{"id":3200,"date":"2015-02-15T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martinblack.com\/?p=3200"},"modified":"2015-02-27T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T14:45:39","slug":"wild-camping-microadventure-reports-round-up-for-january-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/2015\/02\/wild-camping-microadventure-reports-round-up-for-january-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild camping microadventure blog round-up for January 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the start of the year, Alastair Humphreys, in his post\u00a0&#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alastairhumphreys.com\/microadventures-3\/year-microadventure-2\/\">Your Year of Microadventure<\/a>&#8216;, called for people\u00a0to live more adventurously in 2015, and\u00a0challenged us to spend one night out in the wild each month during the year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3225\" src=\"http:\/\/martinblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/myyear-compressor.jpg\" alt=\"My year of microadventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/myyear-compressor.jpg 426w, https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/myyear-compressor-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Since that call to arms\u00a0I&#8217;ve noticed a rise the number\u00a0in great blog posts, videos and photos of people venturing out and spending nights in the open, under the stars and moon.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s some\u00a0great stories of adventure out there I thought I&#8217;d put together a monthly round-up of ones that caught my attention.<\/p>\n<p>If you think I&#8217;ve missed anyone out, or would like your blog\/video\/photo included, then please leave a comment below.<\/p>\n<h2>Steven Russell<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3220\" src=\"http:\/\/martinblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Steven-Russell-smaller.png\" alt=\"Steven Russell\" width=\"272\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Steven-Russell-smaller.png 317w, https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Steven-Russell-smaller-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/>Steven managed to get in TWO wild camps on the snowy hills of the Scottish Borders.<\/p>\n<p>I particularly like his powerful\u00a0black and white photography taken in the midst of a snow storm, it sounds like it was a pretty dramatic camp!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106486002399531931981\/posts\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Steven&#8217;s photos and report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Allysse\u00a0Riordan<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3207\" src=\"http:\/\/martinblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screenshot-2015-02-14-at-18.33.19.png\" alt=\"Allysse's wild camp\" width=\"91\" height=\"85\" \/>Allysse&#8217;s wild camp\u00a0was at the other end of the scale but in no way any less of an adventure. \u00a0She bivvy&#8217;d the night in her local park, waking to frost on her boots.<\/p>\n<p>What I particularly like about this post was the audio she included, so we can actually join her on the camp, great stuff!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/besteglatisant.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/24\/january-microadventure-start-small\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check out\u00a0Allysse&#8217;s audio and report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bethan John<\/h2>\n<p>Bethan decided to camp out after talking about microadventures in a pub. \u00a0Most plans discussed in pubs end up quickly forgotten but not for Bethan. \u00a0A few nights later she and a friend were sleeping in the light of the moon on a hill overlooking Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p>Bethan also\u00a0started up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1542243369394839\/\">Cardiff Microadventures Facebook group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildlandscreative.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/what-do-you-need-for-a-successful-microadventure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Bethan&#8217;s report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Stuart Greig (Lone Walker)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3214\" src=\"http:\/\/martinblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lone-walker-compressor.png\" alt=\"lone walker wild camp\" width=\"307\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lone-walker-compressor.png 357w, https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lone-walker-compressor-300x108.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/>Stuart chose Plover Hill in the Yorkshire Dales for a\u00a0microadventure with his friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimchris.com\/\">Pilgrim Chris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is another gorgeously snowy camp and the post has some lovely photos. \u00a0Stuart reports that the night temperature dropped as low as -8C!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lonewalker.net\/january-microadventure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Stuart&#8217;s report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Jon Doolan \/\u00a0Harry Francis<\/h2>\n<p>Jon and Harry spent a night in local woods near Bishop\u2019s Stortford, they also managed to get in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk\/VIDEO-Stortford-man-friend-embark-12\/story-25949939-detail\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">local paper!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out their video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1040\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9LZcAFCZ5Zg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Rob Mitchell<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3211\" src=\"http:\/\/martinblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rob-Mitchell-wild-camp.png\" alt=\"Rob Mit\" width=\"269\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rob-Mitchell-wild-camp.png 335w, https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rob-Mitchell-wild-camp-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/>Rob and two friends spent the night on\u00a0Pewley Down near\u00a0Guildford in Surrey.<\/p>\n<p>From the post it sounds like they had a good supply of quality whisky on hand to enjoy before bedding down.<\/p>\n<p>The final sentence made me laugh: &#8220;I was pretty spaced out during the morning, not sure if that was due to sleeping out or the 5 pints and multiple whiskies. All in all this was a great success&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the way to do it!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thesearesomethings.com\/microadventure\/whisky-fuelled-january-microadventure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Rob&#8217;s report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Adrian and James<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3212\" src=\"http:\/\/martinblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Adrian-and-James-compressor.png\" alt=\"Adrian and James wild camp\" width=\"112\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Adrian-and-James-compressor.png 302w, https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Adrian-and-James-compressor-300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/>Adrian and James are cycle-microadventurers and camped out while riding from London to Chichester.<\/p>\n<p>After a pint at the village of Chiddingfold in Surrey, they found a nearby spot,\u00a0downed a bottle of red and enjoyed a night bivvying\u00a0under the stars.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reallybigbikeride.com\/microadventure-1-london-to-chichester-by-bike\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Adrian and James&#8217; report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Me<\/h2>\n<p>Well&#8230;I had a wild camp planned and organised for the last weekend in January, a night out in the wilds of the Cambridgeshire Fens.<\/p>\n<p>And then, on the night before the camp, I fell ill with a horrible virus that knocked me out for the next week. \u00a0So&#8230;I&#8217;m already behind on this, I&#8217;ll make up for it by wild camping twice in one month, promise.<\/p>\n<h2>What about you?<\/h2>\n<p>Any plans for a wild camp microadventure? \u00a0Tell me all about it in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the start of the year, Alastair Humphreys, in his post\u00a0&#8216;Your Year of Microadventure&#8216;, called for people\u00a0to live more adventurously&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[123,40],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3200"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3304,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions\/3304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}