Walking, Wilderness, Wanderlust and Wellness
We checked the chances of rain last night at at 20% after 9am we thought it would be a good chance to get the lavvu tent up to try to suss out how easy it is. First goes... it was no problem, took about ten minutes. We had left the two halves together to make …
Continue reading "Give me shelter! A wee test run in Devilla Forrest"
Living in Scotland it is hard not to get a little hacked off at mother nature when she decided that she wants to rehydrate the land. When you are away walking or camping you soon realise there is different types of rain and wind. The lighted of touch that you barely notice, to three minutes …
Continue reading "Feeling the Lavvu – Introduction to our Polish Army Cape Shelter"
Excited about what is to come. We didn't share much of our adventures last year but we did have a few trips out in the van and have switched from the Khyam Kampa Motordome to the Khyam Kamper XC. We felt that this would allow us to sleep out when the weather was warm, then …
I have mixed feelings about winter… I love how picturesque the Ochil hills are when they are covered in snow. They are a perfect and beautiful reminder of the seasons changing. I feel relieved when Winter Solstice arrives and the days will get longer again. I look for signs of Spring as I wander… the …
So even before we get the van, I started doing some research around driveaway awnings... I wondered, 'Am I safe to assume that you can driveaway and leave it up to go into town?' duh it's a DRIVEAWAY!! The Vango awnings weren't really convincing me that they were right for us. Years ago I had …
Continue reading "A little bit on the side – the Khyam Motordome"
One of my favourite songs... and very relevant to the plans we have been making while the world has come to a standstill. As a counsellor I've noticed just how much mental health has been impacted by the pandemic. I support other practitioners too as their supervisor so I'm in touch with many cases, many …
We had an awful lot to think about at the start of our journey towards having our own wee cabin (or hut as they like to call them in Scotland). What we could afford was our biggest issue... I had squirrelled a little bit of money away for years once I had qualified as a …
I can't believe it is two years since the start of our wee journey to having our own wee cabin in the woods. As a young girl I remember stories of my Uncle's hut up near Aberfoyle then in West Kilbride. Although I didn't realise it at the time, but as a child I remembered …
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