challenge kev outdoors
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Extra Shelter From the Storm
The lockdown is almost three weeks old. We can’t go out unless absolutely necessary. As a family who loves the outdoors, we stand and stare out the windows, dreaming of potential adventures. But it would be wrong to say that it’s the end of the world. We have stiffened our upper lips and embraced what…
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Building Our Way Through Lockdown – Young Johnston’s Bothy
The first in a series of things we’ve built to improve our garden, entertain Young Johnston and get us through lockdown! A hut/den/bothy.
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Shelved
Tap…. Tap…. Tap…. Tap…. …multiplied by at least 50,000 this week. That’s the noise made as I tap on whatever device I have available, whether it be my laptop, iPad, my phone. As a teacher in a Scottish School, it’s probably safe to say, with a hint of understatement, that this week has been a…
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Building Bernie’s Bed
It’s always more interesting to look at how a child sees something. I’ve spent hours/days/months looking online and speaking to friends to find the best way to create Bernie the mini camper out of the Arnold Clark ex-hire van I bought back in August. Some of the builds I’ve seen have been painfully impressive. Young…
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Where will I keep my axe?
Last door carpeted today and accessories added. But where will I keep my axe?
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ApPLYing Myself
A few shots plying the van and starting the roof and wall carpeting with the help of The King.
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Peddling Pitlochry to Perth
The first of my of my 12 official microadventures of 2020. (find out more at my previous post Clearing the New Year Wreckage) Although, having overestimated what I was capable of, it took most of the day to cycle the 48km from Pitlochry to Perth, rather than a few short hours, so more of an…