Turn your next trip into a Purposeful Adventure to leave a positive trace wherever you go.

Purposeful Adventures are all about adding some sort of meaning to whatever you're doing when you venture outside. No matter how arbitrary it might seem, each action is an opportunity to have a positive effect on yourself, the people around you, or the place you're in. Here's how:

First, choose your adventure activity.

Then choose your purpose from the table below!

Finally head outside & record on komoot before

August 31st to enter our challenge competition below!

Record your own adventure

To be in with a chance of winning komoot premium!

'Be Nice, Say Hi'

It might sound obvious but this often gets overlooked. Take time to greet your fellow trail users with a simple wave, smile or hello :)

Visit a TFT Community Hub

What's a Community Hub we here you ask? Well that's a great question, and an even better reason to plan a purposeful adventure to visit one! Find your cloest one here.

Contribute to a local cause

This one might require some independent research from yours truly! Have a search for any dig days going on near you, or look for food/clothes bank you could donate to.

Use public transport

When was the last time you went on a bus? Or a tram? These impeccable feats of engineering are not to be sniffed at just because cars were invented.

Plant wildflowers

Typical house plants are too hard to keep alive. Wildflowers have a 134% better success rate of survival and are way more fun outdoors. (That's not a proven fact, just a heavy bias).

Trail clean somewhere new

A bit like Hansel and Gretel, but let the breadcrumbs be items of trash and keep following the trail to see where you end up!

Do a mindful minute

That's right, just 60 seconds, with nothing but your thoughts and the silence that whirrs around it. Doesn't sound mildly terrifying does it? Learn more here

Find a sit spot

Find a place where you go to feel calm, to reflect and to simply sit. If you don't know where that is just yet, go searching for one this summer.

Nature connection journal

Ye ole faithul pen and paper how art thou? Fill in the blanks: 'I've come here because... whilst I'm sitting here, I'm noticing... being in this place with nature is... as I get ready to leave...'

Gain the komoot Purposeful Adventure challenge badge!

New to 2026, komoot have added the 'Purposeful Adventure' challenge - to gain this badge to your komoot profile simply complete the steps below!

The first 5 to complete the challenge will win a year of komoot premium!

Record 3 tours
Take 3 photos, write which purpose you chose and why
Tag @trashfreetrails
Include #MyPurposefulAdventure

follow the desire to explore, do it with purpose in your stride.

Take inspiration from our communities' adventures

We've teamed up with some of the most inspiring adventurers out there, take a look where they're heading this summer!

The beauty of a Purposeful Adventure is that it's up to your personal interpretation for what it means to you. You might have even been doing them already, just without realising!

Go to the collection

What does 'purposeful adventure' mean to you?

"It's moving with intention - it's two of my favourite things: being outside and being on the move. When you attach more intention to that, everything becomes more connected. I want to be able to say with conviction where I feel connected at home."

Vedangi Kulkarni

"I think it's enjoying things in a way that mean other people can carry on enjoying them in the exact same way. I've learnt to harness the somewhat selfish passion I have for the outdoors as a motivation for other people to be able to continue using these outdoor places."

Elise Downing

exploring how we can give back to the trails this summer

Learn how to plan your route on komoot for free!

We're not ones to often brag, but we do adventures pretty well - and a lot of that is down to good planning and so we want to help you do the same, you're most welcome.

On Wednesday August 5th from 6-7pm we're hosting a one off online workshop on How to Plan Your Purposeful Adventures with komoot! Facilitated by our very own A-TEAMer Claire Sharpe, this is a chance to learn from the best, and get more out of your adventures all summer long!

Can't make it? Not to worry - we'll be sharing our top tips after the workshop here later so check back soon!

Go to the event page

ps. if you made it this far

With thanks to our Partners

Turn your next trip into a Purposeful Adventure to leave a positive trace wherever you go.

To be in with a chance of winning komoot premium!

Gain the komoot Purposeful Adventure challenge badge!

New to 2026, komoot have added the 'Purposeful Adventure' challenge - to gain this badge to your komoot profile simply complete the steps below! The first 5 to complete the challenge will win a year of komoot premium!

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Record 3 tours

Take 3 photos, write which purpose you chose and why

Tag @trashfreetrails

Include #MyPurposefulAdventure

Take inspiration from our communities' adventures

We've teamed up with some of the most inspiring adventurers out there, take a look where they're heading this summer! The beauty of a Purposeful Adventure is that it's up to your personal interpretation for what it means to you. You might have even been doing them already, just without realising!