Welcome to our little corner of the internet
I’m so happy you found us! I’ve got some awesome stuff to tell you about
Subscribe (It's free)I’m proud to do things differently on this website (and in life) to give you something unique and different! We not only write about the stuff others people don’t, we actually live what we write. I write about our experiences, telling you what we've learned so you can avoid the mistakes I’ve made. I also plan on having some fun along the way to motivate and inspire you by removing some of the difficulties you might encounter!
The best way to do that is to get you to come along for the journey with us. I will tell you exactly what we do, how we do it and why, in a brutally honest but pragmatic way. The good and the not-so-good. To quote Winston Churchill “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” That, I think, is a great mantra to live by, and we can all learn something if we don't see it as a failure but rather as an opportunity to learn from it!
And that includes this website! I do things differently around here! This 'online home' of ours is very much alive and constantly adapting to whatever life throws at us! We hope you will come along for the ride!
One Website - Three Sections (blogs)!
People wanted different things, so we listened to them, and this is what I came up with! One website with three distinct sections (blogs), each with its own newsletter! It's the newsletters, however, that get really interesting!
Our Spectrum Adventures
This is where we write about anything and everything, from my short, innate ramblings to long-form essays and announcements. It's personal and emotive as well as practical and entertaining. It's where we keep you updated with news and information!
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Think of Our Spectrum Adventures like you would Facebook, but a lot more friendly!
The Outdoor Guide
The Outdoor Guide is where we talk about getting outdoors and having adventures in the wild. We write about how to be safe and successful and inspire and motivate you for your adventures! This is also where we write journals about our wild adventures!
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For many people, getting outdoors can be intimidating and overwhelming. The internet is full of people claiming to be experts. We have learned so much by living outdoors that my head is bursting with lessons learned and experience gained. I've been on national BBC Radio and written numerous published articles and book chapters on adventure and the outdoors. I don't claim to be an expert and never will. What I do have is experience and a lot to talk about.
Home, Education & Lifestyle
Home, Education, and Lifestyle are where we discuss significant aspects of daily life for us and many others. We write about the stuff we couldn't find anywhere but wish we could at the time so you can avoid the struggles we had!
Home education: How we do it, and you can confidently home educate your children. (Sarah is a qualified highschool teacher and former head of department)
Neurodiversity: The reality of it, its strengths, weaknesses, and our experience! (Eve and I are both autistic, I was diagnosed ar 39!)
Lifestyle: The stuff we do when we're not outdoors and exploring and how it impacts home education and neurodiversity!
Three Newsletters!
Each of the three website sections (blogs) has its own newsletter, which you can subscribe to individually! You can select which blogs (or all of them!) you want when you subscribe to, and change your preferences anytime in your account!
By subscribing, you can choose to have everything we publish delivered to your email inbox for FREE!
You never have to miss a thing!
"How cool is that!"
Can I choose which blogs I subscribe to?
Yes. You can choose which blogs you want to subscribe to. You can also change your preferences at any time in your account!
By subscribing, you will still have access to everything on the website!
Can I choose which newsletters get delivered as emails.
Yes. You can choose this when you subscribe and change your preferences anytime in your account.
There are a few other setting in there as well, such as recieving replies to you comments and discussions, but you can also turn them on and off as well!
Whats the difference between your newsletters and any other newsletter?
Our newsletters are published posts accessible on the website and delivered to you for FREE! We know that people just like us don't have time to check websites or social media constantly, so we do the leg work and deliver it to you instead!
Our newsletters are not marketing emails. We don't do marketing or advertising of any description! One of the reasons we offer memberships is that we don't have to include adverts to help cover the costs!
Subscribing & Memberships
You can subscribe for FREE and access extra content on the website, such as member-only posts, but we also offer memberships! Memberships are paid at a small rate, either monthly or annually, and give you access to everything, including gifts! You can look at the memberships here to see what you can get and how it can support all of us.
Why have memberships?
Memberships help cover the cost of this website and the newsletter function, which is expensive to run! We do not profit from memberships, nor do we seek to profit from them.
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The main reason, however, is to give something special to people who want that extra level of help and support or simply want to help and support us!
Buy Me a Coffee
Some people like to say "thank you" if they have read something they enjoyed or that helped them, and some people just like to support us! After all, we are human, too!
I know we try to support other people when we can. It's why we have this website. So, we set up a 'Buy Me a Coffee' page where you can get us a warm drink or a small treat, but only if you want to! Thank you in advance! Ian
Social Media
We‘re on Facebook with an incredible following of 13k amazing people but also hundreds of trolls! It wasn't a healthy place to be and was terrible for our mental health! So, we retreated to our website and now put all our time and energy into our online home.
About us
There you have it—a quick guided tour of our online home! We hope you like it and will consider subscribing so we can stay in contact!
If you would like to read a bit more about us, we have a dedicated page that you can visit below! Thanks for reading, and I hope we can stay in contact!
Ian Alderman