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Bramble Jelly
I hope you have been getting out and enjoying the wonderful season of autumn and all that it has to offer. The time for picking blackberries for bramble jellly...
Ray Mears at the Ulster Hall
Last night there were two big events in Belfast; a massive (but ultimately inconsequential) concert in the Odyssey and a thoughtful (and thought provoking) audience...
Going lighter on a budget
What’s wrong with this picture? Is it the horizon? The clouds? Or is it the size of pack that I’m carrying on my back? Yup, that’s the one! Surely...
Halloween on the Hills
I’m leaning against the Mourne Wall and from my lofty vantage point I can see over a huge expanse of County Down (and Counties Armagh and Louth). As I’m...
The Mournes – Undervalued?
Last week I had the opportunity to address the Annual General Meeting of the Mourne Heritage Trust. The Trust’s responsibility is to manage the Mourne Area of...
Time to drink less coffee?
Blog Action Day – it sound like a call to action and for many it will be, many people will be telling other people that they HAVE to do something, and more...
Ultra light bushcrafting?
Bushcraft and ultra-light hiking, on first inspection these two seem to be at different ends of the spectrum. Bushcrafters seem to have a penchant for heavy gear...
Clash of the Titans
Yesterday I posted about Ray Mears coming to Belfast – what I didn’t mention is that if you are a fan of Lady Gaga that you will have a real dilemma....
Ray Mears is coming to Belfast!
Ray Mears – everyone has heard of him … OK, not everyone, but anyone who has more than a passing interest in the outdoors in the UK or Ireland. He is...
A question of distances: GPS versus map measurer
I went for a long walk in the hills at the weekend – a tad longer than I have walked for a while, but somewhat more surprisingly a tad longer than I was expecting....
- Humphreys set to leave Ulster for Premiership - Sport - Belfast Newsletter: http://t.co/wpjGuaIG #UlsterRugby
- @sammyf697 Woohoo! Good luck for the trip down. How are you getting there?
- http://t.co/aacL2HOj - The #GreatUlsterRugbyExodus is under way. Are you one of the 2%? #SUFTUM
- Hahaha! Trump claims he was "lured" into building a golf course near Aberdeen. The man is less believable than his hair!
- RT @CardyCard: In the words of Peter Griffin 'whatever kills me , makes me stronger' lol #familyguy
- RT @FelanDavidson: "You can't be ugly and play hard to get. It just doesn't work that way. You're already hard to want" - Peter Griffin.
- Joking aside, I wouldn't mind trying out that @BlackDiamondUSA Neoshell bivvy!
- Neoshell tents, like a hardshell tent, but with the comfort of a softshell tent ... or something like that ... :D https://t.co/3MERGBp3
- @Translink_NI blaming £22M loss on falling pupil numbers? Sure it's nothing to do with bad management? http://t.co/I67GJx23
- ... the weather was a lot nicer than it is this year!