With the family we spend 1 week in the high Tatra mountains in Slovakia.We slept in a nice little pension from where we did every day a hike.For example Spissky Hrad is a wonderfully huge castle ruin, or the elevated forest path, or the tunnel /cave system and as well […]
Outdoor trips
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Together with Thomas we attended a 3 day outdoor cooking course.We learned all kinds of cooking on coals and fire, with Dutch ovens and without.It was a very tasty and fun experience, hopefully soon again some time 🙂
Together with my son we tested out our new family tent, the Ferrino Proxes 5.The location was in the beautiful area of Ceske Svycarsko. From the camping we did every day a hike to some sightseeing spot.We visited Pravcicka Brana, the Edmund gorge, a watermill ruin, ww2 bunkers and more.In […]
We spend a couple of days in Poland, just over the border with Czech Republic in a Spa resort, and doing from there day trips all around.Lots of sledging the first couple of days, and Oliver even tried some skiing. We’ve also visited some nice rock formations, and a castle […]
Together with Tim an 8 day hike, with loads of fishing. We did not catch much, and at the end of the hike a local told us it is due to being too early still, they expect the fishing to be good 2 weeks later. Anyway, we had fun, had […]
Together with Mirek into our favorite forest for a relax hike.Traditionally Mirek found another bomb, but this one was already defused.Other then that just relaxing, and enjoying the free time.
Two friends from Holland came over and we headed over to the mountains to the north east of Czech Republic, bordering with Poland. It’s a beautiful area, quite rocky here and there. We slept in hammocks, breakfasts from the stoves, dinners from the fires, and most of the time we […]
With the group of Orion aka The Hiking Rejects, and some close friends, we did a 3 day hike in springtime, through a beautiful part of Czech Republic.
4 day snowshoeing trip with Jeyte in the Czech mountains, testing out the mora kansbol and mora camp axe.
Making a Swedish torch log fire with only a knife. To start the fire I used birch bark and pine resin. It’s perfect to cook on
Together with 3 friends, we hiked about 35 km in a nice hilly area. Our train: Bara, Kacka, me, Tomasi, warming up in the train. The village where our train ride ended. Before we reached our destination for that night, we visited a pub to mingle with the (communistic?) locals […]
Three friends came over from The Netherlands for a hike in the beautiful nature of Czech Republic. It was a warm weekend, with temperatures between 26 and 30 celcius, so we planned the route passing a lot of fresh water sources.
It was time to go to the forest again for a nice day walk with ym dog. I have some new equipment I wanted to try out, perfect chance to do it now. – Mora Garberg – New firesteel, thick and long one – Silky Gomboy 240, medium teeth – […]
With 3 friends from Holland, we went on a hike for 4 nights, 5 days. Weather forecast showed loads of rain, so we where prepared for it, but still we got pretty wet half way through. Here are some pics. Re-packing at home, adding the food we just bought etc. […]
I took the shrapnel knife plus billy can out for some testing. The knife, still shaving sharp and no damages to it, and the bread form the billy can was good.
Together with 2 colleague’s we went for a day walk in the Krokonose mountains here in Czech Republic. Michal, who is very familiar with this area, and Shahzad, who never was here or walked in any hills / mountains. Early morning at the beginning of the trip. On the next […]
Together with Mirek and my dog, we spend this weekend in a rocky area, north of Prague. Here and there was still some snow, but the temperature was slightly above 0 Celsius. The landscape was amazing, and in total I made 166 pics, of which you will find here only […]
Time for a nice long weekend without running around through nature, but just stay in 1 place. We arrived Friday before dinner time in a relative flat area, where we’ve been before a couple of times. We tried to find in the dark the same place where we stayed twice […]
The plan was to do a 3 day / 2 night winter hike with Tomas and my dog, in the mountains of Czech Republic. According to the weather forecast there was supposedly no more then 5 cm snow, and during the hike it would be around -3 celsius and no […]
With Jan, Linda, my dog and me, we did a 5 day hike. 3 days in snowy mountains, and 2 days in a rocky area without snow to relax a bit from the hard work in the snow. We arrived Thursday afternoon, parked the car, and went to the pub […]
Sunday early morning my dog and I went for a long morning walk in a forest north of where I live. Took some water, my axe, my DIY folding bucksaw in the hope of finding a nice burl for my kuksa. The one I made previously, cracked. The area is […]
Weekend hike with 2 friends from Holland and my colleague and his son. Sleeping place of the 2 Dutch guys. Sleeping place of my colleague and his son. My sleeping place. We hiked in at night, made a fire for dinner, and slept over, and this is the next morning […]
Just a simple nice hike in a beautiful area, with my friend Mirek and my dog. The hike went a bit different then planned, but nevertheless still nice. After we arrived on Friday evening, we put up our hammocks, and made a fire for dinner. Dinner existed of meat on […]
Enjoying a nice cigar in the forest, due to me having a successful eye laser surgery 2 weeks before. Doc said all healed well, and my vision is better then standard now 🙂
Together with a couple of friends we did this spring hike. About 44 km, several castle ruins, up and down man hills, and lots of fun.
What was supposed to be a hike, turned out to be more a lazy weekend where we decided to stay in 1 place due to it’s great surroundings. Made some fire, cooked on it, and relaxed. Mireks son also joined us for a day only.
With a friend from Holland, here a small overview of the 3 day, 2 night trip in the west of Czech Republic. After parking the car, we left the path and went straight through the fields to a hill which has a ruin on top of it. In the fields […]
Went for a day hike with my dog, in the north of Czech Republic. Wearing my recently cleaned shoe’s, and took my recently made leather axe case + a sitting pad. Package of bacon in my pocked, and ready to go.