Your Complete Guide to Outdoor Cooking in the UK
There’s a particular kind of suffering that only British campers know. You’ve just scrambled up a rain-lashed fell in the Lake District, your waterproofs are doing their valiant best, and all you want — with every fibre of your soggy being — is a hot brew and something edible. That’s the precise moment your cheap … Read more
There’s a particular kind of joy in standing on a windswept ridge in the Lake District, watching a small flame coax water to a rolling boil while the rest of the world carries on below. The kettle’s on. Sort of. And it weighs roughly the same as a digestive biscuit. That, in essence, is what … Read more
There’s a moment every British hiker knows. You’ve hauled yourself up a Dartmoor tor in horizontal drizzle, your waterproofs are doing their best, and you are desperately ready for a hot cup of tea. This is not a metaphor. This is Tuesday in the Peak District. And the difference between a brilliant day out and … Read more
There’s something almost comforting about a Campingaz 206 stove. It’s been part of British camping culture for decades — the sort of kit your dad probably owned, and your grandad definitely did. Small enough to tuck into the corner of a daysack. Simple enough to use half-asleep at 6am on a drizzly Dartmoor morning. And … Read more
There’s a particular kind of dread that sets in around 6pm on a campsite in the Lake District when the drizzle’s just started, the kids are hungry, and you’re crouched over a stove trying to thread a gas canister onto a regulator with fingers that have lost all feeling. I’ve been there. Most British campers … Read more
You’re standing in a layby somewhere in the Lake District, rain hammering the car roof, and you’ve just realised your brand-new stove won’t connect to the gas canister you bought at the last petrol station. Sound familiar? If it does, you’re not alone — and if it doesn’t, you’re only one shopping mistake away from … Read more
There’s a moment — somewhere on a rain-lashed hillside in the Peak District, hands numb, waterproofs doing their level best — when a reliable screw top camping stove stops being a piece of gear and becomes something more like a small miracle. You twist it onto your gas canister, click the igniter, and suddenly there’s … Read more
There’s a particular kind of magic in making a proper brew at the top of a misty Welsh hillside, rain threatening from the west and wind doing its absolute worst. That’s precisely where a single burner camping stove earns its keep — and where a bad one will leave you cold, hungry, and quietly reconsidering … Read more