Show us your steak During the week I saw a post from a colleague which pretty much sums up Mens Mental Health. Men aren’t very good about speaking out about their problems and tend to keep it all within their heads. I see a lot of people at work whether colleagues or patients that struggle…
I regularly visit Covehithe the road to nowhere and today was a visit back to this windswept part of the Suffolk coastline. The plan was to walk along the cliff down to Benacre Broad and south a little way to the area I normally setup and have breakfast. Beautiful morning, clear skies, sun shinning and hardly…
Planning a hike along the KungsledenSo what is the Kungsleden? The Kungsleden (or Kings Trail) runs between Abisko and Hemavan and is one of the world’s most famous hiking trails, and possibly the best one.The path is more than 400 kilometres long, and was established by Svenska Turistföreningen at the beginning of the 20th century.I…
A rainy day hike in the forest. The was for forecast rain and I wanted to try some new waterproof gear I had brought. My next big trip will be back to Northern Sweden next June. Heading out into the woods I was hoping to find some fungi but the rain had only…
Hiking the Birch Forest. Today was time to head out hiking the Birch Forest. The weather has been perfect recently for foraging for fungi so I headed out into the woods to see if I could spot any. As we started to walk into the birch forest i could see there where many slippery jacks…
A day out in the woods after a very damp couple of days means foraging for edible fungi if conditions are good you are sure to find some fungi. Before I start this isn’t a post to help you identify fungi, I know what I know and I keep to that. If you are not…
Outdoor clothing wax can be expensive. Here is my homemade wax for outdoor clothing. A lot of clothing I wear can take a coating of wax to make it more waterproof or hard wearing. When out and about say foraging for fungi and good water proof jacket is a must. Some people say that most…
Suffolk’s untouched coastline, Covehithe. Suffolk’s untouched coastline Covehithe. Many of my pictures on Instagram are taken at this spot so I thought I’d introduce you to the area. I spend a lot of time here, I was training for the Fjallraven Classic along this route from Kessingland to Dunwich. The area is called Covehithe which…
Wild camping in the Lake District The time had come to head 6 hours up north for a week of wild camping in the Lake District. I had been planning and researching the area for a while so after finishing days I packed the car and was ready for an early start the next morning…
First of all I was introduced to freeze dried hiking meals whilst walking the Fjallraven Classic in Sweden last summer. The meals that where included with the price of the event where made by a Norwegian company called Real Turmat and I must say that they where really tasty and held a good amount of energy. After…
