With a baby nipping at the toes leisurely camping trips which were once a welcomed chance for wifely peace and quiet home alone are now the mark of the man who not only abandons his wife and child for a night but does it at extreme distance and altitude. Thusly hiking and camping loiters on […]
I’ve talked for a while about investing in a new Jetboil and sleeping mat. I did buy a second-hand Jetboil a few years ago but it had developed a tendency to make strange noises when lit and being already nervous of gas stoves, I’d long stopped using it. I have also been through many sleep […]
Cove Cave is one of the more talked about places of interest in the Mournes and as yet I’d never been there but after seeing it visited by Darryl Grimason on the BBC TV program “Off The Beaten Track” I decided it needed pushed up the list. It’s a 6 mile round trip, starting at […]
We blew up to Donard Forest last weekend for a bit of a summer camp slash night around the fire and although we’ve been there many, many times and a trip report might not be the most exciting writing I’ve ever done, I thought it was worth mentioning as encouragement to other parents considering taking […]
Being the end of July with a good weather forecast, Meelmore Lodge Campsite was pretty busy by the time we got there. Its 3 fields were full of stupidly large tents and the smell of barbequeueing sausages hung heavy in the air. We were proper late. The plan had been to set out before 8pm […]
Since our recent camps have been gentle affairs near the car I had been itching for a wild camp for a quite a while. Not 10 minutes after I had tentatively floated the idea of a Friday night away to the wife, Matt from NI-Wild texted me to say that he was bored lying around […]
I want a tent, not a cathederal Like people, tents come in all shapes and sizes, some useful, some not. Depending on your requirements the number of options are simply mind boggling. In this article I will attempt to give an outline on how to choose a tent based on the standard options available. Please […]
Since NI-Wild started one of the things that we have never done is a pure car camp. As a group we have usually avoided organised campsites mostly because we like the remoteness and peace of a wild camp but also because they can be uncomfortable places sometimes. I wouldn’t paint all car campers and caravanners […]
Yeah right!!! A short dander up through the forest from St.Aiden’s church ,hang a right and head up towards the right hand corner of the ridge. Views up here are fantastic. Binevenagh is AONB ,we should have more of them. Check out http://www.ccght.org/binevenagh-aonb/ for the full story.. Walking along the ridge line on a clear […]
What is a Trangia Trangia is the trademarked name for a line of alcohol stoves designed and manufactured by the Swedish company Trangia AB in Trångsviken. They were first sold in 1925 and being both simple and lightweight were aimed mainly at backpackers and hikers. There are a variety of models that […]
