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…
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Dutch Oven cooking
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…
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