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If you’re not on social media, but appreciate my pictures of the great outdoors - and life in general - this is possibly the next best thing, and is constantly updated to show a selection of the most recent photos from my Instagram account.

 

 

View fullsize JANUARY 21ST!?! SERIOUSLY!?! WTAF Now I was going to say that maybe it's been a milder winter... but... that snow... on multiple occasions... the long spells under -2c... it's not exactly been warm in between either... Although I am still wearing
View fullsize They are here!! 🍄🙏🤘 Surprising request for an after-school forage today by The Gruesome Twosome, but there was nothing in particular they wanted to look for... ...so on a hunch - after all these lighter, warmer days, and loooong wet nights - we
View fullsize First private foraging walk of the year yesterday, and I took 1 picture. Yep, one 🤦‍♂️😂 But I guess, in a way, it was probably the best picture I could have taken, as it was clearly this little beauty's first foray out of the year too... we wa
View fullsize Like father like son... Spent Sunday with the smallest scrote, after realising that as my season kicks off properly this weekend, I'll be losing a lot of opportunities to spend time with him and the Big'un for the foreseeable 😬😢 So we had a morn
View fullsize Some may say it’s just wild garlic butter, but is it? Really? This is the culmination of a month's passive work, along with plenty of thinking, some decent experimentation and a whole wedge of flavour layering... 🤓😎 Originally it was inten
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View fullsize Almost everything about foraging is about the ebb and flow of the natural world, about the annual cycle of birth, growth, death and decay. It's something we hold close to our hearts, and it dictates our rhythm through the seasons. But it still doesn'
View fullsize Bonjour. It's been a LOOONG old time again... Life isn't the easiest here at the moment for these guys, with lots going on behind the scenes. But earlier this week I asked them what they wanted to do, and the unanimous response - does that count wi
View fullsize Christmassy Cranberry and Citrus Kosho, a wonderful chili based condiment. There's still time to make this and have it ready to serve with your Christmas leftover platters - a great, fresh flavoured accompaniment that adds a perfect splash of spicy
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View fullsize So yesterday I spent the day with @force_of_nature_chef, leading a lovely group of 18 hens on a forage around the area surrounding Little Middleton Tithe Barn. After that we headed back to their accommodation, where Alex and I - mainly him, but I was
View fullsize Throwback to 2022. I haven't taken any worthwhile photos for a few days, so today you get a supremely random one from exactly this time last year, when I had clearly been doing something suitably odd with wild garlic and few flowered leek... Give m
View fullsize Well, if the frogs are to be believed, spring has sprung 🌱😉🤘 #natureknows ...although I think they may have been a touch premature - in many senses - just half a metre or so from a big vernal pond... I guess if you've waited all winter though,
View fullsize On Tuesday I got to spend the afternoon with one of my 'Miso Gurus', Jackie of @umami_chef_koji, and one of my favouritest people, Chef Alex, my regular partner in crime, and head honcho at @force_of_nature_chef. They've both posted some lovely sho
View fullsize .. apparently not all parents encourage their kids to sniff hedges... Who knew? 🤷‍♂️😉 #failuretoconform #cotswoldforager #raisethemwild #experiencelifedifferently They said it smelt of almonds. It did. I checked. Obviously 👌🤘
View fullsize Today has been a great one, and I got to spend it with two of my amazingly gifted friends, @force_of_nature_chef and @umami_chef_koji, doing something super cool 🙌🤘 I promise I'll post about it at some point over the next couple of days, but in th