Your Complete Guide to Outdoor Cooking in the UK
Picture it: you’re at a campsite somewhere in the Lake District. It’s the kind of morning that reminds you why you live here — all mist and birdsong and green. You want a proper cooked breakfast. Bacon on one ring, eggs on the other, tea going simultaneously. And you want to do it without faff. … Read more
Let’s be honest — there’s nothing more dispiriting than standing in a soggy British field, cold and hungry, waiting for your single burner to finish boiling water before you can even think about cooking the sausages. If you’ve been there, you’ll understand why investing in a quality double burner camping stove is one of the … Read more
Picture this: you’re somewhere on the Cairngorm plateau, the temperature has dropped to -5°C, the wind is cutting in from the north-west like it has a personal grudge, and your trusty three-season canister stove — the one that served you so brilliantly on that sunny weekend in the Lake District back in August — is … Read more
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