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My name is Tom Smallwood and here you will find my posts and those of guests, on the positive effects of time spent outdoors.

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Summer Road Trip 2017 - 5 Unforgettable Experiences in Western Serbia / Montenegro

July 19, 2017

When we designed this summer's road trip I did have a sort of hidden agenda and that was to explore the possibilities of what sometimes gets described as adventure tourism or more precisely in my mind as the scope for enjoying the outdoors. And with this kind of agenda comes a certain pressure to "tick things off". It is not the kind of tourism I like, if truth be told, so we have tried to manage our time to ensure we allow ourselves the possibility to truly discover and not simply to pass through, as if speeding down the hallways of an art gallery.

That said... here are a few amazing adventure experiences that I have not written about, so far and that really deserved a bit more time. I have grouped them together because they are all relatively close.

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Tags Adventure, Travel, Serbia, Montenegro
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Photo by Ivan Kovacevic.

Photo by Ivan Kovacevic.

Summer Road Trip 2017 - Packrafting Mountain Lakes

July 17, 2017

There is something about a mountain lake that draws you in. It is in a sense the ultimate in doing something simply because it is there. Paddling out into the middle of the lake is often largely pointless, it is not wide enough to pose a physical challenge and it doesn’t take you anywhere, in the way that a river might.  

It does however offer a genuinely new viewpoint and I think it is this which is so attractive to me. I have always walked around mountain lakes in awe of their beauty but it is only recently that I have discovered the true joy that is to be found on the water. 

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Summer Road Trip 2017 - Bobotov Kuk, Durmitor [Video]

July 15, 2017

It was a superb day, which started off cold and misty but was soon bathed in sunshine. The array of flowers in Durmitor National Park is absolutely spectacular and the climb itself gives equally stunning views.

Amazingly a stray dog which was kicking around the car park followed some other people to the very top. Perhaps she has climbed this mountain more than any other living creature!

The view from the summit is uninterrupted as Bobotov Kuk totally d

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Tags Mountains, Adventure, Climbing, Montenegro
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