MindmyAdventures

About MindmyAdventures

No Madam… Your Monkey’s quite right

Publisher

Mark Riley

Category

health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Jul 2024

Latest episode

29 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

9 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Apr 2025

   The Heart of the Forest

   This was a much needed break and an eventful weekend. I started the day by driving Lucas to school and saying goodbye to him for what I thought was a week. He was heading off to Florida with his Mum for a well deserved holiday for them both. I made my way down to the south coast, Barton on Sea in relatively good time, with a small amount of kit for my first camp of 2025. I walked along the cliff top to Naish and ended up in the holiday park and you needed a code to exit the park, one issued to residents only. Frustratingly, I made my way back out of the main entrance and along a coastal walk called Chewton Bunny nature reserve, I successfully made a young lady jump out of her skin, I apologised and continued walking. As I made it to the beach, I walked along the sand and pebbles to High cliff and then made my way up to the spiral. I thought about buying an ice cream but didn’t, I wanted to walk further along the coast up to Mudeford Quay, a place I love visiting but I ran out of time. Mainly because I wanted to get to the campsite, set up and head out again for a night walk through the forest. I chose the option of walking on the beach instead of back up the cliff and along the main road. There is a restricted section that you are advised not to walk along, an area that is signposted if you walk from Barton but not if you walk from Highcliff. When I was walking back, I noticed there weren’t any other people or dog walkers etc, it was a secluded section, a woman appeared out of the sea and went and sat down on a rock in front of me, roughly 30 metres. As I was walking towards her, she started to take off her swimming costume, I mean not just take down her top but completely remove it, bottom as well. I raised my hand to my face to do the horse blinkers and she said “Sorry, I’m not an exhibitionist, I am a swimmer” I thought ‘err yes you are, me dear’, I said “It’s ok, I’m not looking”. She only had to wait two minutes for me to pass and I wouldn’t have looked back. That was her choice. Boobs on a beach in Barton. Anyway, I arrived at the New Forest YHA, chose my spot and set up in about 15 minutes. The kitchen there was very good as I would expect for a YHA. I had tofu and rice for my supper and then headed out for my night walk. You can hear my adventure below 👇. Recorded on my Tascam DR-40X, Edited on a Raspberry Pi5.

2. 

   28 Mar 2025

   The Hastings Walk 2025

   This is not a hike podcast, more of an after thought or thoughts. When I was walking the night before, I didn’t manage to take my recorder out with me. Recorded on my Tascam DR-40x, Edited on my Reaper Audio on my Raspberry Pi 5 8gb. Originally publish on Spotify for Creators.

3. 

   26 Jan 2025

   All is so so quiet…

   I have at least attempted to create a blog and vlog post,s plus two new podcasts for this year. I just didn’t try very hard, I did manage to create a new youtube video for the ‘Pi’ concept I have created ‘The Pi_Verse’. I spent some money buying a new HQ camera module and put together a working camera for stills and video, plus I demonstrated it working as a vlog cam. A video that unsurprisingly is better on vimeo.com because youtube sucks. I am however addicted. So here I am without a podcast to share or photos as such, despite spending the past 3 weeks making things. How you ask? With my 3d printer that I have managed to wear out the mat and just bought a new one, so mu pointless prints have to be put on hold. I will list the prints I have made and whether or not I am still using them. DesignSuccessIn_useRPI 3b caseYesYesCat x 3YesYesBluetooth amp case x 2.5NoNoHQ camera caseYesNoHeart shapeYesYesGhost characterYesYesCamera moduleYesNo My 1 of 3 ghosts I want to print a new HQ camera case for the cinepi project but I am waiting for my new mat to arrive. I attempted to print something today even though it has a small hole in the centre and it took ages and s few tools to remove the plastic after a failed print. To alleviate my boredom and frustration of 3d printing, I designed my new logo or at the very least started the first draft which you can see on my from page. For positive reinforcement, I decided to go with a name and design that I love the most. Knowing full well people will pronounce Samhain as Sam Hain instead of salwin, in part my fault after creating a Halloween character of said name. I love the design and proper pronunciation of the name There are other elements I want to add to the design so I am happy it’s a work in progress, plus my new trading name of ‘Spookarium Events’ but no logo as yet. Give me back my socks A pointless recording to start off 2025.

4. 

