Hands digging sand from a wheel with recovery boards

September 19, 2026 · 9 min

Boards, Shovel and Strap: The Kit I Carry

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September 2026

2 videos

  1. Cooking for Two on a Single Burner

    Rice, onions and a tin of sardines on a gravel bank by the road.

    A gravel road over an Atlas pass above a red village
  2. My First Full Week of Desert Driving

    Seven days, one old 4x4, and everything I got wrong in the first three.

    A 4x4 crossing a desert piste toward dunes