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Rather than knocking out the usual self-aggrandizing post, going to great lengths to describe every adventure of the year, I thought this year I'd make it more of an index to the year's content (which is what I mainly use it for anyway) and keep the remarks about how the year went to a minimum. … Continue reading 2022 Index
After the disappointment of not being able to get out much last year, it was pleasing to get back to a more normal level of camps out this year. This year I racked up 26 wild camps and 9 "tame" camps. This takes my all time total to 194 wild camps - which means I … Continue reading Camp of the Year 2021 (and other matters…)
Well, this should be a short post.... We all know what happened in 2020, so I won't go into that again here, but clearly the (non-) events of this year have curtailed the camping out somewhat. Ten camps - yes a mere 10 - is this year's haul. A pathetic number that I have to … Continue reading Camp of the Year 2020
This year I only managed 18 wild camps (plus an additional 4 tame camps on the TGO Challenge) against a loose target of 24, falling short largely because I shelved plans for weekends away in September and November due to indifferent weather. In any case, 24 would have been well short of some yearly totals, … Continue reading Camp of the Year 2019
How have art and the outdoors overlapped this year ? 2018 was all about my debut solo show in a London gallery, and I was painting furiously for that. This year, though, I've slowed down a bit, but not been short of ideas and have a huge queue of possible paintings. The prime targets this … Continue reading Art Roundup 2019
Before you get too worried that I'm about to bombard you with loads of pictures and ask you to buy them, I'm not. I'm just going to pick out a few instances where the outdoors and art overlapped this year. Increasingly my hikes are geared around the search for subject matter to paint. Of course … Continue reading 2018 Round-Up Part 3: Art
This is nothing more than a selection of pictures to show what happened this year...
Persistent readers will no doubt be aware that for the last few years, I've had a camping out competition with my daughter, who does quite a few camps due to her involvement in several sections of the Scout movement. We did it again this year, but with 2018 being A Level year, it was pretty … Continue reading 2018 Round-Up Part 1: Camps
Artistically, 2017 has been increasingly busy, with my first London exhibition to prepare for, a couple of art fairs, and I also began teaching. I have, however, had some time to produce a few paintings - so here is a selection of this year's work. All items are available for sale, so feel free to … Continue reading Art of the Year 2017
This is just a selection of a few favourite memories and pictures from what's happened this year.
After last year's formal camping out duel between myself and my daughter Rebecca, we decided to give it another go this year. Both of us enjoyed taunting each other about the race, and for my part it did help motivate me to camp out with fair regularity. A slight tweak to the rules this year … Continue reading The Camping Duel 2017
I've been out and about quite a bit (for me) in 2015. This has quite a lot to do with the goals I set myself at the start of the year: Spend more on walking and less on gear: Sort of Achieved - a shaky start as the end of year sales usually sees me … Continue reading 2015
At the start of the year, I set myself the objective of camping out every month of the year. Twelve camps that shouldn't be too hard should it ? After all I tend to do more than that each year. But what I've struggled to do is maintain my tent-dwelling evenly over a year, and … Continue reading Camp of the Year 2015
I suppose, having looked back at 2014, I ought to do a post looking forward to 2015. I usually try to avoid posts like this as writing down plans here is usually the kiss of death to them. So I'm going to keep this as brief as I can and try not to over-commit. 1. … Continue reading 2015 Plans
For January to June, see the previous post. July Having already been to the Lakes four times in the year, a record for me, I deliberately switched my attention elsewhere, and resumed my assault on the Cambrian Way. Just as the first time, my plan was a little too ambitious and I so burnt myself … Continue reading The Ploddies 2014 – Part 2: July to December