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My name is Tom Smallwood and here you will find my posts and those of guests, on the positive effects of time spent outdoors.

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MicroAdventure on the Lincolnshire Coast [Video]

October 9, 2017

There is nothing as liberating as not caring if your knees are dirty and it is a form a freedom which is so easily attainable for young an old.

At home I wash my hands and I prepare food with a huge array of clean utensils on various chopping boards. We have devices for all sorts of things; to crush and shave and squeeze and slice, to crack, to grind, to store, to core, for peel or rind.

In the wild I use one fork for everything. I drop it in the earth, sand or grass and I pick it up. I may dab a bit of water on it (if I am not rationing it) but as often as not I end up with some crunchy grains in my food. If I light a fire my hands are sooty as are the sausages. I put things down in the grass, I blow dirt off the bread, I eat with my hands and lick my filthy fingers, I share a spoon and I re-use my cup. I wipe my hands on my dirty top. 

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In the latter scenario I don’t complain. In fact my 6 year old doesn’t complain that her morning hot chocolate tastes a little of last night's baked beans. She doesn’t complain that she has to wee in the grass or that her shoe is filled with sand. 

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There is nothing as liberating as not caring if your knees are dirty. It is a taste of freedom. 

This weekend I took my daughter out for another microadventure; her second wild camp. On Friday we jumped in the car straight after school and headed up to Lincolnshire to see my parents and then hooked up with Dan for a night on the wild east coast. 

Here is what happened: 

With thanks to our Adventure Mentor, Dan, for his research.

Tags Wild Camping, MicroAdventure
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