   2 Jan 2025

   The last & the first 24 -25

   The Brief I had one more hike left to do in the series and, one more day in which to do it. That was new years eve, it seemed like a great idea, I don’t party anymore and I love hiking. Benfleet to Shoeburyness, I have done it a few times now, maybe I am too comfortable with it for it to be a real challenge. I checked the Southend website and they were putting on a fireworks display, I knew then I could time it to come back to the seafront and see the new year in. I left for Leigh on Sea around 4:45, got there an hour later and discovered I’d left my walking boots at home. I changed the route accordingly as the original Hadleigh route takes you across the sea wall which is potentially muddy. It added a further 3 minutes to the journey, it wasn’t very scenic. I jumped on the train at Leigh to make my way to the start point of Benfleet and got there 5 minutes later, knowing that I would pass Leigh 1 hour and 40 minutes later. As I did, I passed my car and got a sinking feeling that leaving my car in a open station car park until the early hours of the morning would add to my anxiety. I made may way towards Shoeburyness and by the time I could see Chalkwell station (the next stop after Leigh), I thought, I could jump on the next train in 4 minutes, travel 2 minutes back to Leigh, pick up the car and drive back to Chalkwell and park it on the seafront in front of a residential area and feel more comfortable. 20 minutes and £1.90 later I was back on track and heading to Shoeburyness. Apart from the savage wind and the darkness, Southend was quite empty and there were even less people as I passed through. By the time I reached Shoeburyness, there weren’t any people other than 2 people getting out of a car in the distance. I made my way up to MoD fence on the beach, put my feet in the north sea and then made my way back. When I reached Southend or Highcliff, it was packed, which made me feel better only because I knew then the fireworks weren’t cancelled. When midnight came around the display itself was very good, just a shame it was so windy the fireworks couldn’t get up in the sky very high. I also got to speak to Lucas. Once it was all done, I still had a few miles to walk back to my car in Chalkwell. Totally worth it though. It was a great way to see in and start the new year. The only photos my cold fingers could take Kenopsia On the beach Leigh on Sea 2025 The route and back on myself The Podcast

5. 

   31 Dec 2024

   The Last Proper Hike of 2024 (with the Pi)

   The Almost Last Hike of 2024 I have chosen to end the year with a massive walk and technology dump. I put together a Raspberry Pi 4 with an HQ camera module and walked into central London and recorded footage and took photos. It ended up being a 29 mile walk, that was fun but painful. Raspberry Pi Camera OnePlus Phone Camera oplus_16 oplus_16 oplus_16 oplus_16 oplus_0 oplus_0 oplus_16 oplus_16 oplus_16 oplus_16 oplus_16 oplus_48 The Short Film The Route The Podcast

6. 

   21 Dec 2024

   Yuletide 2024

   Join host [Name] as they embark on a 12-mile Yuletide walk through London, uncovering the city's hidden gems and debunking myths about its unfriendly reputation.

7. 

   21 Aug 2024

   The Pi Show

   Introducing the 3A and 5B, now with 5 stars from raspberrypi.com

8. 

   1 Aug 2024

   South Holland

   10 years in the making Lucas and I had at this point visited Cornwall on holiday twice, 2018 and 2019, he loves it but I thought we needed to do more. I suggested we bike ride around south Holland. He loves riding like me, he is/ was good at it and Holland is mostly flat. I planned it in my usual way to the finest detail. Then the pandemic hit and that idea went out of the window and back to Cornwall we went for 2020/ 21/ 22 /23 & 24 already. I booked 5 nights and 6 days, 3 campsites, travel insurance and the ferry, I then discovered my passport was out of date, so I got a crappy new blue one. Then got a spin bike… which we barely used, that proposed another problem all together. Lucas and I had completed a a couple of rides each leading up to it. That was a concern, the total route was roughly 50 miles over the 5 days and I was worried if I was pushing him too hard and reality dictates I was. He handled it like a champion, he did the whole journey with bag on his back. I am proud! The trip was amazing, from the moment we left the ship, I knew I had made the right decision. The first people we met we incredibly friendly and helpful. We met an English Chap called ‘Bang’ on the ride onto the ship and he was on his way to India by bike and was trailing a trailer, something I confess, I didn’t think of. After seeing his, I realised how much of a good idea that was. I was carrying our clothes in a rucksack on my back, I didn’t see anyone doing that across the whole trip. We rode with Bang and his trailer in tow (he was looking for a campsite and I told him about ours) to the camping Hoek Van Holland site and he got the plot next to ours. On the other plot was a youth group having an amazing time with music, which they promptly turned off at 10:30pm. It was a clean site, with good showers but this day, the Friday was the big day. Over 20 miles to cover to the next campsite. No need to cover this again, but it was a lovely ride, mostly flat. The scenery was breathtaking and it was a beautiful day. We arrived at camping Maaldrift in good time and set up. Then we rode to the beach. The reason for being in this year was to visit the theme park Duinrell and it was a lot of fun. I never would have of imagined we would spend every day at the beach in Holland and it was amazing sunny weather. Lastly and the finale to our trip was a visit the space Expo an excellent place. This is a design and test place for ESA, we saw the ISS modules and satellites and the new Roslind Franklin rover. Till next year. Waiting to board Cabin style The power Campsite Hoek Van Holand Campsite Maaldrift A satellite Soyz On board Columbus Galileo The Camp of good hope/ Camping op van Zeggen 10 years from commute to adventure 12 Euro’s each Journey’s end Follow our route The Podcast recorded in South Holland (Maaldrift & Noordwilk) 29th July 2024

9. 

   8 Jul 2024

   And we’re back, well I am

   After a 3 month break which started with a lack in enthusiasm, then became a major technical issue. I have returned to amuse myself and talk to myself on the internet once again. Back with a blog that no one has heard of or listens to but me, even though I don’t like the sound of my voice, I still feel compelled to make them.

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