Here is a beautiful, fun paddling trip suitable for kayaks, canoes and Stand Up Paddleboards (SUP). It incorporates two stunning and very different backwaters, St Patrick's Stream and Hennington Backwater,…
Check out Earth Photo 2020. An online international photography exhibition featuring stunning and thought-provoking environmental photographs of our planet. 50 stunning environmental photographs Photography Exhibition Where - online The 50…
The Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera ) is a very pretty but invasive plant species and during the summer months you will see it bordering riverbanks, canals and damp ditches. In July, beautiful, orchid-like…
Enjoy this enchanting Hampshire walk around Hazeley Heath and Mattingley. Visit a timber framed 15th century church and walk alongside the beautiful Dipley Mill Gardens, a former 16th century Mill.…
Wild Camping Course. How to camp anywhere. Following my recent review of the Rab Ridge Raider bivi, a number of you asked how I started wild camping with a bivi? Well…
Review. Wild camping with a Rab Ridge Raider Bivi What is a bivi? A bivi, bivy, bivvy, bivouac, bivybag - they are all the same thing - is a waterproof…
This is a beautiful and diverse walk starting at Greywell, in Hampshire. Follow the 18th century Basingstoke Canal, visit an 800-year-old castle and enjoy woodlands and meadows. You'll be treated…
Rick Stanton (above) and John Volanthen both received the George Medal in 2019 in recognition of the role they played in the rescue of 12 children and their football coach,…
A beginners guide to garden camping Although lockdown is starting to be relaxed, we are still living with restrictions on socialising, trips away from home or even a coffee in…
Finchampstead Ridges We have been in lockdown for about six weeks now and I don’t know about you, but those daily walks are becoming increasingly important. If you live near…