Adventure Blog

Journals and guides from the DD Hammocks team and special guest writers - read through the blog entries for exciting expedition reports, helpful camping tips, and inspirational photos of set-ups and spectacular scenery across the whole world!

July 17, 2017

Guest Blog: Guide to foraging on the wild side - part 2

In Part One of the foraging guide on the most useful wild bumper crops in North America, we talked about the wild plum and the blackberry. These two are far...

June 20, 2017

Girl in the trees: My first hammock camp

Before I joined Team DD back in 2015, hammocks weren’t really what I associated with camping - to me they were always whimsical woven things you’d lounge in at a...

May 18, 2017

Guest Blog: Guide to foraging on the wild side - part 1

Two Staple Wild Bumper Crops Any Smart Bushcrafter Should Be Privy To Two hundred and twenty-nine, fifteen and twenty-three percent, respectively. That would be the answer if the question was,...

April 20, 2017

Guest Blog: 7 Reasons to Bring a Tarp

My girlfriend and I balance each other out perfectly in the outdoors. She’s a climber and I’m a waterman. She knows how much food to pack, down to the calorie,...

March 21, 2017

Big Tree Country: DD goes behind the scenes

This year we were delighted to support the Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust (PKCT) with the proceeds from our 2017 wall calendar, and for a very good reason... They look...

February 4, 2017

Scouting for Hammocks!

Who are the Scouts? They represent one of the biggest and longest-standing clubs we know! Beginning in the early 20th century and with the first Scout camp held on Brownsea...

January 3, 2017

Slideshow: Best DD photos of 2016

Last year we saw you take your DD hammocks and tarps up mountains, into deep forests, across continents, in the snow, through the desert… We think a good way to...

November 30, 2016

Winter camping: Keeping warm in your hammock

Winter can get a bad rep. For many it means packing away the camping gear and avoiding the chill, willing away the cold days and dreaming of summer. We think...

September 28, 2016

Video: No-trace hammock camping

We at DD will often wax lyrical about the advantages of hammock camping, especially when you consider how environmentally-friendly it can be as a camping method. Eco-travellers, backpackers and bushcrafters...

August 23, 2016

Guest blog: Hammock camping for the motorbike tourist

It was while researching for my first big motorbike tour that I discovered camping hammocks. I'd never heard of them before. I was looking for a lightweight, easy to pack,...