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About

My name is Monica Shaw. I’m an avid walker, camper, and cook. I love to create awesome food experiences in wild places. I also love solitude. I love walking. And I love sleeping in tents.

This website is for other folks like me who want to create awesome experiences in the wonderful outdoors. This includes the best places to camp (campsites and wild camping), backcountry recipes, favourite walking snacks, recipes for dehydrated camping food, perfect packed lunches, and checklists and how-to guides to inspire your adventures and make prep just a little bit easier.

I live in Wiltshire and do most of my adventuring around the UK. Favourite haunts include: the Brecon Beacons, Snowdonia, and Dartmoor.

I get a lot of help with this website from my partner in crime, Andrew, who is always there to encourage my most ambitious food experiments, and to always put a smile on my face when we inevitably get caught in this wonderful British weather. I also share most of my outings with my terrier, Lucky.

 

Tin cup toast in the Berwyn Mountains
Wild camping rucksacks
Rhinogs wild camping

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Busy times at ESW HQ restocking after a busy Chris Busy times at ESW HQ restocking after a busy Christmas. I was accidentally sent some red chillies for my Trailblazer Hot Sauce. I could have sent then back but they looked so good I decided to keep them. Currently thinking I’ll smoke them with hickory, but who knows! … there could be a special edition Trailblazer coming soon!
Escape to a corner of our neighbourhood that actua Escape to a corner of our neighbourhood that actually has some hills! An invigorating 7-ish miles from Bisely with better than expected weather, two happy hounds, great views, hidden gems, and predictably much mud! Unparalleled conversation provided by the always entertaining @simasunflower, fellow female foodie entrepreneur, dog lover, strong person, and all around badass. 
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Campervan cooking. First meals! Appreciating that Campervan cooking. First meals! Appreciating that a little bit of convenience can go a long way while still enabling great food and fresh ingredients. Prep-prepped #barbacoa made for killer campervan tacos with shredded cabbage, avocado, and our house-made hot sauce, salsa macha, and pickles (all in the ESW shop). Lunches were made easy with some minestrone I cooked and dehydrated at home. We also used some of @desihealthycurry's curry kits to make a deeelish fish stew and cauliflower curry on our first night. All made on the #jetboil - no kitchen installed just yet. Good times! More tales of our first night out on the blog (link in profile).⠀
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Campervan conversion diaries! New post on the blog Campervan conversion diaries! New post on the blog: tales from our FIRST NIGHT OUT. Destination #Dartmoor. A New Year's Eve adventure to remember! And an opportunity to prioritise next steps in the van build. For example: Privacy curtains! You can read more about the trip and the project over on the website (link in bio).⠀
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Been a while since I’ve posted a #sourdough loaf Been a while since I’ve posted a #sourdough loaf so here’s a shot of this week’s bake (cuz, you know, #lockdownbaking and all!). I’ve been taking some downtime this January to recover from Christmas (and other things 🦠) but am slowly ramping things back up. One thing never stops, though, and that’s my happy sourdough starter, fed with a blend of organic rye and white flours from @shiptonmill.  If you’re wanting to have a go at sourdough yourself, you can buy sourdough starter and eBook over in the shop (the eBook is only £3 and the starter comes with a free copy so why not). I’m so chuffed by all the folks out there who’ve been having success with my instructions, focused on baking in a bog standard home oven. Head over to shop.eatsleepwild.com or click the link in my bio and click on Fermented Foods under Basecamp Essentials. Happy baking!
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