WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 150 | HISTORY, PADDLING AND FIRE

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In this weekly blog, I chat about four of this week’s One Hour Outside activities: a history lesson on Cleeve Hill, paddling on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, some local trig bagging, and a garden-based marshmallow toasting treat. Hooray for … Continued

WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 147 | HAPPY EASTER

In this weekly blog episode, let’s talk celebrating Easter – including hot cross buns and Easter eggs, and a picnic and walk with friends and family. I have to ask: What is all this talk of Easter baskets? Is that … Continued

CURRENTLY LOVING | MARCH 2024

My regular currently loving feature allows me to put together a list my favourite things. I’m certainly not going to include homemade toothpaste tablets in this currently loving list, or, for that matter, putting salt in my tea. Both of … Continued

WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 146 | NATIONAL OUTDOOR EXPO

In this weekly blog episode, I mainly chat about the National Outdoor Expo, including a fantastic One Hour Outside spent on the Bear Grylls Adventure high ropes course, and share a new powdered oat milk that might be the answer … Continued

MAC IN A SAC PACKABLE WATERPROOFS | GEAR REVIEW

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Thanks to being an Ordnance Survey OS Champion (currently… I find out in mid-March if my application to continue on in the refreshed scheme has been successful or not), I recently received a set of Mac in a Sac waterproofs to test and … Continued

WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 141 | WOODLAND WANDERING

I mentioned at the very end of my last weekly blog – episode 140 – that I’d just received word our guided stargazing experience had been cancelled due to bad weather. Again. While it makes complete sense to postpone such … Continued

WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 140 | PRODUCTIVITY VS SUCCESS

This weekly blog includes a giveaway… make sure you read to the end to find out how to win a copy of Cook Out by Harrison Ward. For the first time this year, I’ve not been able to get my … Continued

WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 126 | CARFEST

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Happy Thursday! Isn’t it tired? And isn’t it hot?! Apparently, we are having a quick blast of summer after the rain-soaked July and August we’ve experienced here in the UK. Very well done to anyone who had booked this week … Continued

WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 125 | IT’S THE RIMS!

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Good morning! How are you today? What’s on your Thursday list (other than reading my weekly blog post, of course?!)? Got a clear and straight forward day ahead of you? Or is yours looking a bit full and frantic like … Continued

WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 123 | A BROKEN TOE

Hello hello hello! Here goes another weekly blog episode. This time I am writing (or at least starting to write), this random rambling post whilst sat on my sofa with my right foot elevated, balancing my laptop on my knee. … Continued