed to write 'proper books' and settled on a niche of local writing and maps and detailed landscapes
• Hyper-detailed mapping
• Favourite tree = ash: gracefulness and large size
• 2.5 years to produce the book of his local woods
• 300mx200m wood - keeps finding new things
• Right on your doorstep are things to be discovered
• Wandering around and following your curiosity. Then later fill in the gaps.
• I used to think I should be finding somewhere new, but there's nowhere left to discover so I started exploring closer to home. 
• Footpath surveyor for Lake District National Park for a while
• Try cutting off all senses but one - then you experience the landscapes in different ways

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You can see my ride’s route on komoot here.

Jamie Wardley is a professional sand artist who creates far more than the sand castles I joked about. In his own words, "I am a mixed bag with a dose of art, a sprinkle of theatre and an education in Environmental Sciences. I have always tried to do things that bring enjoyment, as I believe if you do, then there is a real chance you will be successful and fulfilled.

All the details sort themselves out in the end and great things happen if you just have a go. This led me to working in ice hotels and international sand sculpture festivals across the globe."
This is an episode brimful of interesting nuggets about creativity, entrepreneurship, routines and art. My chat with Jamie was one of the most surprising of my journey. I enjoyed it very much. I hope that you do too.

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SHOW NOTES

• If you enjoy listening to this episode over a cup of coffee and think it might be worth the price, you can buy me a coffee here: www. ko-fi.com/al_humphreys
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• Say hello on Twitter and Instagram: @al_humphreys
• @sandinyoureye
• Don't undervalue routine - it's a good chance to reset and develop your business and yourself
• Flair plus drive - you're going to get better at anything
• His young daughter draws every day - practicing - because she wants to
• Become the best in your tiny niche
• The way it started was by saying 'hello' to someone [a sand sculptor] on holiday
• Application and passion and enthusiasm is more important than raw flair
• If people want this sort of thing then they can find it - getting a good blog and telling the world about it was key
• niche, if you can, is really good
• First time he got paid was for making a mermaid in Warrington
• First one was very stressful but he has developed a self-confidence from persistence
• Working out your running overheads is really important
• 25% art, the rest is running a business and planning
• When you're an artist you really want to focus. But leading a team you are constantly being distracted. 
• There's only so many things you can do in life, so you need to focus on what you really want to do any say 'no' to everything else
• You have to allow yourself and your team to make mistakes. That's really important. 
• Choosing a day rate is hard - this day has to pay for all the other days
• Economic worth - the base costs, plus how much is something worth to the other side
• Charge what it's worth, not what it costs. 
• If you have takeaway fish and chips don't put on vinegar - it sweats and go mushy
• Originally was going to be an outdoor pursuits instructor
• Allow yourself to have a go
• You don't have to win to be a winner, you just have to try. A lot of people fail merely because they don't try
• Ambitions are fluid - once you reach A you want to get to B
• I started by having fun and following my nose. It's the path to fulfilment. Follow your nose and opportunities will arise

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You can see my ride’s route on komoot here.

Steve Bate has a condition that is slowly robbing him of his eyesight. He has now lost most of his vision, and because the condition is degenerative, Steve will go blind.
He was devastated when he heard the optician tell him that he was going blind. Steve was working as an outdoor instructor at the time. It was 3 months before he began to find his way out of depression. By then, he worked out there wasn’t much he could do about his degenerating eyesight. But he had total control over what he did next. Just like everyone else, Steve isn't going to be on this planet forever, so he might as well make every moment count. And how much he let his condition get in the way of that was completely up to him. 
In his own words, "I had a dream and I set myself a goal: to solo climb El Capitan. It took six days to climb, sleeping on a portable ledge suspended hundreds of feet above the valley each night, and I cried when I got to the top. Let’s just say that it was the best experience of my life. 
When I got back from El Cap, I dreamt even bigger: the 2016 Paralympics in Rio. After two years of training, I was selected for Paralympics GB and won two gold medals, a bronze, and smashed the world record in the 4km pursuit.
Now, I’m not going to indulge in any false modesty here. I’m proud of what I’ve achieved. But the point is, I'm not super-talented, I'm just a normal guy. All I do is dream big, set myself a goal, and then do everything I can to make it happen. 
We all have obstacles in our lives: stuff that life throws at us, or barriers we put in ourselves. I’m trying to highlight that there’s not much that you can’t overcome, or at least work around, with the right mind set. I'm still terrified of losing my sight, but I have to keep living while I still can see. Since my diagnosis in 2011, I've had some of the best moments in my life, just because I refused to let something stand in my way."

