Fantastic book cover I found on the notes on the visual arts and popular culture blog while looking for Camping Iconography on Google Images. I think it’s by Mary D. Hillyard and was published by Blackie & Son Ltd around 1947. Think I’m going to add this to my christmas list, as I think...
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One of the highlights of our recent trip to the Wowo in East Sussex, was having the campsite owner and their resident musician come to join our group around the campfire in order to get us all involved in a singalong. Funny as Matthew De Abaitua’s list of the only gear you really need...
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. England’s inevitable exit from the World Cup, didn’t seem to dampen the enthusiasm of the Hollingbury Park Avenuers to catch-up last night at the Cleveland Arms: well, it was a glorious evening, not quite a week past the Summer Solstice. I mentioned how my christmas list of camping essentials is beginning to grow...
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We’re now up to the fourth in a series of posts where I compare and contrast my kit with Matthew De Abaitua’s list of the only gear you really need from The Guardian Camping Guide. This time it’s knives, and Matthew opts for classic Opinel wooden handled pocket-knife, that has, according to the Wikipedia,...
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So here’s the third in a series of posts where I compare and contrast my kit with Matthew De Abaitua’s list of the only gear you really need from The Guardian Camping Guide. I’d wish I’d seen this piece before I went out an bought my kit. I don’t think I’d have changed my...
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I’m beginning to treat picnics like dry runs for camping now, particularly short trips. So with Bridget heading up to London today to attend a Chocolate Delight Workshop, I returned to Saltdean Lido with both Beth and Max to try and see what we might need when we head off on our beach camping...
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Found some more info on the Delphin 110 Hydrofoil and although there’s quite a bit lost in Google Translation, it seems like this addition never really went into mass production because its max speed of 50 kph from a 7.5 horsepower engine made the ‘folding boat’ faster than any owned by the border police...
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After 20 years of procrastination I’ve just submitted my credit transfer application form to the Open University in order to try and finally finish my philosophy degree. While I’m waiting to hear their verdict, I thought I’d see if there was anything out there on the Philosophy of Camping. Sadly, I haven’t had much...
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Well, if I’m going to sail across the Channel in a Faltboot with my thunder-god friend Thor(sten), then I’m going to need some appropriate clobber. Think these Scooter Smocks from Jump The Gun in Brighton’s North Laine would be just the ticket, as they’re very Where Eagles Dare and Heroes of Telemark. Beige one...
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My friend Thor the mighty thunder god from Frankfurt, is trying to persuade me to sail his MTW Delphin 140 Faltboot across the Channel. The scary thing is that I’m very tempted, particularly if doing so would convince him to sell it to me. It does present a dilemma given that my dad has...
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