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Happy Thanksgiving!

What is Thanksgiving and what is with all the Turkey?! Thanksgiving is to give thanks for a plentiful harvest and is arguably America’s favourite holiday. The first Thanksgiving dates back to 1621 when a group of English pilgrims shared a feast with a tribe of Native Americans to celebrate a...

Mark G

November 22, 2018
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Hygge on a Winter Camp

What is Hygge? This time last year, if you hadn’t heard all about “Hygge”, where were you? Hygge, the Danish concept of warmth, cosiness and being happy with the ones you love, was all the rage in the winter of 2017/18. Even now, if I type ‘Hygge’ into Amazon and...

Mark T

November 21, 2018
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Latvian Fire Logs

Latvian Fire Logs are a great and useful fire lay. Using a single log, you are essentially creating a wooden rocket stove. The fire burns inside the log so the heat travels straight up the chimney making it a very efficient cooking fire. You will need: Log Axe Mallet Chopping...

Mark T

October 21, 2018
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May and June Microadventure Wild Swims

  I started my wild swim microadventure last July. I challenged myself to swim outside, once a month for a year. In June, I completed this challenge. May – Ballycastle Pebble Beach Being a teacher, May and June are very busy months for me. Although I got swimming in May,...

Mark T

June 11, 2018
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North Coast Smokehouse Salt and Pepper

Smoke is pretty important to us here in Campfire Kitchen, and when we heard about North Coast Smokehouse, a local company using smoke to add more depth and flavour to some pretty basic ingredients, we thought we should go investigate. I recently saw this blog post by Indie Fude, an...

Mark T

May 22, 2018
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April Wild… Paddle? – Groomsport

It’s the end of the 10th month of this Microadventure Challenge and I have brought myself to Groomsport. My challenge was simple enough, I was to swim, outside every month for a year in a different body of water or stretch of coast. This month I thought I’d leave work...

Mark T

April 30, 2018
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