Recent content by Sheepdog Bob

Noblewanderer, not knowing where you are, this may be of no use; when walking on the South West Coast Path you often come across old burn sites, which someone has used driftwood from the beach. This may not be technically legal but I've not heard of anyone getting into trouble, EXCEPT Newquay...

Further to my previous entry. After I got home last week, the thought surfaced from somewhere that the Marines in the Artic are taught that if they fall through ice into a lake or whatever, they have 2mins to get out of the water and 90 seconds to get out of their wet clothes and into their...

In my sleeping bag (a Survival Aids fleece 2 bagger circa 1985), I either wear nothing or thin thermals; the zips won't do up with any more - O.K., I could lose some weight. But seriously folks, if you need to wear clothes (day or otherwise) in your 'bag, you need a better bag - or at least get...

Boucaneer, In the days before mains electric & gas (pre-World War 2), for home cooking people used either solid fuel stoves, pressure stoves (Primas, etc. etc.) or wick paraffin stoves. These stoves often had 2 or 3 burners, sometimes 1 was replaced with an oven; the fuel was keeped in a...

MAB The MilSpec Fuel Containers are olive green, but they should have a red/yellow/blue/whatever clip on tags from the Ordanence filling point; or if unofficial a dab of the right colour paint. If no indicator colour it should be clean, to be filled with any hydrocarbon - in theory!!! Bob

Robbie, I do'nt have a Vulcan, but I do use every week (for shopping) a Crusader; which, as I understand, is just an older model/design. My alloy frame conforms to my back so is 'bent' both vertically and across the shoulders; the later is due mainly to my retro-fitting a chest strap. My...

Warning Folks!........Naptha is not sold over the counter in the UK as someone decided that it was carcinagenic!

I know it is'nt very survivalist, (but it is recyclist!); but Barry Davis BEM in his book "SAS Encycopidia of Survival" reccemends that the bearing block with the least friction is a small glass jar like an old fish paste jar, Page 59 Refs Bob