Posts Tagged ‘ Camping gear ’

On sandals and socks

January 9, 2012

Edward Carpenter modelling his sandals with socks

The shoe is a leather prison for the toes. An appreciation of simple lifer and sandal-wearer Edward Carpenter.
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Download a camping packing list

By Cath

August 25, 2011

Cath's spreadsheet of camping gear.
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Read an extract from The Art of Camping

By Math

August 23, 2011

Cover of Matthew De Abaitua's camping book the Art of Camping

The travails of packing for a camping trip. Read a long excerpt from The Art of Camping courtesy of Google
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Simply Hike

By admin

June 15, 2011

Buying camping gear online
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How to cook pancakes on a campfire

By Cath

April 25, 2011

Pancakes cooked on a muurikka over the 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...
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Seven Things Every Camper Should Own

By Math

July 9, 2010

I contributed to The Guardian’s G2 camping trip with a brief list of essential camping gear. The Guardian writers camped not far from where I live, at Wowo, which Cath and I visited earlier in the year. I provided a list of seven items, one of which was salad, inspired by Cath’s five-a-day barbecue...
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