I had been put onto the good work of Alistair Humphreys by Hornsby Heights Athlete/Adventurer of the Year and all round good guy A Bowesman (aka the Bowesmanator). Humphreys has made a deserved living out of espousing the microadventure, essentially any short trip out of the city requiring minimal time commitment, but still providing that feeling of really getting away from it. We had discussed doing a microadventure ourselves for some time, and a date finally came up when we could turn plans into action.
The itinerary was to jump on a train out of the city on a Friday night (post work), and start walking from the train station. We would then set up camp, enjoy dinner and a game of cards or two, before returning to civilisation via the walk out the next day. We picked Cowan, having previously done the route out to Taffy’s rock in daylight and thinking the turnaround point would make for a good camping spot.
The track out to Taffy’s from the GNW is a little scrubby in places, but surprisingly felt easier in the dark than it had during the day. There were some light spells of rain on the way out, but overall nothing of any great consequence. After setting up the tents we sat down for a dinner of braised beef cheek and mixed vegies pasta as well as numerous games of cheat and crazy 8’s. I recall numerous noble victories for myself, but this may be my memory playing tricks.
Overall the experience was a fantastic one. I was back home in Lane Cove by midday Saturday feeling refreshed, healthy and ready for a game of football. Humphreys is right, time is really no restriction on getting outdoors and capturing the refreshing and recharging feeling of adventure.
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