What is a micro adventure? In short it’s simple it’s a micro adventure, these micro adventures are simple to organise, cost effective, normally local, challenging, builds new skills, confirms friendship and family bonds, new and easy to organise. In a busy urbanised world it is easy for us to get sucked into that 9-5, tech…
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Breakfast flatbread
Breakfast flatbread: Quick little recipe this is a variation to Bannock. Bannock has been cooked over flames for many generations and still today. Breakfast Flatbreads are easy to make and really filling. The original bannocks were heavy, flat cakes of unleavened barley or oatmeal dough formed into a round or oval shape, then cooked on…
Continue ReadingWhat I carry in my Medical Kit. (long & short hikes).
What I carry in my medical kit? I was reading a thread the other day on bushcraft Facebook page concerning what people carry in there medical / first aid kits. So it had me thinking do I carry to much or not enough.The bizzare things I read people carry led me to think should you…
Continue ReadingSami Coffee / Tinder Bag
I’ve been wanting to put one of these bags together for a while. The bags the Sami make are made from reindeer leather but as it’s not easy to get hold of in the uk so much I’ve used a 1.5mm veg tanned leather. The actual use of the bag has many uses but I…
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Quick morning out along the river with the chance to hang some bacon and have a brew after clearing a load of brambles on the land. Lovely spring morning was warm enough to see a grass snake bathing in the sun. Cleared a good section of brambles to clear the 3rd marsh then time to…
Continue ReadingSami Knives and Sami duodji
Sami Knives and Sami duodji I really love the intricacy of the carvings in sami duodji. I’ve always wanted a handmade Puukko (sami knife). The chance of purchasing one came whilst taking part in the Fjallraven Classic in Sweden last year. Why did I want one? Many reasons really, the fact that they are a…
Continue ReadingHammock Camping: The Good and the Bad.
I don’t when and how I started hammock camping I think it came from having a cheap camping hammock in a camping box that got setup for the kids whilst camping once. Hammock camping is so much more versatile than ground dwelling and extremely adaptable to weather conditions. I started of researching equipment online and…
Continue Reading‘That’s not a knife!’
So many different knives out in the market all for different jobs but what is the best all rounder? There’s handmade, custom made and off the shelf. I’ve had plenty of knives and still own a lot of them but what is the best? I personally think that you can’t beat a Mora. So versatile,…
Continue ReadingPacking for the Fjallraven Classic Sweden
Packing for the Fjallraven Classic Sweden As stated in my post about when we completed the Fjallraven Classic 2017, gear selection and packing for the fjallraven classic Sweden is something that you will probably do 100 times before leaving for Sweden. Below is some helpful tips, equipment and packing advice. More advice on planning trip…
Continue ReadingThe Beast From The East.
We where told be the media and the met office that we would get snow but no one really believed that we would be hit has hard as what we where. We just can’t cope with more than a cups worth of snow in the uk. The first day we had a little then second…
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