I think it’s time for a garden update, to be a bit less sweary than Joe Lycett’s Instagram garden updates. We’re going outside, as we often do on this blog, but we’re only going as far as the garden. I’ve become a keen veg grower in the last couple of years and I think it’s … More How did my garden grow in 2022?
I know, you frequently see “I did [this or that] Rebel Badge but I do other badges as well. I spied that Pawprint Badges had a Volcanoes badge and as they’re big and beautiful and I was going to Iceland, I thought I’d do that one. To be honest, I find Pawprint badges work better … More I did my Pawprint Volcanoes badge!
Welcome to part two of my Dartmoor weekend! Today we’re off on a different route, in the hope of getting another logbook walk. But today we’re setting off in two groups rather than splitting up. In theory, that’s because there are now eight of us and that’s a tiny bit big for a walking group. … More A shorter walk up tors and across downs
Last weekend I went to Dartmoor and this is the first of two posts on the walks I did. It was a joint Girlguiding Region walking weekend, the aim of which is to run a level 2 walking training but there’s room at the centre for a few extra so it’s open to leisure walkers … More A tor-bagging walk around Haytor
It’s occurred to me that I’ve taken a one-man tent to Iceland five times now and I’ve never introduced you! Meet my one-man tent! It’s a Blacks Octane 1 and while it wasn’t the budgetiest of budget one-man tents, it’s probably the second or third budgetiest. If I’d realised I’d still be carting it around … More Meet my little yellow tent
I stayed on four campsites in Iceland this summer and I thought I’d do you a little review of each of them. I spent two nights at Hveragerði because I wanted to see the volcano but also have options beyond Reykjanes when the weather was bad, moved up to Laugarvatn, stayed in the hobbit house … More What were the campsites in Iceland like?
That’s a total clickbait title – for the first time, I deliberately didn’t book a qualification at Try Inspire Qualify because there were none I wanted to do that I haven’t already done. Try Inspire Qualify has a lot in common with Camp Wildfire, actually: a lot of adults taking the weekend off being responsible … More I didn’t qualify at Try Inspire Qualify!
You might have seen my post from Monday about going to Camp Wildfire and what it’s like, my first weekend festival experience. And if you’ve been to Camp Wildfire yourself, you might have noticed that actually, I didn’t do that much, not when you really understand how much is on offer. And there’s a reason … More What it’s like working at a festival
I know, any travel or lifestyle blogger worth their salt has at least a little archive of festival content but this was my first time. Technically it’s not my first ever festival – I went to the Larmer Tree Festival for the evening in 2015 and for the whole day in 2019 but I’ve never … More I went to Camp Wildfire!
Since it was so hot and since I’m getting into sea swimming, while I was away camping I went to Weston-super-Mare every evening and went for a swim in their Marine Lake. It’s a nice wild compromise – it’s still a wild swim but it’s one where there are other people around and very strict … More The tides get very high at Weston Marine Lake
I Am A Polar Bear 