Anyone can get out for a nice night in the open air. There are no shortage of campsites where you can park the car by the tent, bring a gas cooker, comfy bed and if needs be, a portable satellite TV system. It’s unbelievably easy. You can visit Argos in the morning with absolutely no […]
Head torches are an essential item for hiking. Either because of an overnight camp or just as a safety item, a decent head torch should be taken on most outings (I keep one in a first aid kit). However, not all torches are created equal and choosing one suitable for your needs is important. If it’s […]
This following wee write up is a look at my first year on NI-WILD from our first hike back in the Mournes in about 20yrs to an amazing Christmas camp with about 25 other bods and a full Christmas dinner and a few wee libations. It all started at the end of last year on […]
At the start of December 2013 we had our usual mountain Christmas dinner. With the comings and goings it was hard to get an accurate headcount but probably 25-30 or more gathered around an open fire surrounded by fairy lights to have a full Christmas dinner with all the trimmings and most camped out overnight. We sat […]
As the weather forecast was to be good over the weekend we decided to head out to Annalong wood to test out some new gear and hopefully find Percy Bysshe cave.. My new cheap and cheerful cooking system which will be used in all forests from now on providing I will be lighting a camp […]
I’ve done a good few races over the years but this one was making me have butterflies. probably due to the fact that It wasn’t just a start and finish away you go but involved map reading and getting to clues. I entered with Rich who I met on the forum. His map reading was […]
Gibbs Island, it was somewhere we had yet to explore we knew there was a dark spooky wood on it and it was FRIDAY 13th so after a few MAN UP TABLETS off we went. My friend and his son joined us and as this was their first wild camp I thought somewhere handy and […]
We had a quick night around the fire in Annalong Wood after quite a quiet summer. Just a bit of chat around the fire and far, far too many steaks to be healthy! As usual there was a smattering of tents, hammocks and bivvys with people dropping by through the evening either straight up the […]
I recently had a great wee dander over the Antrim Hills followed by a wildcamp on the north Antrim coast. With weather forecasts warning all week of heavy rain and gales I had reconciled in my mind that “at least I would still be out there”, and that was better than not at all. As […]
For my 40th birthday earlier this year i was given a voucher for a one hour microlight flight with Fly NI near Portadown. I eventually got organised to do this on Thursday past and hit it really lucky with the weather, the winds died down and the sun came out as my take off time […]
