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 [...][...]
Archive for the ‘Gear’ Category
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[...]
February – Get Out & Hide
Went to the Chew Valley Lake bird hides yesterday, in some light rain and cold conditions, but the light itself wasn’t too bad. We saw Goldeneye, Grebes catching fish, Goosanders and a Merganser, along with Herons, Pochard and there were Smew around but we didn’t see them. It’s a g[...]
Campfire Tent – Perfect for Winter!
The Campfire Tent has been getting good use during this winter snow: kind of a ‘Backyard’ test for a snowbound winter camp here. The campfire tent proving itself again – giving great shelter from strong and bitterly cold Northerly winds, whilst allowing the openess for cooking, obs[...]
Fieldfares & Foxes…
Winter brought massed groups of Fieldfares to our countryside – beautiful big thrushes that arrive here only when it’s a really cold winter, liek we’ve just had. Look out for their strange “group-hopping” behaviour, perhaps there to confuse predators – something w[...]
Get Out and See The Geese!
Latest Birdwatching “Get-Out” from The Birdwatcher.co.uk:Saw some Barnacle Geese today mixing it with the usual Canada Geese on grass next to a small pond, part of the Chew Valley Lake complex. Smaller than the Canada’s with beautiful soft grey shades, sharp whites and deep blacks [...]
January 19th, 2010 - 2:31 pm § in Firelighting, Gear
Bushcraft Firebox: Hekla 30 (Tentipi Firebox Maxi)
The Hekla 30 Firebox (from Tentipi) is a fantastic piece of gear for bushcraft and camping, or even just for enjoying in your back garden. It’s a specially designed and engineered metal box that folds flat for storage and travel, can hold enough timber for a large campfire, keeps the fire off [...]
Snowbound Winter Camp….
The Campfire Tent has been getting good use during this winter snow: kind of a ‘Backyard’ test for a snowbound winter camp here. The campfire tent proving itself again – giving great shelter from strong and bitterly cold Northerly winds, whilst allowing the openess for cooking, obs[...]
Winter Camping
So the December weather seemed to be clearing after weeks of rain and after ruling out the river Wye with water levels dangerously high we decided to head for the hills this time for a winter Get Out an Stay Out trip and to test out some new pieces of gear. Loaded in to the back [...][...]
