Tested: Outwell Dreamboat Mattress
Our Outdoor Editor, Carlton Boyce (not pictured above!), heads into the wild to test the best in outdoor gear. Will the Outwell Dreamboat Mattress keep the chill away on a cold night?Read More →
Our Outdoor Editor, Carlton Boyce (not pictured above!), heads into the wild to test the best in outdoor gear. Will the Outwell Dreamboat Mattress keep the chill away on a cold night?Read More →
For an antidote to these digital times take a look at the games below for some winter’s night inspiration. Board games and card games are a tribute to the playful inventiveness of human history and have the uncanny ability to evoke a sense of gleeful nostalgia in even the mostRead More →
Carlton Boyce spends a week with a £70,000 VW California campervan, and channels his inner Wallace and Grommet. I’m a bit of a Johnny-come-lately by the standards of most motoring journalists. Now celebrating my tenth year of reviewing and writing about cars, even I sometimes feel a little jaded. Yes,Read More →
Carlton Boyce reviews the Therm-a-Rest LuxuryLite Mesh Cot – and has the best night’s sleep camping he’s ever had. With a couple of longish vehicle-based expeditions on the horizon, I was looking for a more comfortable solution than even the plushest inflatable mattress can offer and, having been reasonably impressedRead More →
Carlton Boyce explains why a pickup truck is the perfect vehicle for your next road trip. Having ambled around Canada recently in a hired Ford F150 pickup, it dawned on me that I’d accidentally stumbled on the perfect road trip transport. Originally hired for no better reason than pickups areRead More →
A sojourn that included cycling and wild camping in some of the most remote parts of Canada left Carlton Boyce feeling surprisingly sanguine about the dangers posed by bears.Read More →
The Hilleberg Enan is a lighter version of the much-loved Akto one-person tent. More akin to a sophisticated bivvy bag than something you’d choose to spend days at a time in, it is tough and weighs just 1.2kgs packed, which makes it ideal for anyone looking to man-haul their campingRead More →
[if_slider id=”4928″] I climbed all four hundred and forty-six 2,000ft mountains in England and Wales in just six months – the fastest-ever time. Solo and unsupported, I walked over 1,000 miles, ascended five times the height of Everest and slept wild under the stars over 25 times. And I didRead More →
I’ve been looking for a lightweight, highly packable three-season sleeping bag for a while now. Paired with a NeoAir XLite sleeping pad, it would give me almost year-round protection and comfort in a package that was still small enough to throw in my hand luggage. Hand luggage? Sure, you neverRead More →