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…
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‘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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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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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…
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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…
Continue ReadingLeather crafting
I enjoy working with leather, I can’t say I’m brilliant at it but it is something I enjoy. I’ve been making sheaths for trauma shears (tuff cuts) for a while and wanted to try another project. So watching a YouTube video I saw how someone had put a leather collar on his axe and I…
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I love spending time in the woods. Here is a list of what goes in my Day bag (give or take a few bits depending on what I am planning to do). I generally take my dd frontline hammock and tarp really just to practice using in various different ways and the rest of the…
Continue ReadingCan’t get enough stoves
I always end up thinking “that would be helpful” and end up buying another stove here is a review on the stoves I have used. I have in my arsenal loads of different stoves and they all have there advantages and best conditions to use them in. Swedish Army Trangia These stoves are a brilliant…
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