Tangled Bank Foraging and Fibre Crafts
Learning about and trying to live lightly on this beautiful planet. The natural world, inclusive bushcraft, evidence-based environmentalism and sustainable living.
I was so lucky last month to marry Charlie, the most wonderful person I've ever met. I wish I was a better writer, I'm rather better at facts and figures about carbon sequestration than I am at heartfelt romance so I can't really do the whole experience justice but it genuinely was the best experience … Continue reading How we made our wedding as sustainable (and affordable!) as possible
I've been a regular cycle commuter in both London and Exeter so am pretty confident on a bike. I've also done a fair bit of long distance hiking, so have a fair bit of experience with packing light and managing menstruation on the trail, experience which you would think would translate well to bikepacking. But … Continue reading A beginners’ bikepacking adventure
You poor take courage You rich take care This earth was made a common treasury For everyone to share Billy Bragg - The World Turned Upside Down Photograph by Rob on Flickr It may surprise you to learn this about me, but I frequently do something illegal and thoroughly enjoy doing it. I do it … Continue reading Camping in our common treasury
This past weekend saw the first Glastonbury festival post pandemic. Now that the stages are silent, the cows have returned, the revellers are home and the more organised among them may even have made their way through the horror that is post-festival laundry. And as always, after the party comes the cleanup. Glastonbury employs a … Continue reading Shrinking your festival footprint
My bushcraft, hiking and other outdoor activities have always been motivated by a love of the natural world and a desire to spend more time learning to understand and appreciate it. To me the other side of this equation is a responsibility to try to minimise the damage I cause to the living world I … Continue reading Lightweight plant-based eating outdoors
I'm a huge fan of campfire jacket potatoes, but while the aluminium foil you wrap them in is recyclable if rolled into a large enough ball to be collected in recycling plants I've been keen to try the historical alternative of covering them in clay ever since I saw it done on the Historical Farm … Continue reading Boil ’em, mash ’em, stick em in…clay? Potatoes.
Tangled Bank Foraging and Fibre Crafts 