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40 Micro-Adventures Everyone Needs To Try This Summer

They aren't long, expensive or even outside the UK...

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With the air getting warmer and the days becoming longer, it’s time to start planning a summer adventure.

Adventures don’t have to be epic expensive affairs – like hiking the Grand Canyon or pack-rafting across Iceland.

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They can just be inexpensive, small things that take you outside your regular daily routine.

Here’s a few suggestions… Any you want to add to the mix?

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1) Hike up a mountain

2) Swim in the ocean

3) Go bouldering

4) Try surfing

5) Sleep out under the stars

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6) Head off on a road trip

7) Cook a meal from foraged food

8) Build a campfire

9) Cycle somewhere you’ve never been before

10) Have a BBQ on the beach

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11) Go kayaking

12) Learn to scuba dive

13) Set off on a 3+ day hiking and camping trip

14) Go skydiving

15) Try fishing

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16) Go wild camping

17) Try mountain biking

18) Learn another language

19) Eat dinner outside

20) Go skinny dipping

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21) Spend one week without internet or using a mobile phone

22) Learn the names of five constellations

23) Try a yoga class

24) Try a different way of getting to work – walking, cycling or even skating

25) Make your own beer

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26) Learn to meditate

27) Grow vegetables

28) Climb a tree

29) Go on a night bike ride

30) Learn to identify five birds in your garden

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31) Learn to identify five plants or trees around you

32) Follow a river – all the way to its source

33) Walk magnetic north until dusk – and see where you find yourself

34) Spend an evening on a hill – in the style of Alastair Humphreys

35) Watch the sunrise in the middle of nowhere

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36) Hitchhike somewhere new

37) Sign up for a race

38) Sleep on a beach

39) Take a bus or train to the end of the line

40) Do a rail ale trail

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