by Jools | Sep 19, 2023 | Flint & Steel
Summer in Switzerland 29 degrees I have a blog coming up where I interview a proper mountaineer; as in a person that has summited K2 and Everest multiple times kind-of-mountaineer. Writing about my experience of doing a via-ferrata seems a little tame, really. It’s a...
by Jools | Jul 12, 2023 | Flint & Steel
“Scout Leaders should strike for a pay rise” and a few little things I learned at Strategy my first Scout camp. Don’t volunteer on the first night of camp, you keener! In classic newbie earnestness, I volunteered in advance to help with supper on the first evening of...
by Jools | Jun 27, 2023 | Flint & Steel
“You have a tent, sleeping bag, mat and cooker. What would be the 1 extra thing you wouldn’t camp without?” I asked a question to Scouts and Explorers (age 11-18) and to Leaders (aged 18 +++) who were at camp in this weekend, it resulted in some fun chats so I...
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...