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SHOW NOTES

• If you enjoy listening to this episode over a cup of coffee and think it might be worth the price, you can buy me a coffee here: www. ko-fi.com/al_humphreys
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• @stevebatembe
• Kiss or Kill
• Gym Jones
• Extreme Alpinism
• Mark Twight essay - man in the mirror
• Winning medals is what I'm paid to do, but I actually hate racing. I'd rather train for the rest of my life.
• I want to measure myself and get the most out of myself.
• We get given our bodies for free, they are our most valuable asset, but so many of us neglect them
• It's good to learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.
• Cycling as a sport is science. It's totally different to cycling as adventure, which is the biggest passion I have.
• I am visually-impaired and at some point I am going to go blind.
• Extreme training or extreme sloth - neither are good things.
• I was training to become a mountain guide when I got this eyesight diagnosis. I fell apart, trying to find a new identity
• Karen Darke
• "I'm going to go blind." "Oh great, you can race on a tandem."
• Solo-ed El Capitan - I thought it was impossible. But if I've done that, then I realised anything's possible.
• If you put your mind to something and invest 100% in it, you can achieve anything.
• When I go blind I don't want to be bitter so I'm cramming in all that I can
• Going blind is partially exciting - the thought of 'wow' - what will it be like?!
• Most people in the paralympic squad feel pleased that the bad thing has happened to them 
• Failure for me now is not trying, not committing
• Going blind is one of the best things that's ever happened to me.
• It takes something horrific to latch on to living a full life
• Walking my dog every day is good headspace
• The thing I am most scared of is not fulfilling my potential
• You have to think on the process not the outcome if you want to achieve something big.

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You can see my ride’s route on komoot here.

Brant Richards is the Co-Founder of HebTroCo which smashed Kickstarter funding targets and grew into a Made In Britain menswear brand from the ground up.
With a career path started from rummaging in the garage, through writing in back bedrooms, editing and launching national magazines, to leading the design team for a leading global bike brand, Brant's CV is as intriguing and meandering as our conversation (which took place, for a reason I forget, on his kitchen floor following a run through the local beech wood).
Shadowing founders and giving direction and assistance, working from "three blokes in a shed" to staff of over 150, from napkin drawings to Far Eastern sourcing and manufacturer inspections: Brant has done it all.

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SHOW NOTES

• If you enjoy listening to this episode over a cup of coffee and think it might be worth the price, you can buy me a coffee here: www. ko-fi.com/al_humphreys
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• @shedfire 
• @hebtroco
• @ononebikes
• @planetxbikes
• I became a journalist by writing to a magazine and telling them their bike reviews weren't very good. 
• I try to go into things with an open mind and goodwill
• Poacher turned gamekeeper - I used to review bikes, then started making them
• Holding off and trying to achieve perfection is usually a recipe for disaster
• At some point you need to start selling things, so you need to get the product out there
• Sell things for more than they cost you, and plough the money back in again
• I always try to work with people who are really good at what they do
• Make your stuff different to make them stand out and give them some personality
• Quite happy to begin things he has not really done before
• Cashflow is a crucial thing to monitor when you are starting a business.
• I like selling things that people think are fun or nice or good value
• When you design bikes it's hard to go for a ride without constantly thinking about bikes. Running was a pleasingly simple counter to that.
• I run for health, to destress, to fight off the dad bod (I like beer and curry)
• Not having a job contract and not having a pension feels like living adventurously!
• Oblique Strategies - cards and app
• All Quiet on the Orient Express

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You can see my ride’s route on komoot here.

Rob Cowen is the award-winning author of Common Ground, selected as a ‘Book of the Year’ in the Times and featuring in the Guardian’s Top Ten Readers’ Choice. 
After moving from London to a new home in Yorkshire, Rob found himself on unfamiliar territory, disoriented, hemmed in by winter and yearning for the nearest open space. So one night, he set out to find it – a pylon-slung edge-land, a tangle of wood, meadow, field and river on the outskirts of town. Despite being in the shadow of thousands of houses, it felt unclaimed, forgotten, caught between worlds, and all the more magical for it.

