Speaking at this year’s Kendal Mountain Festival with Fjällräven about Slow Adventure and Nature connection in the outdoor industry.

Finding camaraderie and affirmation along the trail.

Warming teas and syrups for the colder months ahead

Saying a sorrowful goodbye to our beloved van

Life can feel kind of chaotic sometimes, right? A frantic blur of working, scrolling, hustling, squeezing in some time to get outside if we’re lucky. Society demands that the default is fast, we are told to strive for bigger and better. Each new tech innovation promises greater speed and efficiency - but for what? Where are we going in such a rush and why? What are we missing out on in our hurry as life flashes by in a blur?

The walk started like so many, sat in the van waiting for a shower to pass. We had driven to the Borrowdale Valley for a walk we had wanted to do for while, but the weather was much worse than predicted. Rain pelted the metal roof of our van, clattering loudly like someone rummaging through a tin of nuts and bolts.

12 years ago, me and Emma had recently come back from a hike in the Swedish wilderness that changed almost everything.

We were young and it was right at the start of our journey as outdoors people. The ideaof the northern wilderness captivated our imaginations, it held the allure of a life lived more adventurously, rugged and raw.

An introduction to who we are and what we do...

We share our four favourite tips for nature connection...

We are still writing regular posts about our adventures, nature, conservation, woodworking and woodland crafts but we’ve moved over to Substack. We hope to see you there!

We have a new Podcast! Lessons from the Woods is available to listen to now!

New year, new adventure. This is our first post of 2022 and our first from our new home in the Lake District! We’ve moved here to pursue new adventures and opportunities, read on to find out more…

A week in the woods beavering away making leaky dams and other woody natural flood management features for Sussex Flow Initiative.

Following on from our logbook post about woodland management, here is a short video documenting a full week of coppicing, thinning and ride widening in a beautiful woodland in Surrey. Whilst we are unlikely to win any awards as film makers, it’s been nice to make this little film and to have a record of some of the work I’ve carried out this winter.

Photos and thoughts from a week of woodland management work with Wild Sussex in a beautiful small woodland in Surrey.

Introducing our new van - a 1995 Mitsubishi Delica L300 Starwagon!

The story of our beloved Misubishi Delica, which sadly ended up in a scrap yard after an accident in late April.

A guide to making a simple dandelion syrup - the perfect way to welcome spring!

Back at the end of July, Emma spent an inspiring week studying ethnobotany with the Woodcraft School in West Sussex.

We have just wrapped up a busy week here in the woods selectively thinning a number of Scots pines (Pines sylvestris) as part of our long term management plan. Woodland management is a complicated business, one which I have conflicting views on. In truth I loathe the idea of ‘managing’ any part of nature in any way. Management sounds sterile and dull, yet nature is chaotic, messy and pulsing with living energy. I am an advocate of allowing natural processes to take place and learning from nature by watching events unfold.