A group of 8 Craggers members, kids and adults met at the Peace Statue on Hove seafront. It was really cold and the sky grey with clouds. We met a 3pm with the intention to walk to Brighton Pier to watch the Starling murmuration. We walked for about an hour but it was cold so …
We had a great weekend by the Seven Sisters with the Craggers. On Saturday morning we discovered 4 Sisters and had a lovely walk even with a bit of rock climbing at the end. Than some of us went to the Friston Forest to spend the night under bashas. Mark and me got lost for …
Managing risk and bushcraft tools We are just back from a fantastic Adventure Camp and I wanted to share a few thoughts. Everyone who came to the camp was required to sign a declaration confirming they understood that the activities we provide carry the risk of injury or death. Quite a sobering statement. Accidents, …
Some lovely times this summer at Craggers..What’s not to like..beautiful countryside,good company,lovely veggie food and plenty of things to do.Mostly we had amazing blue skies and ofcourse the wonderful forest trees to wake up to every morning. Always tired at night due to breathing in the fresh air all day and definitely more …
At the end of a perfect day we set up camp in woodland carpeted with the bright white stars of strawberries and the opulence of purple dog violets. We still had time to play and one of the games was sitting still and silent and listening to sounds of the wood. Who would have thought …
30th. April – 1st. May 2016 Seven Sisters Walk and Friston Forest Bivi Read More »
We had a great adventure over the weekend. Tony, Careg, Brie and Mark with me walked from near Pycombe village to the New Timber Hill across a tremendous mud road and had our lunch at the top of the hill. Than we walked back across the mud ( it was a great adventure and was …
Bivi Trip 4-6 March Finally got the kids to write their thoughts on the trip. It was such good fun Carreg It was really fun. We had the best dining room ever and we bivyed out in a patch of trees. Brae
We were warned. The Met Office had issued a severe weather warning for Sussex, with gale force winds and temperatures well below zero forecast. Despite this, 11 people thought that it sounded like a great way to spend the weekend. Five children aged between three and eight years old and their parents were up for …
Harrison Rocks Trip. 17th August 2015 A beautiful sunny day, Dan, Helene and Juline went one night before to camp in the woods, Tony, Becci, Andrew, Yara, Kira and I arrived at noon. After we all met, the experienced instructors set up some nice routes and we started climbing. The children got to climb some …
Wild Food Walks 26th. and 30th. September 2015 The muddy recce to Wilmington Wood, Abbot’s Wood and Nate Wood went well (we managed to pick huge amounts of fat sloe berries) and we felt that we would have plenty of wild food to talk about. Autumn is great for a forager; the fungi has …
Storms and midges. The Peak District trip 20th. to 27th. August 2015 The air swirling around the base of the crag became noticeably colder and above us the sky was an impressionistic canvas with bold, board, black, brush strokes curving down to the horizon to denote curtains of rain. A constant rumble of …
We camped in North Lees a half hours walk to the fantastic climbs at Stanage. We were not far from the strikingly peaceful small town of Haversage- lanes with a few houses would quickly end in open fields and views of the surrounding hills. I spent most evenings enjoying walks.
Hi everyone, Here is a picture of today’s walk to Rottingdean. It was a nice walk under a beautiful sky. Have a nice week! E
Malcolm and I met up by the Rotunda Cafe. While we waited to see if anyone else turned up, we could see the newts moving around in the pond. I really like newts and it is great to spot them thriving, as they are a protected and declining species in this country. There were common …
Bird song and sign 7th. – 9th. May If you happen to be in the right place, the evening chorus can be as exciting and varied as its dawn counterpart (without the waking up at 0400). And we were in the right place; a large wood near Midhurst in West Sussex. The chorus was spectacular. …