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Nick Weston was selected as the resident survival expert for Shipwrecked 2008, based in the Cook Islands. He is a professionally trained chef, grows his own vegetables and often visits the country to source some wild food. Nick fills his blog, Hunter-Gathering: wild & fresh food with his passion for all things food related.

The Treehouse Diaries #2: The ‘Unit’ Arrives

Written on March 24, 2009

Photo by Nick Weston

Another weekend in Sussex and a trip over to the Kent/Sussex border to where my Treehouse wood sits dormant ready for the intense excitement of the summer to begin. The River Medway has dropped a fair bit since I was last down and looks just as full of fish as it ever has and the weather…I think spring has finally blessed the country with her long awaited annual appearance.

So what happened this weekend? What trinkets did I manage to acquire to help me on my quest for self-sufficiency? The ‘Unit’ arrived. Contrary to popular belief, a ‘Unit’ is not always the name for a ridiculously obese female, in these circumstances, the ‘Unit’ refers to my central heating unit, my source of warmth, cooking and kettle-boiling all rolled into one.

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