Category: wild camping
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Our year of mountain adventures 2016
Last year was a fantastic year for us in terms of getting away for family adventures; from our first winter wild camp to 9 days campervanning around the Outer Hebrides and finding snow in sunny Spain in June. But in terms of getting out to the hills, I don’t think we ever thought it would’ve been as big […]
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What do adventurers eat for breakfast?
Imagine this: You’ve spent days packing and unpacking, making sure you have the essentials for your 3day walk and wild camp trip in the Cairngorms. You’ve got the tent, down quilt, airbeds, cooker, waterproofs, hats, gloves. The list goes on. But you’ve got everything. Absolutely everything, including food. Oh yes. Food. You’ve packed enough variety […]
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Wildcamping, fire damage, rubbish and the erosion of hard won countryside access in Scotland
The end of summer throws into focus the issue of abandoned camps, fire damage, broken glass and other rubbish that can be found all along many of the loch shores in Scotland, left by inconsiderate ‘wild campers’ and other visitors. It is easy to point the finger at ‘others’ but unless we are part of […]
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A trek down memory lane: The Torres Del Paine circuit a decade on
Almost 10 years ago now we walked the Torres Del Paine circuit in Chilean Patagonia during a year travelling. We had seen the iconic images and wanted to experience it for ourselves. it would be the largest trek we had been on at 7 days and around 100 km. We travelled from northern Chile to […]
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Affordable changes to backpacking gear
Last week we bought you our tips on reducing your packweight for free. The next step is looking at what items you can buy for not very much that will save you that bit of extra weight in your bag. Let’s face it, we all like the thought of being able to go further at […]
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Lighten your pack for free
So you have decided to go wild camping for a night, or backpacking for a few nights, you pack everything you think you need and then pick up your bag…… and groan at the 25 kg weight. Does this sound familiar? Does the idea of backpacking with children in tow sound like even heavier packs? […]
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Keeping kids warm (and happy) when camping
I love this time of year, the mornings are beginning to get a bit chillier and leaves are beginning to turn on the trees. Autumn is definitely in the air and I can’t wait to make the most of those glorious cool crisp days and nights. If this is the year you’re eager to keep camping all year […]
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New chapter at the Glen Lyon Horseshoe
As we drove up towards Glen Lyon watching the scenery change and the mountains rise steeply upwards, we were excited by the possibilities of what the weekend would hold. Little did we know that it would be a massive turning point for the future of our family adventures. Times they are a-changing and it’s obvious to […]
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In search of the Grey Man on Ben Macdui
In February I ski-toured across Cairn Gorm and Ben Macdui, starting in the dark and cloud as the snow fell. It was a very evocative trip, bringing images of the Grey Man of Ben Macdui to my mind as all I could hear was my skis swishing across the snow and my rapid breathing as […]
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Great to be Bhac in the mountains with our son!
If you’ve read some of our previous blogs, you’ll know that we try to include our son in the decision making of our weekend adventures whenever we can. So, feeling the need to strap on our boots and get a good walk and wildcamp under our belts, we asked him what he’d fancy doing. “I […]
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