Cath and Math go camping

Handdrawn map of the perfect group camp map

Camping Etiquette – the ten basics

Tiny morals for campers

Five of our favourite campsites

Raw and wild campsites in the UK with roaring campfires

Edward Carpenter modelling his sandals with socks

On sandals and socks

The shoe is a leather prison for the toes. An appreciation of simple lifer...

Camping Gear – Food and drink

By Cath

Cath's checklist of what to take camping continues with food and drink
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Camping Gear – Hygiene

By Cath

Cath's checklist of what to take camping continues with hygiene. There is no need to let basic standards slip.
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Camping gear – Sleeping bags and camping lanterns

By Cath

Cath's checklist for camping gear continues with all you need to get through the night
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The Sexually Repressed Bees
of Plaw Hatch Farm

By Math

Bees are eunuchs in Nature’s harem. Or dutiful office workers in Nature’s office; fat and furry bachelors tormented by...
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We Are Camping at Port Eliot

By Math

I unveiled my We Are Camping project at Port Eliot festival this year, 23rd-25 July. The event took place...
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Tom’s Field campsite

By Math

Tom’s Field is a popular campsite on the Southern end of the Isle of Purbeck, which is not really...
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Camping recipes

Eridge Park venison stew

Venison stew made over the campfire while camping in the forest where the deer roamed

Pancakes cooked on a muurikka over the campfire

How to cook pancakes on a campfire

I cooked a big batch of small, fat American-style pancakes for breakfast in the woods. I used a muurikka, a large skillet on legs that sits over a hot campfire. The muurikka was new so it required seasoning with a hunk of pork fat. It is a large pan, so I could cook nearly...

Lamb shoulder and flatbreads cooked on a campfire

Cath’s campfire roast dinner: Lamb shoulder with aubergine and flat bread

On a windy field in the Cotswolds, I roasted some lamb shoulder over a low campfire. The field was around the back of Abbey Home Farm with a view of the surrounding land, upon which the lamb in question had been organically reared. I have cooked lamb shoulder steaks on an open fire before....