Barney's Bimbles and Adventures

Sometimes when you're outdoors and it's blowing a gale, you can begin to feel as though the wind is taking your breath away. That’s kind of how I felt as I walked along the north Kent Marshes with 50mph winds blowing into my face. I was hunched over cowering from the wind while desperately trying my best to look as though I was an intrepid adventurer laughing in the face of adversity! The harsh reality was that, in between the odd nervous fart! I was seriously thinking of throwing in the towel on this camp. I wondered why on earth I felt motivated to come camping down on the marshes in this foul weather! I have good friends who have the good sense to follow far more sensible pursuits such as football or going to the pub. I kept telling myself that this would feel like a mini adventure, and besides..... I'm not a huge football fan and not exactly the most sociable person you'll ever meet! Alas, I would much rather spend my hard earned money on fancy camping gear s

It's been a while since my last blog post and for that, I sincerely apologise. I've had a busy few weeks of work and sometimes other priorities takeover. I have still been getting out and about and maintaining my one camp a month. Feel free to head on over to my Instagram feed where you’ll see a few photos from those trips. I've simply not had a lot of time to scribble down some of my musings on this blog! I enjoy the creative process in producing a fairly amusing and insightful narrative to accompany my photos and this sometimes takes a bit longer than I’d like. By the same token, I probably make life difficult for myself by waffling on a bit too much in my blog posts! In the last couple of weeks I’ve been out on another wild camp along the north Kent Marshes. A separate post is about to be published on that trip. I also enjoyed a day camp up the woods. I took this day camp as an opportunity to practice my fire lighting skills as the last few camping