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In this video I show how I attached a Mora Garberg + Firesteek to the original sheath of my Skrama 240 to make it a complete ‘all in one’ package for wood processing at camp.

Skrama 240 combined with the Mora Garberg carbon + Firesteel

This footage is on a steep hill side about 50m from my cottage, this marten, hog family, cat and a fox where captured on the wildcam.

Wild life around my cottage, part 2

My son used the standard Mora Companion, of which I had removed the belt loop. After a year or so he saw a friend with the same knife but with belt loop and dangler system, so he asked if he could have it as well since his knife didn’t fit […]

Modifying and upgrading a Mora Companion HD for my son

Together with the usual Dutch guys we had our annual snow hike. In the beginning it seemed there was not much snow, but that changed quickly.Below is my video, and below that the video from Rob, who put much more effort in his filming, so enjoy the show 🙂 And […]

Snow hike Czech Republic, January 2025

This is a mix of short video’s, some taken by my old and very cheap wildcam, and some with my new one: OXE Tarantula WiFi 4K You can see the difference clearly in the quality of the video clips. The video’s are made about 50m from my cottage. In this […]

Wild life around my cottage, part 1

Trip to Holland with my son

Day hike in Cesko Svycarsko on the german side

What our annual canoeing trip was suppose to be in Germany with 2 Dutch friends and their kids, turned out to become a normal camping trip without canoeing.The weather forecast was quite bad so we cancelled the canoes the day before. and then it turned out to be quite good […]

Weekend camping trip in germany

6 days hiking with Dutch friends

A friend of mine owns a couple of cows, and it was time to butcher 1 of them, and section it into smaller pieces to sell it.Me and a couple of guys helped him with this, which was quite interesting and fun work.

Butchering and processing a cow

Day hike with Indian friends and Bennie

Since my son was 4 years old, we build every winter an igloo in our garden and slept in it as often as possible till it would melt away.We collect the snow, pile it up, hollow it out and throw it back on top till it is big enough.

Our annual igloo sleepover

Together with a friend we attended an axe workshop from Siegurd.nl

Axe workshop with Siegurd.nl

Just a short hike with my son and new dog, testing his fire making skills and collected a few mushrooms for a soup.

Day hike with my son

Bushcraft weekend NL, autumn edition 2023

4 day canoe trip with friends

Together with Martin and his kids we went to Sweden to camp and fish.Sadly we caught no fish at all, later we learned that it was due to a seal colony close by.

1 week camping trip in Sweden

2 friends from our gaming group came over for some real life shooting and drinking.

Nancies meetup

Some random pictures of the yearly bushcraft meeting.

Bushcraft weekend NL, spring edition 2023

Together with Tauhid a day hike in the beautiful rocks of Prachovske Skaly

Day hike in Prachovske Skaly

Together with my son a short day hike in Cesky Raj, which translates to “Czech heaven”.

Day hike with my son in Cesky Raj

Together with Tauhid we did a day hike in the Jizersky Hory mountains.

Day hike in Jizersky Hory

1 day canoe trip with dads on the Sazava river

Together with a group of Internationals friends we did a day hike in the Krkonose mountains.

Day hike in the Krkonose mountains

Here are some pictures of our yearly fishing trip in Denmark, where we camp at the coast and fish from short or inflatable canoe.

5 day fishing trip in Denmark

5 day snow hike in deep snow

Together with 2 friends we hiked in the beautiful forests of the Jizerksy mountains.

Day hike in Jizersky Hory

Together with 2 Indian friends we hikes to castle ruin Hazmburk.

Day hike to castle ruin Hazmburk

Together with 2 Indian friends we hikes up the highest mountain in Czech Republic (1603m)

Day hike to mount Snezka

For several years we have a small patch dedicated to berries alone, and our dog has destroyed it mostly every year.We have a lot of mice and lizards running around in our garden, which he likes to hunt.But now age is catching up with him, and he is not able […]

Making raised garden beds

Just a 16km canoeing trip with my friends.We split in 2 canoe’s, Soumya and me, and Tauhid and Moba.Soumya had done it before, but for Tauhid and his wife it was the first time.I gave them a quick run down on how to maneuver the canoe, what to do and […]

Canoeing trip in the Sazava river, CZ

Friends asked me to make them a dog bowl holder from wood.With some left over pine boards that are 30 years old, I made one to the specifications they asked for.Quite a simple project.

Making a dog bowl holder

An old friend of mine and I went for a 5 day fishing trip in Denmark.We hoped to catch some sea trouts and cods, but in the end all we caught was loads of garfish and a few flatfishes.On this trip I tested my new inflatable canoe which turned out […]

5 day fishing trip in Zealand, Denmark

Just a small hike to a famous sightseeing point that gives you a great view over the river Vltava before it passes through Prague.It’s been a long time we had a hike in the rain, but luckily the rain stopped when we took a break for lunch. Here are some […]

9 km hike to Vyhlidka Maj, CZ

Together with 2 friends we did a day hike around the village of Holany, passing a medieval castle ruin and beautiful nature.It was one of those perfect days where the weather is not too warm, not too cold, and still sunny for the great views. Here are some random pics […]

20 km hike around Holany, CZ

Since a couple of years my son and I collect dandelions in spring to make honey from it.It’s a fun job to do together with your kid, and gives a tasty result.Online you can find many recipes, mine is a variation from a few I found online.The main difference is […]

Making Dandelion Honey

Making fire with flint and steel (in Dutch)

Together with 3 colleague’s and a 1 year old puppy we set for a hike on the last beautiful day of the week.(at the moment of writing this (next day) it is 4c and big flocks of wet snow are falling down here) The group existed of 1 Czech, 2 […]

17 km Dayhike in Kokorinsko area

Together with 2 friends we set out for a hike in Divoka Sarka, which is part of the Prague district.It has a very old history where a famous Czech legend took place: click The plan was a 17 km hike, but during the walk adjustments where made.Half way the hike […]

19 km hike in Divoka Sarka

Building a bird feeding house

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