Children these days have so much, such a bigger connection worldwide, no need to move from one room, gadgets everywhere, they can become fixated onto what we think is an absolute waste of time like these YouTube channels that they sit and watch/listen to whilst playing games and to what benefit? My youngest is a…
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A dusting of the white stuff.
I always look forward to winter but as always it never comes to the east corner of Suffolk anymore no more heavy snow. I love to snow. I’ve done winter seasons in the alps in my younger years but never managed to get out in it doing the stuff I enjoy doing now like walking,…
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I absolutely love jerky it’s so versatile and perfect for snacking when out fishing, hiking or at work. The word jerky comes from the Quechua word ch’arki which means “dried, salted meat”. All that is needed to produce basic “jerky” is a low-temperature drying method, and salt to inhibit bacterial growth. I use a dehydrator…
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I’ve had a Dutch oven in my kit room for about 10 years now and dabbled in cooking with it quite a few times. What a versatile piece of kit the only issue with it is the weight. It’s not the sort of thing you throw in your backpack and carry on a thruhike, it’s…
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After learning the knack of a few methods of fire lighting I’ve decided to remove the ‘good ole faithful’ ferro rod from my fire lighting kit and replace it with a more traditional method. I took my son a few years ago on a bushcraft course with woodland ways and they showed us many different…
Continue ReadingForest therapy for the soul.
I mentioned in previous post the need to balance out life for the sake of everything (your family, work and yourself). It is very important to give yourself the time to reflect on things going on and take some time to wind down and relax to keep that balance in equilibrium. I work full time…
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We are all limited with time due to work, family and other time consuming things, so utilising what precious time we all have to spending it with our families which then gives great memories and also teaches the little ones a thing or two. I have recently been spending more of the little spare time…
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So with a few days off and after a night hammock camping I took the dog along the beach from Walberswick to Dunwich along the Suffolk coast. [wpvideo IWCS4Drs ] It was a beautiful day off shore wind and se was calm. Stopped half way along his behind the dunes and used the jet boil…
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I’m lucky enough to have use of a 2.5 acre piece of land that borders the river Waveney on the Norfolk Broads. So after finishing a set of busy night shift working for the Ambulance service I grabbed a few hours kip and then filled the car and headed of just up the road. Initially…
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So with a weekend off and weather not to bad it was time to take the boys out and have a day by the fire. So with the car packed we headed to a piece of land we use for a day outside cooking, bushcraft and carving. So with a fire kit we put our…
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