Review of the Camping Ninja

Following our introductory post about the best place to find a campsite and review of the website http://www.find-a-campsite.co.uk, our second post in the series is a review of camping site finder http://www.campingninja.com. http://www.campingninja.com The design is fun with the camping ninja character appearing across the website. Since I was not sure what the connection with … Continue reading Review of the Camping Ninja →

Best Place To Find A Campsite

What is the best way to find a campsite? If you're thinking about going camping and do a search online for campsites + location you will invariably be faced with a selection of search results for websites aimed at helping you to find a camping site. Given that there can be a vast array of … Continue reading Best Place To Find A Campsite →

The Extreme Stroll Around Manchester

This is my first blog post, and though it is not my first attempt to use English I'll apologise in advance for the incorrect grammar, spelling, typos and general idiocy that this post will surely exhibit! The point of this particular post is to discuss the Bogle Stroll 2011 that I have signed myself up … Continue reading The Extreme Stroll Around Manchester →

Chris Foot – Polar Adverturer Interview

Continuing our series of interviews with polar explorers and adventurers, such as Dixie Dansercoer and Mikael Strandberg, we have recently had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Foot, arguably the most self-demanding man to reach the South Pole on foot. During the 2010 / 2011 summer season in Antarctica, polar explorer Chris Foot made an attempt … Continue reading Chris Foot – Polar Adverturer Interview →

Save Our Forests – Interview with Arlene McCarthy MEP

Unless you've had your head in the sand over the past few weeks we have all heard about the changes to the Public Bodies Bill which will mean that the government can sell off up to 85% of our forests, without protection for access or biodiversity. This as many of us agree cannot be allowed … Continue reading Save Our Forests – Interview with Arlene McCarthy MEP →

BMC to Help Outdoor Enthusiasts in Big Society

A while back the UK coalition government announced the creation of the Big Society. It has been hailed as a way to give power to local communities and criticised as a way of introducing spending cuts. One potential drawback is that it could give more power to people who are intent on pushing their own … Continue reading BMC to Help Outdoor Enthusiasts in Big Society →

Climb a Mountain, Tumble 1000ft and Survive

This weekend news headlines read "man falls 1000ft from mountain", the mountain in question was Sgurr Choinnich Mor, around 5 miles east of Ben Nevis. The climber in question was Adam Potter, an experienced climber from Glasgow. At 2.30pm on Saturday, just moments after reaching the summit Adam began to fall. As his friends looked … Continue reading Climb a Mountain, Tumble 1000ft and Survive →

Bird Watching – Wild Birds of Prey Centres

In October 2009 we interviewed John Loder, RSPB Campaign Talks Officer, about the RSPB's Birds of Prey Campaign. In many countries around the world wild birds of prey are under threat from habitat loss and systematic killing. In some cases reintroduction programmes are helping to restore bird numbers. For example, Red Kites in the Chilterns … Continue reading Bird Watching – Wild Birds of Prey Centres →