'A sprained ankle, dodgy knee or iffy tummy? When you've got the best of friends in your gang, no problem!' Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃 (This oldie I like simply because it depicts a sort of unlikely triumph of optimism!)

"And now - watch carefully! - all you do is explain to the snake that you've got a much bigger and JUICIER sister or brother it could eat instead..." Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way. 👍🏼😃 (An oldie from a year ago - complete with handy survival tip!)

From time to time, it's important to celebrate even the littlest of triumphs in life... Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃 (This one a personal favourite from a while ago)

Thinking of the loss to us of actor Sam Neill... I met him at a 'wrap party' after the completion of a Hollywood film years ago and was so struck at the time by the interest he took in all those gathered around him. A genuine listener. 👍🏼

From time to time we ALL need a little extra something to get us going... Upbeat sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.😃👍🏼 (This one s personal fav. from a while ago)

KEYS TO RESILIENCE- stuff I've picked up over many years isolated in remote terrain: "There are old pilots and bold pilots but no old bold pilots." Something my father, a Vulcan test pilot, would have said re recklessness. (Meanwhile, fledgelings pre first flight - spotted just yesterday...)

'And remember, it's important we make our escape in STYLE!' Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of- the-day to help you on your way. 😃👍🏼 (This one a favourite from a while ago)

Even in the closest of relationships, there has to be a bit of 'give and take...' Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way! 😃👍🏼 (This one an Oldie that I've just spotted from a couple of years ago)

"So what exactly has Mr Croc found to celebrate THIS time?" Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way. (This one, another personal favourite from a while back👍🏼😃)

Spends too much time on the screen, not enough time exploring? Grab a copy for your child (or Godchild or grandchild) now! Heaps of inspiring stuff for the Summer. (Ages 8-13 but frankly gripping tales and fun for anyone) @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

"That's right, Mr Croc! You show him what a little fella can do!" Sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the day to help you on your way. (This one a favourite from a while ago)

"You see? We hung on in there as a team - and now the bad times are behind us." Sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way! 😃👍🏼 This one a favourite from a couple of years ago.

Have you - or your child - ever wondered what to put in a survival kit? Or how to build a shelter in the Amazon? If not, then perhaps how to escape the World's Most Wanted Man?! Here's some perfect summer reading for adventures of ALL ages! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Getting by with a little help from your friends... (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way. 👍🏼😃 This one a personal favourite from a while back.)

"Off we go, everyone! Adventure awaits!" Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch -of-the-day to help you on your way. (This one from a while back, as I'm on my hols; take care out there!😃👍🏼)

KEYS TO RESILIENCE- stuff I've picked up over years isolated in remote terrain: "Most people do not have original opinions. They repeat what they heard from someone louder, richer or more popular." (Dostoevsky) A bit dispiriting - so here's a cheery pic of me rounding up camels in May, Mongolia!👍🏼😃

Your Summer reading? "Altogether extraordinary," Colin Thubron called it - and quite right too. Charlie Walker tells his tell of an explorer finding freedom - and then imprisonment - in Siberia. Compelling stuff!

KEYS TO RESILIENCE- stuff I've picked up over many years isolated in remote terrain: Be a Happy Warrior - communicate a sense of hope to your followers. (Presently lying beside a field of barley as the sun rises in Eastern Bohemia)

End of school year now for Freddie - so an end to the sandwich wrappers, at least for the Summer. Been fun sharing these, after our mad daily dash to be out of the house at 07:30. To be continued in some form or other... Thanks for enjoying them, if you have been!

"A few months on, and it was time to leave our little desert island. All I had to do now was convince my companion Buster that the coconut raft would float..." (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you - and son Freddie - on your way.)

At last! The perfect gift for the child in your life who's a budding explorer! 🏕️🛶🚶‍♀️🐍🕷️ Lots of thrilling stuff and inspiration in my latest book (this for 8-13 year olds) THE NINE TIMES I NEARLY DIED. Do secure a copy before the Summer Hols are on their way! Bargain price -just £8.95 @WalkerBooksUK

"Day 203 on the desert island, and it's fair to say that my relationship with Buster was now definitely going through a sticky patch..." (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day, to help you - and son Freddie - on your way👍🏼😃)

At last it's here: a cure for the so-called 'Anxious Generation'! It's my latest book - inspiring tales of daring-do and loads of survival tips, all aimed at encouraging a spirit of resilience instead of victimhood: for kids 8-13, and in fact explorers of ALL ages! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

KEYS TO RESILIENCE- stuff I've picked up over many years isolated in remote terrain "A comfort zone is a lovely place, but nothing ever grows there." (Feeling the altitude as I climbed a summit last month, Russian-Mongolia border.)

Six months or so went by, and though we had a plentiful food supply - coconuts - it was clear there wouldn't be peace round here till a certain SOMEONE got his precious Custard Creams back... (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day, to help you on your way👍🏼😃)

"At last - and this took three whole days of perseverance - I had MASTERED the rocket. All that remained was to learn a little more about navigation..." (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day, to help you on your way👍🏼😃)

KEYS TO RESILIENCE- stuff I've picked up over many years isolated in remote terrain. "If you've got nowhere yet, be bold." That is, there's no point in playing it safe by protecting a good result that you haven't yet obtained! (Lady archers I was with recently in Mongolia)

KEYS TO RESILIENCE- stuff I've picked up over many years isolated in remote terrain. "Feeling powerless? Remember that alone we've always been a puny species. Only together, we are not." (This morning, protest against the move by Trumpian Prime Minister Babiš to control the Czech media)

"That's what I find so exciting about our wonderful world - you never quite know what you might encounter when exploring it..." (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day, to help you on your way👍🏼😃)

KEYS TO RESILIENCE- stuff I've picked up over many years isolated in remote terrain. "You've got more in you than you think." (Whether it's a run in the local park, or here, nearing a summit in Mongolia, your mind will tell you to stop long before your body really needs to)