A sudden down-turn in the temperatures in mid October didn’t put us off a planned canoe trip on the river Wye. We set off for a short trip with an overnight wild camp on the river, Autumn sunshine and the trees just beginning to turn, we had a brief shower once we got on the [...][...]
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Camping Firebox – Tentipi & Yukon, and Others
I’ve been using my Tentipi Hekla 30 camping firebox for 6 months now and it’s proving a really durable, tough piece of gear – quite capable of having a large log dropped into it without even flinching, or of containing a large raging inferno on some of the freezing snow-bound winte[...]
December 14th, 2009 - 3:59 pm § in 4x4, Bushcraft, Camping, Canoeing, Motorbikes, Mountain Biking, Walking
Get Out & Stay Out – Camping By Canoe
Canoe-camping is one of the best ways to “Get Out & Stay Out” for a couple of reasons – one, you’re so close to nature as soon as you hit the water level in a canoe, you glide past the wildlife silently and get views you just couldn’t get on foot or by car. Second[...]
Canoe Camping Boots
‘m needing some new boots after getting many years good use from my previous pair – and these are currently getting my vote – not cheap at £70-ish, but they do have the “TNF” logo on so that’s always going to involve a premium… but lets get down to basics &[...]
December 14th, 2009 - 11:32 am § in Canoeing
Canoe Hire
If you’re new to open canadian canoeing then probably the best place to start with this fantastic outdoor activity is on the River Wye which borders Wales and England at the southern end. It has the best established river navigation rights of any river in the UK and as such many operations hav[...]
