Exeter

Exeter is where Adventure Stories was first imagined as a concept and while it has changed and grown it's still very following this original concept. We will be updating the List of events coming soon. 

All our events can be found on our Eventbrite which will have all the talks and adventures in around Exeter Devon and beyond. 

The host for this area is currently split between Hannah Durdin and Richard Matthews, as Richard is spending the winter months working in the French Alps. 

Hannah Durdin

When Richard asked me to come and give a talk as part of the Adventure Stories series, my first instinct was to say no. Although I spend a lot of time outdoors, having what I'd term 'mini-adventures', I've not climbed any of the 8000m-ers in the Himalayas, I've not swam in the ice cold waters of Norway, I've not run a multi-day ultra in the Alps. 
I've swum in our local waters all year round for many years, I've run trail ultras around our coast line and across the moors, I've summited mountains in Wales and the Lake District. And what I do know is that spending as much time outside as possible is the key to keeping my mental health in a good place.
As the new Director of Dartmoor based company, Moorland Guides, I'm passionate about enabling as many people as possible of all ages and from all walks of life, to discover the joys of being outside for themselves. So I'm going to talk about how you don't have to set yourself a mammoth challenge to get outside, the mental health benefits of being active outdoors, my recent Mountain Leader training, and share a few tales from some of my mini adventures

Richard Matthews 
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Richard grow up in Devon where he begun to develop is passion and love for all things outdoors. This lead to him sea swimming and kayaking with the discovery of hiking and Ten Tors he turned his gazed inland to the bog ridden and bleak landscape of Dartmoor an area which Richard now lives a stones through from. Ten Tors with the bank bone that developed Richard’s true passion for adventure completing the 35 and 55 mile events along with training teams for variety of organization for 5 years after this. Simultaneously Richard completed his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award and continued his voluntary Youth Work for many years leading to him leading a rural youth centre. This set the path of least resistance in to the world of Outdoor education in which Richard now operates at a high level with various qualifications in mountain leadership, climbing coaching and mountain biking. 
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