by Jools | Jun 8, 2023 | Flint & Steel
Loneliness and Camping Next week is Loneliness Awareness Week so I have been thinking about and asking… stick with me… could camping alone help certain kinds of loneliness? I am an only child. I went to boarding school. I have travelled a lot, alone. Lived...
by Jools | Jun 1, 2023 | Flint & Steel
The Red Tent! Periods and Wild Camping. 28 May was World Menstrual Hygiene day which promotes menstrual hygiene rights worldwide. It got me thinking of what camping is like whilst we bleed; it’s annoying but certainly not going to ruin our fun outdoors. No bloody way....
by Jools | May 26, 2023 | Flint & Steel
What happens when young people have knives as weapons? Badness? Sharp intake of breath. Not a good thing at all, ever? A quick look at the Office National Statistics shows 17301 young people in England and Wales were carrying knives in 2018. Most young people will...
by Jools | May 23, 2023 | Tell me more
May 2023 Estelle St John Smith a guardian of ancient woodland. I join Estelle for a walk in her woods at West Ruggers Green in Avening, Cotswolds. On paper Estelle gives me Snow-White but keeping-it-real vibes. She sits under her tree canopy boiling a blackened...
by Jools | May 17, 2023 | Flint & Steel
There is nothing quite like a half-pallid half-blackened carbonised lump of sugar, gelatine and air on the end of a damp stick to complete a wonderful evening’s campfire. The gentle pop and fizzle of the fire is always drowned out by shrieks following burning tongues...
