My Wild Man Bucket List

  Lots of people have a long list of things they want to do in their lifetime. This is just a relatively short list of things I want to do in the near future, all in the great outdoors. Catch a Lobster – This has got to be the diamond of underwater foraging. I’d either like to snorkel for one or a bit more realistically, by using a pot. Zipline – I’d love to have a go at one of…

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Removing and Painting the Rear Badges on a VW T4

  So the rear badges on your Transporter have seen better days, now you want to remove them, either permanently or to give them some TLC, here is how.   I’m trying to make all of my van black and red. These chrome rear badges were a bit tatty looking and had been bothering me for a long time.   Removing them takes a bit of skill and patience. You also need a hairdryer and some fishing line. These badges…

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Scarlett Ruocco Creates Bespoke Art For Wild Tide

  I bumped into fellow blogger Scarlett Ruocco on Twitter and I am sure glad I did. Scarlett is a London based graphic designer and illustrator, who when she isn’t flicking through Vogue magazine (whilst sipping on a fine coffee), creates beautiful artwork influenced by a mixture of picture book illustration and artists such as James Jean. These images are based upon Cornwall and it’s enigmatic coast and have been created especially for Wild Tide by Scarlett, who has ties…

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Wingsuit Flight with Amazing Water Landing

  This video is incredible it shows French man Raphael Dumont (who is 31 and from Chamonix) completing the first ever wingsuit jump with water landing. He doesn’t use a parachute at any point during the flight. He just glides all the way from the top of the mountain down to the lake, eventually skimming the surface and then plopping in. Check. It. Out:

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Get Dapper – Autumn

  Brown leaves falling all around. You need to be looking dapper in this new Autumn season, so put those shorts, the havaianas and that Hawaiian shirt into hibernation until warmer times. Get dapper – with clothes like this:  

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