Outdoor Activities

Time spent in the great outdoors hiking, backpacking, camping, fishing, paddling, and shooting. Anything well away from the madding crowd.

Evening light on Buck Hollow – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two.

Preparing dinner – Chicken curry for dinner, the wood stove’s up and running, and if you look closely you’ll see that the campfire’s all ready for lighting once dinner is over. 4

Afternoon swim – Two or three steps back from where I am standing in this picture and it’s six to eight feet deep. Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two. Slideshow: +5

Camp life (cont.) – Heating some water on my Fancee Feest cat-can alcohol stove. I was being lazy, and couldn’t be bothered to light the woodstove just to heat up some hot dogs and boil water for a cup of tea. Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two. 2 pictures

Camp life – Relaxing in Piney Creek Wilderness – I put my wet shirt and a pair of shorts on for this picture. They came off as soon as I’d taken it. Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two. 5

Mossy – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two.

Morning Tea – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two.

Table Rock Lake from the water’s edge. Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two. 2 pictures

Stormy sunset – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day One.

Glimpse – because the lake-side trees were in the lake it was hard to get a clear view.

Temporary shelter – I quickly put the tarp up so I could get out of the rain. Quickly, but not before I had a swim. Piney Creek Wilderness – Day One.

Storm clearing – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day One.

Gary on the ‘Farm Track Trail’ at Piney Creek Wilderness – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day One.

Once more unto the trails dear friends1 (three days in Piney Creek Wilderness) – Rain, thunder, a flooding lake, wading, and bushwhacking make for a different start to a weekend’s R&R. Piney Creek Wilderness. Journal: 13 44

A wet hike back to the trailhead – I hoped I’d beat the storm, but I didn’t. Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail. Two-minute read, 3 pictures

Mid-hike posing – What the well-dressed English hiker wears abroad – I’m not going to win any fashion awards. It’s just as well I didn’t meet any people on the trail. Three-minute read.

Flowering meadow – Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.

Selfie with the Cab – It looked like someone had been doing some close range target practice. Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.

Another good thing about my chair… I discovered that my chair comes in useful to keep all my gear on as I break camp.

‘Cab Creek’ – Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail. 3 pictures

Drying my clothes and enjoying the sun – No, I wasn’t really wearing camo undies, but your eyes are not deceiving you, for the sake of modesty, in this picture I am.

Camped by ‘Cab Creek’ – Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.

Camped by ‘Cab Creek’ – Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.

All lit up – Day One, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.

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