Fjern Gokotta 1 Man Tent Review: A Solo Adventurer’s Dream Shelter. If you’re after a lightweight 1 man tent then keep reading. There is no direct translation for Gokotta or Gökotta as its written in Swedish. It basically means “to rise early in the morning to go outside and listen to the birds sing.” The…
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Overnighter at Dulyn Bothy, North Wales.
Whilst in the area I just had to have a overnighter at Dulyn Bothy. Originally the weekend was set aside to paddle the river Dee. Armed with a brand new MRS Nomad packraft supplied by Paqualife.co.uk I drove the 4.5 hours from the flatlands of Suffolk to the beautiful Snowdonia national park. The water levels…
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Flameless Food Heater by Adventure Menu.
Flameless Heater by Adventure Menu. Heat up your food without a stove. Flameless heaters have been on the market for years, with various militaries using similar products for there MRE meals. This system is a great way to heat up either MRE meals or your freeze dried hiking meals. Having a Self Heating system means…
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Fjern Arktis II Down Jacket Review.
Here’s my review of the fern Arktis II down jacket. I thought that the Fjern Arktis II down jacket would be very similar to the Aktiv down jacket by Fjern Outdoors. In this review of the Fjern Arktis II down jacket we’ll take a look at its technical features, warmth and is it worth the…
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A look back at 2019
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…
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Wild camping in Ennerdale – The Lake District
Here’s a short film wild camping in Ennerdale on a recent trip to the Lake District. Ive visited this area before and wanted head back to take a friend Wild camping in Ennerdale – The Lake District. We where stopped by the weather but we had a great evening on the Friday and a good…
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Nikkaloukta to Abisko June 2019 Day 5.
Nikkaloukta to Abisko June 2019 Day 5. So after polishing of the Rum and a couple a cans of 3.5% beer I slept really well. I woke around 05:30 and opened the tent to the heavy sound of the river behind us and a very windy / grey day. Today would be our final day…
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Nikkaloukta to Abisko June 2019 Day 2.
Nikkaloukta to Abisko Trek June 2019 Day 2. I woke around 06:00 the wind had died down in the night and greeted the day with an overcast sky. First thing I thought was i’d have a look at my camera that fell over in the wind the night before. Luckily only the door had been…
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Nikkaloukta to Abisko June 2019 Day 1.
Nikkaloukta to Abisko Trek June 2019. We arrived in Kurina on the 16th of June and we where greeted with 22c of sunshine. I originally walked this route in 2017 during the Fjallraven Classic and I wanted to experience the route without the thousands of people on the trail and at a different time of…
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GEAR LOAD OUT FOR Nikkaluokta to Abisko
Gear load out for Nikkaluokta to Abisko, Sweden. As with anything failure to prepare means prepare to fail, hence the reason I like to start planning way ahead of time when packing for a trip. The plan is to fly to Kiruna in Northern Sweden from Stockholm then bus to Nikkaloukta and start walking to…
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