Going Wild With Cheese
Cheese lovers ! Celebrate springtime with some delicious home-made goats cheese infused with the delicate wild garlic and onion flavours that the season provides. Alison Delaney shows how simple it can be.
Making Tracks In Iceland: Building Hiking Trails With The Icelandic Forestry Service
posted in: Hiking & Trekking
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Henry Landon volunteered with the Icelandic Forestry Service, to build, repair and maintain the trails that are so popular with hikers. As well as making some new friends and enjoying the breathtaking scenery on the Laugavegur trail, he now has more appreciation for those that take on such essential work.
Tips From The Team – A Good Night’s Sleep
posted in: Tips & Tricks
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Spring is a great time for wild camping, when bright, sunny days of exploration and new adventures beckon! But beware! The nights and early mornings can still be quite fresh! See how the Frontier team keep all snuggly and warm as they share some helpful tips for a good night’s sleep.
Making Gypsy Flowers – An Exercise In Knife Skills
posted in: Woodcraft and Carving
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Wooden Gypsy flowers are a traditional craft and art form. Paul ‘Spoons’ Nicholls shows us how he makes these charming and versatile flowers which make ideal gifts or decoration…
Ground Elder Soup – A Springtime Seasonal Foraged Favourite
posted in: Favourite Meals, Wild Food
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Spring is just around the corner! So, we continue our series of favourite outdoor meals with Alison Delaney’s delicious foraged Ground Elder soup. A seasonal treat!
Old vs New – A Quest For The Quickest
posted in: Woodcraft and Carving
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James Bath often wondered if power tools were actually quicker than hand tools when felling and chopping logs. So he set up a completely unofficial and absolutely scientifically useless experiment to find the answer! Incorporating this into a family ‘wooding’ day justified this firewood production exercise…
Food For Hiking Hadrian’s Wall – Menu Plans And Suggestions
posted in: Hiking & Trekking
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Henry Landon shares his menu plans and suggestions for nutritious and tasty meals when out on a long hike. It’s all in the preparation. This is what he took with him when he walked Hadrian’s Wall over a period of 6 days in January.
Cooking Beef In A Pit Oven
posted in: Campfire Cookery, Wild Food
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Paul Nicholls and his camp chums; Martin Tomlinson and Andrew Casey, show us how they cooked a cut of Beef in a Pit Oven, lit with the bow drill method.
Norwegian Ski Tour; In The Land Of The Saboteurs
posted in: Hiking & Trekking, Outdoor Safety, Wilderness Journeys, Winter Camping
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Henry Landon and friends visit the terrain of The Heroes of Telemark, starting in Norway’s Rjukan Valley. Camping on the Hardangervidda, dealing with cold conditions, bitter winds and the prospect of frostbite, they gained a new respect for the wartime saboteurs…
Elk Scran: A Pop-Up Feast In Paradise
posted in: Wild Food, Winter Camping
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Food aficionado Iain Gair shares a rare insight into the preparation of Elk Scran, probably one of the most elusive dishes known to man. There is no definitive recipe and no pictorial evidence. If you can find it, it will be served in a tiny pop-up restaurant somewhere in the northern coniferous forest…