Adventures

Rob Roy Way | Day 6

Our 6th day on the Rob Roy Way was long and hard but ended with a night in a beautiful pod… and we saw our first daffodil!!! The route today would take us from Killin into the hills past Lochan Breaclaich into Ardeonaig and onto Ardtalnaig for the night. This

Adventures

Rob Roy Way | Day 5

Evening everyone It was emotional this morning. Eve is (nearly) always okay but I struggle leaving Sarah to go off alone just me and  Eve. It was raining today, only stopping for very brief interludes. The rain was never bad, but by the time we reached our accommodation we were

Adventures

Rob Roy Way | Day 4

Strathyre was quiet this morning when we arrived. Yesterday there was a hive of activity, with children in school uniform playing, people coming and going from the shop and the A84 with cars, vans and trucks of all sizes rumbling along. Being autistic places can sometimes feel busier than they

Adventures

Rob Roy Way | Day 3

Starting todays section of the Rob Roy Way, felt like we had stepped back in time. A few weeks ago we were at this exact spot about to set off on our first trail The Great Trossachs Path. It also felt strange for all of us, as Sarah was dropping

Adventures

Rob Roy Way | Day 2

We woke late this morning, sleeping in until 7.30 am. Even Eve slept in, and that’s rare. Sarah woke Eve up at just after 7.30 am, while I started to get breakfast sorted. It was hard for all of us to get going this morning, but gradually

Adventures Featured

John o' Groats to Lands End Association Presentation Dinner

We had the privilege to spend the weekend with the Land's End to John o' Groats Association in Torquay, for their annual presentation dinner. We heard heartbreaking stories of people's journeys, made new friends and had the honour of receiving two awards. It was an evening we will never forget!

Adventures

Rob Roy Way | Day 1

New day, new trail, and the third long distance trek in our charity thru-hike of all 29 of Scotland's Great Trails. The Rob Roy Way The Rob Roy Way starts in Drymen, a few miles north of Glasgow, and finishes in Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross. It’s nearly 80

Adventures

Three Lochs Way | Day 4

Today was an absolute slog and one of our toughest days hiking so far. We finished the hike following the light of our head torches. Today we battled relentless rain, wind and hail, crawled under trees, and got soaked to the skin! But Eve just keeps wanting more!

Adventures

Three Lochs Way | Day 3

Compared to the last couple of days, this morning was a soft start. We still had the alarm set for 7 am, but the pressure of getting out the door wasn't there as Sarah was not at work today. We took it slow, had breakfast and got dressed, not leaving

Adventures

Three Lochs Way | Day 2

We got battered by wind and rain this today. After the glorious weather we had yesterday, it came as a particular shock to the system. We've had it easy for the last week, today was a reminder to not become complacent. The Scottish climate is wonderful, but can also turn

Adventures

Three Lochs Way | Day 1

New day, new trail - the Three Lochs Way and the best start to a new hike anybody could hope for; a Mcdonald's breakfast! Today the predominant feeling was one of tiredness. I don’t know what’s going on with all three of us, but we are all  feel

Members only

Newsletters

#01 Subscriber Newsletter

Adventures

Great Trossachs Path | Day 4

Today we completed the Great Trossachs Path! Approximately 30 miles and the first of Scotland’s Great Trails. It felt brilliant to reach our first milestone of this adventure, and on such an beautiful day. Only 28 trails and 1870 miles left to go 😂 The scenery was seriously impressive, giving

Adventures

Great Trossachs Path | Day 3

Evening everyone It was a tough day, 13 miles, nearly all of it on tarmac. The route today, around Loch Katrine was stunning. Best of all it got better the further we went. Eve was awesome as usual and just hiked, head down arse up, motivated to get to her

Adventures

Great Trossachs Path | Day 2

Evening everyone It was a beautiful and atmospheric day to be hiking in the forest. The forest was spectacular and silent, with only the only sound being the burns gently cascading through the trees. We however walked along singing Christmas songs such as Last Christmas by Wham. Not quite as

Adventures

Great Trossachs Path | Day 1

Evening everyone. Today was amazing! Seriously amazing! I am writing this post trying to stay awake. We are both exhausted. I’m telling you to try and make some allowance for my poor writing. I want to pour emotion into this post, to try and give it the magnitude it

Adventures

The day before we set out on our 1900 miles 2023 charity adventure and challenge

It's been an exciting and surreal day. We spent the day getting ready to start our epic hike tomorrow. 1900 miles, 29 different trails and a whole year of hiking and backpacking await. We will be crisscrossing Scotland from coast to mountain, and back again. We can't wait! Eve has

Welcome Featured

Coming soon

This is Our Spectrum Adventures, a brand new site by Ian Alderman that's just getting started. Things will be up and running here shortly, but you can subscribe in the meantime if you'd like to stay up to date and receive emails when new content is published!

Charity Adventure 2023

A few questions answered

Evening everyone Thank you for all your awesome comments and messages about our Scotland’s Great Trails charity fundraiser we are starting soon. We have received lots of messages of support and loads of questions. Thank you! I’m going to try to answer 5 of the most common questions

Charity Adventure 2023 Featured

2023 Charity Adventure

We are so excited that at last we can tell you what were doing for 2023, and we think its epic! So it's with great excitement that I can tell you that on Monday the 23rd of January 2023, Eve and I will set off on a 1900-mile backpacking adventure,

Lauren Laverne BBC Radio Interview (transcript) - 17th Oct 2022

Lauren: We’ve got the perfect booking today, Ian Alderman, who, at the moment, with his 8 year old daughter Eve, is on a UK backpacking journey from Dunnet Head in Scotland to Lizard Point in Cornwall to raise awareness of autism and the challenge associated with stereotypes around that.

Q&A Video 11th October 2022

Transcript from video Q1: How are you getting on in your campervan? Are you staying on sites or going wild? Eve: Best thing about the van, my bedroom! Ian: It’s absolutely epic. It really is a game changer both for now and the future for what we want to

5th March 2022 - Wick

Before I go into what we did today, please can I just say THANK YOU to everybody who replied to my post yesterday. You all said such nice things, I never ever expected it to create such a response! I always said I was going to try and be honest

3rd & 4th March 2022 - towards Keiss

Day 3 & 4 | Pure Emotion…!!! One of the reasons for doing this walk was to give Eve a once in a lifetime opportunity! However, for me being away from Sarah is soul destroying. I have said to Sarah if what I feel for her isn’t love, I never want

Edinburgh

On the 11th May 2022 We made it to the beautiful city of Edinburgh. Although we didn’t walk through it per se, we did spend a wonderful evening there. We enjoyed it so much that I thought a little blog post, with fun facts connected to some of the