Shouting from the Shed 131

September days. Do you feel happy for a final few days of warm sunshine, or melancholy that summer is done? This is plenty. This is more than enough.

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• A drone view flying up Mount Everest. This is brilliant to watch.
•  What an amazing adventure! Back in the 80s two lads sneaked onto a 747 and flew to New York, for the fun of it!
•  Live in Edinburgh and fancy early morning bike rides with company and coffee? Give the Edinburgh Dawn Patrol a try (inspired by the same thing in Oslo).
  Now also available in Worthing. I really love his joy when the first new person turned up! (Reminds me of the guy starting a dance party.)
  Any other keen cyclists fancy setting one up where you live? Let me know if you do, and I’ll share it here.
• Please follow the latest adventure of two of my Atlantic rowing team mates: Steve and Si have set off to Foil Around Britain.
• This is wonderful: long distance cyclist Ian Hibell discusses his expedition equipment on Blue Peter in 1975.
•  Sidetracked has long been the leader in beautiful adventure magazines. They’ve just released a book which is going straight on the Santa wish list, a celebration of the joys of adventure in places of breathtaking and pristine natural beauty.
•  There She Goes: A Reading List on Women Adventurers – apologies for omitting the link last time.
•  Translate your running & walking into real-world accomplishments – the best way to Run Every Street. See also: Wandrer – “the game you win by going places you’ve never been before. The main rule is: you get credit for every road you travel, but only once.”
•  I am unbelievably jealous of this canoe journey (except for the mosquitoes…) – 4,400Km From Minnesota to Arctic Ocean.
• I’ve started a new newsletter where adventure meets purpose. Fancy giving it a try?
• The total CO2 generated in the UK alone from unneeded stored data is the equivalent of 112,500 return flights from London to Australia.

Our rivers and lakes are disgusting. Let’s get them sorted out!

Let me know if you have a relevant project that my readers would appreciate.

Here’s what you guys have been up to recently:

• Instead of buying expendable Christmas presents, why don’t you buy people a membership to one of these charities that I’m a fan of: Stump up for Trees, Woodland Trust, Trees for Cities, Rivers Trust, Wildlife Trust, Ramblers, RSPB, Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, John Muir Trust, Youth Adventure Trust, British Schools Exploring Society, Calvert Trust, ParkRun, Hope and Homes for Children.
• Splendid isolation: in search of Scotland’s hermits. Really thought-provoking pictures and words.
• A Mile an Hour: running, getting stuff done, making use of the time and everyday adventure. I love this film. A great idea for the holidays?
• The Warmest Tent on Earth – Pitching in the Siberian Arctic Winter.
• On starting long-distance adventures in your fifties.
• Explore live wildlife cameras around the world.
• An optimistic glimpse of the future of bikes, kids and cities.

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Cheers,

Alastair