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Thoughts

Thought's about the outdoors,
adventure, expedition life
​and mental health

The Return of the Micra

9/6/2024

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Many of you reading this will have found the site because of the Global Convoy Navigation, a challenge I ran some 7 years ago now. So much has changed since then! To be fair, I would argue that everything has changed since then, including the Micra that went on that trip.
It’s been hiding away for almost 3 years now, and before that it was held up on the side of the road. Now, after lots of hard work and grafting learning new things (including how to weld, although somewhat terribly and very slowly!) the Micra is now legal and back on the road. Well…sort of back on the road.
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Covid-19 and the Outdoor Industry

23/1/2021

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Written June/July 2020

2020 has been one of the most difficult times for many of us in living memory, with it being mandatory to stay at home, social distance, losing jobs or being placed on furlough. With different governments tackling the global Covid-19 Pandemic with different approaches, all with different outcomes. 

So where does that leave the adventure and travel industries? 
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The answer - in tatters. 

Travel, whilst in some areas of the world are starting to open up, who knows what could happen, borders could close at any given moment. As demonstrated recently in Spain, leaving people stranded and/or with compulsory quarantine on return, travel companies are already on their knees unable to pay out, for yet another run of refunds.

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    These are my Thoughts on the world of adventure and the outdoors, I write them mainly from experience or ideas, hence the name Thoughts.  

    These are mostly opinion pieces, there may also have some facts thrown in there as well. 

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Building the future of Adventure Stories, the Dartmoor Outdoor Festival while exploring Morzine
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