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"I wanted to create the Runners' equivalent of a Biker Cafe." - Living Adventurously 20

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. Run...

"If I could live my life over I'd have been braver in my 20s." Living Adventurously 21

Michaela Hanna has completed IronManUK, the Lakeland50 ultra mountain marathon, cycled from Edinburgh to London and across the Western Cape of South Africa. She theref...

"Place is a repository of memory." - Living Adventurously 22

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 ...

Trying to achieve perfection is usually a recipe for disaster. Living Adventurously 23

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.

"Going blind is one of the best things that's ever happened to me." - Living Adventurously 24

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 bli...

Wisdom from a Professional Sand Castle Builder - Living Adventurously 25

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 sprinkl...

Exploring takes you in Circles - Living Adventurously 26

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...

The Right to Feel the Wind in Your Hair - Living Adventurously 27

Theresa Robertshaw helps the elderly get back on bicycles by taking them for rides on an adapted electric tricycle. The mission of Cycling Without Age is to create hap...

"I know that I'm better than some people and not as good as other people" - Living Adventurously 28

David Oakes is an actor known for his role in "The Borgias" and Prince Ernest in the ITV show "Victoria". David also runs the Trees a Crowd podcast "for those curious ...

Four Mums in a Boat - Living Adventurously 29

'Yorkshire Rows' are four mums, friends, businesswomen who rowed 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. The expedition resulted in an intriguing variety of outcomes: th...

Don't think too much; don't worry too much - Living Adventurously 30

Charlotte Evans, at 20 years old, was the youngest person I interviewed on my ride around Yorkshire. She describes herself on Twitter as a Notts County supporter, sing...

The Hardest Part of an Adventure is Coming Home Again - Living Adventurously 31

Clare Nattress and Matty Waudby cycled round the world together. Clare is a PhD Candidate Arts Researcher & Lecturer and an artist. Matty is an adventurous creative wi...

"Ideas are Free: Give them Away." Living Adventurously 32

Mike Sowden is a curious writer and he is a fantastic person to share ideas and bounce thoughts around with. Mike describes himself online as an archaeology student t...

The Wild Harvest school of self-reliance. Living Adventurously 33

Diana Page was raised by her soldier Grandfather and hippy Father in an unconventional upbringing for a little girl in the seventies. A childhood that necessitated te...

120 marathons in 120 days Living Adventurously 34

Graham Wilson retired from the Police and is now on a mission to walk 120 marathons in 120 days (along with his dog, Tilly).

I won't regret not washing the kitchen floor more often. Living Adventurously 36

Anna Ashfield describes herself as "a kind of can't-be-arsed girl (who is really a middle aged woman). If an opportunity to do something arises, I test it by thinking,...

The right tree in the right place. Living Adventurously 37

Tom Orde-Powlett's family have lived in Bolton Castle for 800 years. The Bolton Estate plays an important role in managing and caring for the beautiful area of Wensley...

I never thought I could make a living from expeditions - I just stumbled into it. Living Adventurously 38

Matt Kettlewell was born and raised on a remote farm at the head of a long valley. There is no through road. Matt had travelled very little when he accidentally got a ...

If I lived my life again I'd be braver. Living Adventurously 39

Jo Moseley is @healthyhappy50. She is the first woman to SUP coast to coast across the UK. She describes herself as a Joy Encourager, Midlife Adventurer & Beach Cleane...

What are you messing around for being miserable? Change it. Living Adventurously 40.

Anna McNuff is fascinated by the powerful and delicate relationship that exists between mind and body. She ran 90 barefoot marathons through Britain to see if she coul...

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