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It just didn’t look that difficult. True, the log I was staring at had the girth of a small horse, and the water that was pushing up against it leaped…

Sep 26 •

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Sep 26 •

August 2023

(This video is of two young grizzlies high in the mountains above the lodge cooling off. We captured the footage as part of our trail camera project…

Aug 19 •

July 2023

The Art of Finding Bears

It's been nearly two decades since I set out to become a bear guide in the wilds of Canada. For a child of the English Home Counties who thought that…

Jul 2 •

June 2023

Spring Scouting

One of our pre-season tasks in the spring is to check out the trails we use to watch bears. Some are blocked by rock slides, others still covered in…

Jun 7 •

April 2023

War & Wilderness

Listen now (11 mins) | I talk to Deutsche Welle about my time as a war correspondent, my decision to move to the Canadian wilderness, and why I now…

Apr 30 •

March 2023

I had never seen so many bears in one place. And they came in all shapes and sizes. Some tall and lanky, as if their frame had been built first and the…

Mar 21 •

Wild Bear Vets 2023

Announcing our new charity initiative to help injured Ukrainian soldiers

Mar 1 •

February 2023

Three Weeks in Ukraine

I have just returned from three weeks in eastern Ukraine, where I was writing for my newsletter Back to the Front (and The Spectator) and doing research…

Feb 10 •

January 2023

Back in Ukraine

A year after I last visited I am back in Ukraine. My plan is to head for Kyiv and points east for a week or so before researching possibilities for a…

Jan 18 •

Wild Bear Lodge 2023

I can’t pretend I wasn’t a little nervous. It was to be the first season I had run at Wild Bear Lodge since Covid first struck – and the first since…

Jan 1 •

July 2022

Packing for a Mountain Trip

The trail was getting steeper, the brush thicker, and I was carrying a voluminous backpack containing a two-man tent, winter-rated sleeping bag …

Jul 9, 2022 •

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