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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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February Wild Swim – Tyrella Beach

“Wow, you’re brave… or daft”. It’s about 12:30 on a Friday in the middle of February. It’s sunny, it’s dry, it’s Baltic. I didn’t have an answer for the man on the beach as he wrapped his two young children up. I think it was a little bit daft to...

Mark T

February 17, 2018
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Happy Chinese New Year

Campfire Kitchen wishes you a Lucky New Year Friday the 16th of February will be celebrated by millions across the world as New Year’s Day. Also Known as the Spring festival, Chinese New Year is celebrated on the new moon between January and February. This is a major holiday and...

Mark T

February 16, 2018
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A Very Windy Slieve Donard Hike

The plan today was simple, climb the highest mountain in Ulster, Slieve Donard. Donard sits at a modest 850m (2790ft) but don’t let that fool you. If you park in Donard Car Park in Newcastle (which we did today) you are starting from pretty much sea level, so it is...

Mark T

January 28, 2018
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January Wild Swim – Carnlough

The 8th month of my wild swim microadventure challenge has taken me to the North Coast of Ireland on a frozen Saturday afternoon. The sign at Carnlough Beach read that all sightings of whales, dolphins and porpoises should be reported… our eyes were peeled for this wild swim! A small...

Mark T

January 23, 2018
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Boxing Day Wild Swim – Ballyholme

Surprisingly, December was one of the months I was most looking forward to in my year of wild swim microadventures. When I decided to do this challenge, I was sure I had images in my head of Santa hat-wearing intrepids, braving icy water for charity. All I had to do...

Mark T

December 29, 2017
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