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SHOW NOTES

• If you enjoy listening to this episode over a cup of coffee and think it might be worth the price, you can buy me a coffee here: www. ko-fi.com/al_humphreys
• Keep up to date with future episodes (and my other adventures, projects and books) with my free monthly newsletter: alastairhumphreys.com/more/subscribe
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• Rob Cowen's website and Twitter
• Common Ground
• Edge lands - between the rural and the urban
• There are so few areas of true wilderness left, but this place has some wildness to it, as there is so much history running through it 
• Kids used to play in these edgelands, but now they have been demonised and kids aren't allowed to come and play here
• People here appreciate being so well-placed for getting into natural places
• Place is a repository of memory. 
• Two people can have a similar emotional response to the same landscape - it has an aura
• The collisions at the edgelands of human layers and nature. They have stories to tell.
• Richard Jeffreys - After London
• Home is a fluid thing - I had a sense of it in London as they were my dad's old haunts. I enjoyed the heath in London as it reminded me of Yorkshire.

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You can see my ride’s route on komoot here.

Michaela Hanna has completed IronManUK, the Lakeland50 ultra mountain marathon, cycled from Edinburgh to London and across the Western Cape of South Africa. She therefore has personal experience of the significance of precise and relevant nutrition and places a high level of importance on the nutritional value of the food.
Having spent time working in fine-dining restaurants, high-end event catering companies and as a private chef alongside her day job, the time came for Michaela to follow her joy and feed people full-time again as a private chef. 

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SHOW NOTES

• If you enjoy listening to this episode over a cup of coffee and think it might be worth the price, you can buy me a coffee here: www. ko-fi.com/al_humphreys
• Keep up to date with future episodes (and my other adventures, projects and books) with my free monthly newsletter: alastairhumphreys.com/more/subscribe
• Say hello on Twitter and Instagram: @al_humphreys
• Michaela Hanna - the Fit Chef
• Adventure is embracing the unknown which is scary for me as I'm a bit of a control freak
• My preference is to do short, intense bursts of work and then get away for adventures
• Being restless and unsettled can be seen as a downside but it drives you forward and keeps you moving
• I'm very purposeful and have to find meaning in everything. That can be exhausting
• It's a problem when nothing is enough and you're always striving for more
• I remind myself grateful how lucky I am
• Working for myself means that for now I'm busy trying to get the money side of my life sorted
• I think it's easier to find a good balance when you're self-employed
• I schedule in my free time otherwise it never happens
• In the first months I lay in bed thinking 'what on earth have i done'
• It's a bit scary but I'd far rather rather work for myself than work for a toxic organisation
• Always, always follow your joy
• I've changed from a steady job, security, control freak to the risky freedom of what I'm doing now
• Put the intention out there, and it will follow
• It takes bravery and I'm going to change everything and make this happen
• There's no space for mediocrity in life
• If I could live my life over I'd have been braver in my 20s. 
• I'd advise a woman in her 20s to not allow her decision making to be influenced by a relationship
• To be truly happy you need to either have everything you want or nothing at all

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You can see my ride’s route on komoot here.

Ben Dave ran a lap of Yorkshire because he needed a big challenge after running changed his life, helping him lose 30kg and stop smoking a couple of packets a day. Running also helped Ben with his mental health. 
When he was feeling down and lonely, Ben could only think of going to the pub as an option. Therefore he set up the Early Bird Run Crew - a friendly, daily, early 5km run in his home town to connect the community, making everyone happier and stronger individuals.

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SHOW NOTES

• If you enjoy listening to this episode over a cup of coffee and think it might be worth the price, you can buy me a coffee here: www. ko-fi.com/al_humphreys
• Keep up to date with future episodes (and my other adventures, projects and books) with my free monthly newsletter: alastairhumphreys.com/more/subscribe
• Say hello on Twitter and Instagram: @al_humphreys
• Ben's website and Twitter. 
• @EarlyBirdRunnin
• CALM - Campaign against living miserably
• Ben ran a lap of Yorkshire
• He made a video about his trip and put it online to force him to commit to it
• Raised £7000 before even beginning
• Asking for help - people like vulnerability and people like to help
• Biggest worry was getting a blister!
• I never really thought very far ahead - the distance was too intimidating
• I wanted to talk about my experience of mental health, and this was a platform to do that
• When he was feeling down and lonely he could only think of going to the pub as an option. Therefore he has set up a running group to try to deal with that
• Early Bird Run Crew. 6am / 6.30, every weekday. 6 turned up on Day 1. 
• He didn't know many people who run, but also saw loads of people out running by themselves every day. He wanted to bring people together
• Wanted to create the runners equivalent of a bikers cafe
• I don't want it to be 'my' thing, rather to be 'our' thing
• For me, running massively helps my mental health. If I come out early and run, I'll have a good day.
• It's brought some accountability and regularity to me
• It's a way of bringing people together
• Just because people are smiling on the outside doesn't mean that people are happy
• Trying to chat to GPs to get running prescribed
• Running can be a tool in the armoury of working against suicide
• Running is such a leveller - we have bin men and chief execs. But when you're running it doesn't make any difference.
• The difference we have with Park Run is the regularity - being able to do it regularly rather than having a whole week to get through. Important from a mental health point of view

