As a followup to my first wild camping post ‘How to wild camp: Mentality’ I thought it would be a good idea to focus in on what not only makes a good wild camping spot, but that perfect one that ….
In my experience you have wild camping, which I define as camping in the wilderness, such as in the mountains or off the beaten track in woodland. As a subset of wild camping there is ‘free (wild) camping’ which is ….
Every year I do a review of what I accomplished over the year and areas I want to focus on in the coming year. My 2019 goals were to: In 2019 I accomplished 9 of the 12 goals I set ….
One of my 2019 goals was to try watercolour painting again and also to try a new form of traditional art. For the latter I decided to buy an ink illustration pen set and try my hand at ink drawing. ….
In 2015 I drew ‘Out of the Cave‘, which is a digital painting from the perspective of someone looking out of a dark cave towards an ancient landscape with a fort and village. I never liked how the landscape looked ….
Skipwith Common is a National Nature Reserve and SSSI near York and one of the last remaining areas of northern lowland heath in England. Most of the valley around York was once lowland heath but now only three sites remain. ….
The previous clay modelling post in May: Modelling with Garden Clay. I once again visited family in Hampshire, and this time took extra care when digging the hole for clay. In my previous attempt I contaminated the clay with soil ….
I recently visited Swithland Wood SSSI (a nature reserve designated as being of particularly special scientific interest) on the way back to Warwick from a work trip. I put the route into Google maps and hunted along it for a ….
Late summer visit (September) I discovered this Warwickshire Wildlife Trust (WWT) nature reserve whilst on the hunt for a good source of blackberries. I’ve been going through a bit of a apple crumble phase and the one thing that improves ….
We started at Eylie in the Biros Valley for our second wild camping walk in the Pyrenees. The day before consisted of close monitoring of the weather forecast to ensure that it was worth while climbing up into the mountains. ….