In August 2018, I was extremely fortunate to spend three weeks in Costa Rica with work. When I say fortunate, in the three weeks I had only one weekend free and worked 12 hour days pretty much every day. I also experienced a minor tremor on my first day, with Continue Reading
Camp Cook: How to make walnut pesto potatoes
When I’m at home, this is normally a side dish. It goes really well with barbecued meats or with fish like sea bass. You could use shop bought pesto, but if you make your own it really does improve the flavour. If you want to really zing it up, try Continue Reading
Wild Camp: Iceland – Westfjords
I had spent close to twelve months obsessively googling Westfjords, that part of Iceland that remains relatively free from tourism, particularly in the shoulder season. In May 2018, I flew to Reykjavik to go and see it for real. I decided, it turns out unwisely, that a Toyota Yaris would Continue Reading
Wild Camp: The Black Mountain – Y Mynydd Du Brecon Beacons
In February I headed to the Brecon Beacons National Park for an overnight trip on The Black Mountain (Y Mynydd Du). Not to be confused with The Black Mountains in the East of the park, this is in the far West. After parking in the short side road next to Continue Reading
Wild Camp: Not so wild at Peppercombe Bothy
I hesitated as to whether to include this trip in the blog, since it doesn’t fit really with the theme of wild camping, being a bookable National Trust bothy. Nor does it quite reach the definition of hillwalking, since I didn’t climb any hills. It was however a nice little Continue Reading
Wild Camp: North Dartmoor, East Mill Tor
In May 2017 I set off to Belstone, a small hamlet on the northern fringes of Dartmoor National Park, for a walk and an overnight wild camp. Dartmoor is unique in England in that it is legal to camp on a lot of the land. You can check exact locations Continue Reading
