Night of Adventure

Hear from first-class explorers, daredevils and pioneers as they share their eclectic experiences of adventure at this sell-out event hosted by adventurer and passionate supporter of Hope and Homes for Children, Alastair Humphreys.

The challenge is that speakers are limited to 20 slides to accompany their tales. Shown on a huge screen, each slide rolls forward automatically after just 20 seconds.

With this unusual and challenging presentation format, once the talks begin there is no stopping or going back, the audience must be ready to be swept from adventure to adventure!

Who's involved?

Alastair Humphreys: organiser and host
Alastair is an adventurer, author and Hope and Homes for Children patron. He launched the first Night of Adventure five years ago. He was named as a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year for his pioneering work on the Concept of microadventures, encouraging people to get outside and out of their comfort zone in an affordable and easy to organise way.

Speakers include:

Austin Vince – co-curator of The Adventure Travel Film Festival, best known for his long distance motorcycle expeditions

Ben Saunders – recently led the longest human powered polar journey in history, retracing Captain Scott’s perilous steps in Antarctica

Charlie Walker – awarded AITO Travel Blogger of the Year for his account of his four year round the world cycle based on a “now or never” attitude

Hannah Engelkamp – travel writer and editor who walked 1,000 miles
 around Wales, with Chico the eccentric donkey for company

Hannah Taylor – production company head honcho who biked from New
Mexico to Canada on her honeymoon and made the film Megamoon

The final line up will be revealed soon.


All funds raised will go to Hope and Homes for Children. The charity is committed to the global eradication of children’s institutions and supports governments to develop foster, adoption and child protection services.