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The personalised planning and navigation tools ensure you plan the adventure that’s perfect for you. Komoot is Europe’s number 1 outdoor app, with route planning and navigation functionality, and strong community-driven inspirational features in the form of recommended Highlights and inspirational route Collections. It is used by nearly 10 million adventurers worldwide. Komoot is becoming the app of choice for cyclists and hikers the world over, with rapid community growth in the UK, the US and other parts of Europe.
You can see my ride’s route on komoot here.

Boff Whalley, from the band Chumbawamba is a keen runner, never happier than when mud-splattered and gasping up on the windy hills of West Yorkshire. He is also a playwright, the founder of Commoners Choir, and the author of Run Wild - an account of his experiences as a fell runner.
I arrived at Boff's house after a long day in the saddle. His family welcomed me and plied me with cups of tea and a veggie burger in the sort of living room I would love to have one day: filled with quirky art and design, masses of music, and a happy level of lived-in clutter. 
We had a fascinating, wide-ranging chat about success, creative ambition, and the child-like joy of running in the hills. As I left their home, Boff's wife gave me directions to her favourite river swimming spot. In short, the perfect podcasting afternoon!

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The personalised planning and navigation tools ensure you plan the adventure that’s perfect for you. Komoot is Europe’s number 1 outdoor app, with route planning and navigation functionality, and strong community-driven inspirational features in the form of recommended Highlights and inspirational route Collections. It is used by nearly 10 million adventurers worldwide. Komoot is becoming the app of choice for cyclists and hikers the world over, with rapid community growth in the UK, the US and other parts of Europe.
You can see my ride’s route on komoot here.

SHOW NOTES

• If you enjoy listening to this episode over a cup of coffee and think it might be worth the price, you can buy me a coffee here: www. ko-fi.com/al_humphreys
• Keep up to date with future episodes (and my other adventures, projects and books) with my free monthly newsletter: alastairhumphreys.com/more/subscribe
• Say hello on Twitter and Instagram: @al_humphreys
• Boff's website and Twitter
• I was in a pop group for 15 years before I had a hit song, but you can't measure success by that. The success of being in a band was just being together for that long and remaining friends.
• Success these days is taking my son to school then going for a run and having an hour of my own time to disappear, to be offline and spend time in nature.
• If you lower your expectations you can be continually happy (but don't be pessimistic)
• The creative ambition is very personal and you can judge success by yourself
• Life is like doing a run where you get lost several times, you fall over, and a series of weird dead ends and double backs. It's about the run not the finish.
• We are 'supposed' to put away childish things - stop running for the bus - but actually fell running is just really good fun.
• Early ambition: "Maybe we can go further with this [the band] than just playing youth clubs in Leeds."
• I'm not a risk-taker in fell runs. But with life and music and art I don't want to get stuck so I take creative risks to keep me on my toes.
• Try something that other people aren't doing
• Boff has an underlying confidence in what he does
• The band wasn't driven by ambition, but the creative impulse drove him on. 
• The creative impulse can be hard work because you can't switch it off.
• Some of my artistic heroes (eg the Beatles) were people who changed a lot.
• Why would you want to be in a band that does the same set every time?
• I'm out of my depth, let's do it.
• Leaving the city to live in a small town (where I could go running) was one of the most adventurous things I've done in my life.
• Run Wild is about trying to nudge people into doing something.
• Social media is doing a great job of encouraging people to get into new, physical down-to-earth things

Annie Berrington is the founder of Get Out More, a social enterprise working to help people engage with nature to feel better in mind and body. She is a qualified forest school practitioner, a busy mum, and a keen microadventurer. She works with urban groups who are "hard to reach", trying to help them get out into nature more. The biggest barriers aren't the actual dangers but people's fears about them. We are now as a society a generation removed from the free-range childhood we hear about nostalgically. That means that not only are kids not experiencing wild places, their parents never did either. This makes it hard to change habits and build connections with nature.

