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Few of us, I suspect, have the inclination of the time, or indeed the opportunity, or indeed the guts to do what Warren and Esther Sanders did.

Despite not being in the first flush of youth, they chucked their jobs in and went cycling around the world.

They did 32,000 miles

over four years. The problem came when they got home because they really missed the buzz.

So they started going on what they described as micro-adventures. Short trips, nearish to home,

very minimal equipment and the idea is to travel light and just do things that are different.

Back in 2015 they invited me to a night under the Ormiston U-Tree.

This will become plain eventually.

Trust me, around 9 o'clock one summer's evening, I met up with them and we set off from the village of the same name.

I just love the idea that we're going on an adventure.

We're just walking away from a pub and a bus route.

And within 20, 30 minutes, it'll be a different evening.

No, I must confess, for me, it does actually feel a bit like a tinkers flitting at the moment.

You know, you've got, I've got my old army carry coat under one arm and I've got everything else

in a big carrier bag, which is probably much lighter than your rucksack.

It is.

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