My name is Russ Pierre and love to spend as much time outdoors as possible. I ride bikes both on and off road,  I'm a surfer, and walk with my family, that includes my Boarder Terrier and Trail Dog in Training, Kylo. I like to spend time in the woodland doing bushcraft and learning new skills, or doing photography,  or just sitting on a rock and listening.  Take a look in the gallery and you'll get a better picture.

Having so many interests I have a mind filled with a plethora of ideas about what to write, so to simplify this I decided to just write anything I want; as long as it's related to being outdoors, and enjoying the environment around me here in the Wild West of Cornwall, but also on our adventures a family.  If an audience appears then that's just great, and with an aim to inspire one or two people, who knows. If not, well then this is just a journal for family to look back upon.

Oh...and why Chunky Brother? I picked up the name some years back through a friend I surf with. On greeting each other we would use the term 'Chunky Brother' as this kind of self depricating way to describe our physiques. My wife says I look like an egg cup in a wetsuit, and as for what I resemble in Lycra, well...hold that thought, there's a blog post in that one somewhere.

I hope you enjoy what I write, I really hope that anyone reading this might find my posts interesting and on occasion useful. Please check back and add a comment.