Alastair Humphreys

A Life Lesson from Napoleon

Alastair — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:07:13 +0000

A Life Lesson from Napoleon Recently I had to drive all the way up France – a long, boring motorway journey, head down, zoning out – when suddenly some strange dashboard lights appeared. Warning symbols lit up and the car experienced a total loss of power.

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Jo in the Water: a new documentary about one woman’s fight to save our rivers, lakes and seas

Alastair — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:00:21 +0000

Jo in the Water follows a passionate sea swimmer turned reluctant activist, Exmouth-based Jo Bateman, as she takes on one of the UK’s biggest water companies in a David-and-Goliath battle to protect our waters from devastating sewage pollution. Our water system is broken. Since the privatisation of water companies in 1989, these entities have

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Shouting from the Shed 155

Alastair — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:46:11 +0000

Alastair Humphreys Shouting from the Shed Hello again! And a very happy New Year wherever you happen to be. Please hit ‘reply’ and send me a photo if it’s somewhere that will make me jealous! A bit of waffle first, and then a list of good things that have caught my eye recently… I’m

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Shouting from the Shed 154

Alastair — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:06:48 +0000

Alastair Humphreys Shouting from the Shed Hello again! An earlier time of day for this newsletter. It's 4 am. I'm torturing myself by waking up at silly o'clock to watch England get demolished in the Ashes cricket against Australia. The match is going so badly that I needed to distract myself by writing this newsletter! This will probably be my

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Shouting from the Shed 153

Alastair — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:06:06 +0000

Alastair Humphreys Shouting from the Shed Hello again! Busy times here in Shed HQ. To be rushing to finish one book manuscript before Christmas is unfortunate. To be in the same situation with two books at the same time is careless. There is lots of red pen scribbling going on! But it does mean that, after a fallow 2025 in terms

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Shouting from the Shed 152

Alastair — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:05:19 +0000

Shouting from the Shed Hello again! I'm Alastair Humphreys, adventurer, book writer, and overexcited sender of four newsletters. Nobody needs that many emails from me! You're reading Shouting from the Shed. Please check it’s the one that suits you best – or switch to a better fit: Shouting from the Shed – my news and interesting bits & bobs I find. Get it here, every couple of

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Shouting from the Shed 151

Alastair — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:04:33 +0000

Shouting from the Shed Hello again! I'm pleased to be writing this email to you as it means I get a quick break from the endless editing of my latest book for children (a sort-of-sequel to my Boy Who / Girl Who books). Please punch me the next time I say to you, "I've had a good idea for a book, and the

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Shouting from the Shed 150

Alastair — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:03:48 +0000

Some things I'd like to share with you today: Congratulations to the winners of the Wainwright prizes for nature writing. It was a huge honour to be one of the judges this year. (Shame I wasn't a judge last year – Local would definitely have won... ) Big Shakeout is Alpkit's end of the summer party, a weekend of adventure and entertainment.

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Shouting from the Shed 149

Alastair — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:02:59 +0000

Shouting from the Shed Hello again! I'm Alastair Humphreys, adventurer, book writer, and overexcited sender of four newsletters. Nobody needs that many emails from me! You're reading Shouting from the Shed. Please check it’s the one that suits you best – or switch to a better fit: Adventure + Purpose – how can those of us who love the wild world do our

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Shouting from the Shed 148

Alastair — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:02:18 +0000

Shouting from the Shed Hello again! I hope you are enjoying the summer and planning lots of adventures. Perhaps what you need to make it even better is... a book about planning adventures large or small! If you haven't read any of them, please would you give one a try, or buy one as a gift? You

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