At the beginning it was something new and perhaps something fun. Here’s some helpful ideas what to do on lockdown. If your family is like mine and needs to be outdoors as much as they can, this domicile lockdown has the seed to grow into an almighty civil war.
A look back to 2019. The year started as every other year: stomach full, the feeling of needing to change diet due to excessive eating and looking ahead to what was planned to happen later in the year. January. I had planned to spend more time in producing youtube videos and the first video to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
One of my favourite things whilst out in open is camp cooking. I have many different methods, coolers and recipes that I like to use but my favourite item to cook in is a Dutch oven. No depending on where I am I sometime use the Dutch oven on top of my frontier stove but…
Just finished a set of day shifts and fancied a walk out in the woods. Thought I’d go and have a look to see if any mushrooms where up and stop somewhere for a coffee so I took my lk35 bag with a few bits in it. I had packed my Swiss army stove, kuksa,…
I awoke around 05:00 it was still not quiet light I got up made a fire and went for a swim and in the distance I could hear Wolves calling it was magical.
I had about 2 hours by myself before the troops started to awake so we had breakfast and made our way to Torsby
