This is another video from my vault – my trip to Brownsea Island in 2021 to spend a weekend in a tree tent. Again, common to these old ones, it’s not the video I wanted to make. I vividly remember sitting down to talk to the camera, finding it difficult but doing it but the… More New video: a quick weekend on Paradise Island
I have many Christmas traditions (these three decorations must go here, here and here on the Christmas tree, making mince pies with Dad, putting out the boots, eating my body weight in After Eights) and one of them is that on the day after Boxing Day (or the day after that, depending on whether there’s a… More Christmas Adventure at West Bay
When I left you last week, I was just getting home from my adventures on the water – and when I say “home”, I mean back to my tent near Corfe Castle. So this is what else I got up to. First, I snoozed a bit and then stuffed my face with Pringles and chocolate… More My Outdoors: on dry land
Last summer, I set off to Purbeck intent on a weekend of “adventure”, which I spent at Norden Farm Campsite, exploring Corfe village in the pouring rain, doing my first sea swim and getting to jump into the cab of a heritage steam locomotive. This year I found myself back there for the “My Outdoors”… More My Outdoors: a night on the water
It’s Sunday night and I’m fresh from the bath, with face, hair and feel all scrubbed and made soft after feeling like a disgusting camp goblin for the last few days and I’m so much more chilled and calm than the creature who loaded up a small car and set off on Friday. I have… More Can camping heal the soul?
Every year, my friend Tom and I go for a “Christmas Adventure”. We started doing it in 2014 and it’s become a beloved ritual. We even managed it in 2020 and 2021 (with special guest Catherine!) – we both had to drive, which meant no wine and we had to keep our distance but it… More A winter’s day at Mudeford: Christmas Adventure 2022
Yesterday I talked vaguely about having a lazy weekend. Hot tub, children’s books, biscuits, that sort of thing. Well, today let’s do the “what did I do?” post. Friday doesn’t count. I arrived Friday and stargazed from the hot tub. Very nice. On Saturday, after an early-morning snow flurry, I went to Yeovil in the… More Glamping in the snow
And we come to the semi-live part of Blogmas! At the time of publishing, I’m in Germany and I only had a handful of hours last Monday afternoon to get this post finished between returning from my glamping trip and heading off at 5am for the flight to Germany! Anyway, welcome to the Forager shepherd’s… More A winter wellness break in a tin hut
Bournemouth at Christmas – ok, it doesn’t compare with some of the big markets which is why you won’t see it in lists of “best Christmas markets in Europe 2022!!!” but it’s still good fun. It starts down on the pier and stretches all the way through the gardens and up to the Square. So,… More Christmas in Bournemouth
This week I’m bringing you glad tidings from Shaftesbury, a royal town in North Dorset. Why? Well… If you don’t watch Richard Osman’s House of Games, it’s a teatime quiz show made on a shoestring where four celebrities compete to win dartboards, aprons, deckchairs and the like, all emblazoned with the stylised face of… More Shaftesbury: a royal town in North Dorset