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SHOW NOTES

• If you enjoy listening to this episode over a cup of coffee and think it might be worth the price, you can buy me a coffee here: www. ko-fi.com/al_humphreys
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• Getting more out of life by getting outside more
• Get Out More
• Working with groups who are "hard to reach"
• Biggest barriers aren't the actual dangers but people's fears about them. 
• Seeking out the pockets of wildness - and they are always there
• We are part of nature and we are drawn to it, if we can find the key
• Green spaces are a neutral space for people to come together and connect together
• I started this because I wanted to get out more, but the success of it means that I now get out less...
• Don't underestimate where people are to begin with - how little people might know at first.
• Forest Schools - outdoor play in a learning environment
• We over-inflate how difficult things need to be sometimes
• When I'm being a good parent I am giving my kids the freedom I had as a child. That means facilitating but keeping hands off.
• We are now as a society a generation removed from that free-range childhood.
• Contentment is more important than self-improvement.
• Favourite purchase: Underwater MP3 player
• Nature and communities can grow healthier together

Tim Frenneaux is a former martial arts instructor, nine to fiver and audio visual artist, turned ethical entrepreneur, microadventurer, climate activist and punk philosopher. 
His redemption started when the brief and fragile nature of existence became painfully real as he hit the big 40 in the same month that his Dad died. Unhappy conjunctures like that are a great way of forcing you to focus on what you want from “your one wild and precious life” (to quote the dear departed Mary Oliver)

Tim decided to return to the outdoor life that had brought him so much happiness growing up, and that the best way to make the difference he wanted to see in the world, was to start a business founded on social and environmental principles: Gather Outdoors.

Now he’s on a mission to encourage and enable folk to make the most of their fleeting presence on planet earth by spending more time outdoors. In doing so he hopes that great teacher, Mother Earth, will help them to reach their own understanding of the immense value of nature.

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE LIVING ADVENTUROUSLY PODCAST

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Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn (“Alexa, please play the Living Adventurously podcast”) or on your favourite podcast platform such as Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Breaker, Soundcloud, Castbox, Castro.

• www.alastairhumphreys.com/podcast

THIS PODCAST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY KOMOOT

Your very own outdoor experiences are waiting for you. Go explore more with komoot. Use the voucher code ADVENTUROUS to claim your free region maps bundle.

The personalised planning and navigation tools ensure you plan the adventure that’s perfect for you. Komoot is Europe’s number 1 outdoor app, with route planning and navigation functionality, and strong community-driven inspirational features in the form of recommended Highlights and inspirational route Collections. It is used by nearly 10 million adventurers worldwide. Komoot is becoming the app of choice for cyclists and hikers the world over, with rapid community growth in the UK, the US and other parts of Europe.
You can see my ride’s route on komoot here.

SHOW NOTES

• If you enjoy listening to this episode over a cup of coffee and think it might be worth the price, you can buy me a coffee here: www. ko-fi.com/al_humphreys
• Keep up to date with future episodes (and my other adventures, projects and books) with my free monthly newsletter: alastairhumphreys.com/more/subscribe
• Say hello on Twitter and Instagram: @al_humphreys
• Gather Outdoors website
• Starting a business was an excuse to get outdoors more and meet interesting people
• He feels guilty that his work doesn't feel like hard work and a struggle
• Compartmentalising work and not-work is an important thing
• Trying to rewild myself by reading lots of books
• The first step in changing direction is realising that things are not quite right.
• The imposter syndrome is how everyone feels and shouldn't be a burden and a barrier
• What you don't know you can learn by doing
• The modern day life experience cocoons us from the natural world
• The importance of reading on paper versus a screen
• We all have time; we just need to make time. 
• Turn off the screens and embrace boredom
• Barefoot running has made a big beneficial change to his life
• Starting a business saw his income plummet, but also taught Tim and his family what is enough. It taught him about balance.
• Recognise when you are slipping into a fur-lined rut, and then clamour to get out.