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Nice one, glad you enjoyed it. Des will be pleased as punch when he see's that people are listening to the podcast! I'm obviously a bit biased in my opinion, but I rather like that Des is keeping things authentic with it (farts an' all)!

Cheers Scott and thanks for the sub. Yes the tarp did deflect the wind quite effectively, although I did also choose a fairly sheltered spot which undoubtedly helped quite a bit. I was also surprised at how well the superlight tarp performed, it's a worryingly thin fabric, but it has so far...

Hi de hi campers! Thought I'd share my latest vlog from last weekends wildcamp. I joined a few friends for a night in a local woodland. As part of this camp I loaded up my rucksack and walked 5 miles into camp. It proved to be a bit of a beasting for me as my rucksack weighed a ton (I had 5ltr...

I've had the Casstrom Woodsman for a couple of years now and it has been a very good blade for me. I use it for all sorts from firewood prep: feathersticks and occasional batoning to whittling tent pegs, cooking rigs etc. The quality of the knife and sheath is very good, the blade has a nice...

Some wonderfully written words, many thanks for sharing. Lovely images too, capture the mood very nicely. Would I be right in thinking the remains of the castle refers to Thurnham Castle by Detling Hill? I've walked that section from Canterbury back to my home in Rochester with an overnight...

Well, I was trying to be diplomatic, but since you put it like that...yep you're spot on!! Absolutely not, that's all part of the fun isn't it!

Well done, that bread looked great. You really can't knock a bit of back garden bushcraft, especially when you're getting the kids involved. I'm often found in my back garden or shed messing around with something remotely crafty or bushcrafty. Recently, I've been dabbling in some spoon carving...

I use a plain old note book, not as a diary per se, but rather a means of documenting things like kit lists, plans for my monthly camping trips and lessons learnt. I never actually take my note book out on my adventures though, I just refer to it when I make plans in between outings. There is...

Cheers Dave. Good idea with the second nesting cup. I've recently been using the wildo fold a cups and they work pretty well. Next time I definitely would do without the kettle, it was an extravagance but I couldn't help myself!

Hi de hi campers! I headed out to the woods last weekend for a wild camp using only the kit that we could fit in our day packs. It's a bit of fun, but proved to be a really interesting exercise. It really got me thinking about how I could minimise the kit that I take out with me on my camping...

May I suggest that you take a look at TJM Metalworks. Good quality kit, handmade in the UK. He makes a really nice simple grill that seems to fit the bill of what you're after. I've no affiliation with the company, I'm just a happy customer and a keen purveyor of supporting UK cottage industry...

Hi de hi campers! Having recently purchased one of these bivvi bags, I thought I might offer an updated opinion over that which was submitted by the OP some years ago. I thought it was worth updating this threat because there doesn't seem to be an awful lot of information doing the rounds on...

Looking back on 2019, the plans that I posted on here last January were: Well I achieved quite a few of those things. I was able to get out at least once a month, every month. I spent a lot of time on those camps (or in my shed) practicing skills such as whittling, fire lighting and refining...

Probably out of stock as One tigris seem to have dished out loads to the youtube community. There's been quite a few reviews/first looks of the tent popping up on my youtube feed! I appreciate my comments are of little value, given that I've not got the tent, but looking at the reviews, it...

As per above, I just cut down a couple of tent pegs and that's your problem solved. if you cut them down then you can also just pop them into the little trangia pouch for safe keeping!

You lucky devil!! If it was my back garden, I think I'd be wanting to do a few things. First of all, I'd have a small shed as a workshop area for projects and storing some of my kit. Secondly, in terms of the shelter that you mentioned, I reckon a simple Dano shelter would work nicely with a...

Thanks for your comments, if I was to return to that particular site, I would almost certainly take a different tarp. I'd probably take a military basha tarp and there's two reasons for that. 1) it's a bit smaller and would enable me to configure it a little better in the confined space - I'd...

Cheers both, the fire made a heck of a difference. I do a lot of camping with Des and he's a good bloke to have around, especially in those conditions. You may also know another friend of mine that recently started going to the Suffolk group - Mick Kinsley.

Morning all, hope you are well. I thought I'd share a link to one of my recent blog posts. In this post I talk about my December wildcamp in Essex. It was very wet, very windy. And, as some of you will no doubt attest, when those two forces of nature combine, it can make for quite a challenging...

That's a nice looking rucksack. May I suggest the following: Karrimor SF Sabre 35 (£75) If you don't mind MTP camo, my choice however would be this: British Army current issue Virtus Daypack. 40ltr - expandable to 50ltr with the zip on side pouches (approx £100). These aren't very easy to get...