Continued from here I rarely take a tent camping these days preferring to rely on a bivvy bag and tarp which I find generally much more enjoyable. The experience of spending time outdoors is only improved by bivvying. Lying staring at the open sky you feel much more involved with your surroundings than you would […]

I was driving to the local garage for a bottle of milk when 30 seconds from the house I realised I’d forgotten my mobile phone. After pondering turning round I thought I’d just “chance it”, after all the garage is only 2 minutes from the house – what could possibly go wrong in such a […]

An NI-Wild peak bivvy was called for. We hadn’t been on a group wild camp since our Xmas dinner in Donard Wood and our last proper summit overnighter on Chimney Rock seemed like a lifetime ago. We decided to tackle Meelmore as it’s handy for secure parking and was one we hadn’t overnighted on yet. […]

A couple of months ago I sat down to watch an episode of James May’s Man Lab.  I was initially impressed with the bit about the three pin plug.  I used to teach how to wire a plug as part of the GCSE Physics course before it seemed to slip away.  Soon it may become […]