About me.
My name is Martin Grove and I was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, U.K.
About me, my name is Martin and I currently live in Beccles, Suffolk on the beautiful banks of the river Waveney, U.K. I work full time as an Emergency Medical Technician for the East of England Ambulance Service and spent 10 years as an On-Call Firefighter for Suffolk Fire and Rescue.
About me – I spend a lot of my spare time out and about here in Suffolk on the coast, river or in the woods practicing my skills, reviewing equipment and generally having some downtime from my busy and some time traumatic day job.
I enjoy bushcraft, wild camping, hiking, fishing, packrafting, hammock camping and generally being outdoors.
Suffolk is a very flat county bordering the North Sea to the east with variable habitat such marsh, forest and heathland so planning trips out of this area is quite important to me.
What I love about packrafting is the way that you can carry everything on your back for a day on the river.
I have been packrafting for about 4 years now and absolutely love it.
This sport is just so me as it really can open up the doors to adventure.
Or it can show you your local area from a completely different perspective.
What I love about packrafting is the way that you can carry everything on your back for a day on the river.
I enjoy trying out new methods, products and love to help promote products that I feel will benefit people enjoying the outdoor world.
I act as a brand ambassador for Armaskin, Anevay, Real Turmat, DAKY, Paqualife, Renjer, Rigged & Ready, Alpacka Raft and Fjern Outdoors.
Growing Up.
My life growing up here in Suffolk ranged from fishing, canoeing, camping and surfing. When I left college the travel bug hit and I spent 10 years working abroad in various countries (South Africa, France, Italy, Tunisia & Greece to name a few).
I worked mainly in tourism doing various roles from pulling pints, teaching wake boarding and lastly I was a diving instructor in Cyprus for 6 years.
It was whilst we where living in Cyprus that a major life changing event happened that was the reason I sit here typing this.
My wife and I had planned a vacation to Sri-Lanka and we arrived on 25/12/2004. The next day we where waiting on the beach for the dive boat when the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004 hit the Sri-Lankan coastline.
We where swept through the dive shop and down the road, luckily we managed to climb onto a car and finally onto the roof of a house to safety
Whilst stuck in Sri-Lanka I did my bit to help out by dressing wounds etc. We managed to return to Cyprus on 31/12/2004 and from there it was time to settle down and have a family.
Re-locating
We re-located to the UK and after a few years of back working in tourism I decided to apply to the Fire Service. I started working as a on-call fire fighter.
Later I started working for the Ambulance service as a EMT as well.
I enjoy hiking and wild camping like my 5 day thru-hike around the Lake District.
This was a great week in the fells just me and the dog. I had learnt from my mistakes during the Fjallraven Classic and had limited what I was carrying.
I really enjoy testing and reviewing products that I feel will be beneficial to people you use the outdoors.
Have a look at the Youtube channel.
We took part the Fjallraven Classic 2017 which was a 110km charity trek through Northern Sweden raising money for SARS with 2 colleagues from the ambulance service.
This was a great experience and have been back to this area a few times since.
I found a very special connection to this part of the world and the people that live there.
You can find more about me by following any of the social media platforms I use : Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. Hopefully you will see some helpful ideas, hints and tips which will help you get outside and enjoy the outdoor world.
Do you have a service or product you wish to promote to my followers?
It maybe that you wish to advertise your knives, boots or tent. Whatever equipment / service you have I will consider everything but only good quality products and items that are relevant will be reviewed / advertised.
What services do I offer?
I can offer long term ambassadorships with relevant companies
Gear reviews on Vildmark.co.uk, social media and the YouTube channel.
Regular social media posts with relevant back links.
With over 10k followers on Instagram and social media from people who have an interest in the outdoors a regular post of your product will be seen by many.
Another great method to promote your product is via a review and giveaway. What happens here is I will produce a review post / video, create social media posts and at the end a giveaway will be done over all channels including YouTube.
I have worked with many companies like Real Turmat, Paqualife, Revolution Race,
Sometimes companies, just want a few photos released on Instagram with tags and links to gain followers, sometimes is the release of a new products or it’s a longer term relationship with them.
If you want to know more about me or discuss a working partnership the please have a look at this page or contact below.
