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Speak to Dave Budd he is in our area, users a forge so he will know if anyone does Basha

Hedgerow medicine Julie burton-seal & Matthew Seal Guide to Edible and Medicinal Plants of Britain and Northern Europe Edmund LaunErt look on amazon

I'll say no for now, is there a garden close by ? Could be a garden plant gone on the lose ? Sea beet is a darker green with shiny waxy looking leaf not pointed like this plant Basha

Do you not get issued a PLB like the romad heard that some lads in Nigeria got issued them while on the rigs would help in location if not able to make ERV. Etc by all accounts not too much money either if I remember right they can be set up in different ways to either constant monitor or you...

A brew of nettles and lemon is supposed to help alleviate it ! The only thing that works for me is day nurse or if I'm not working night nurse Dave

I have both, it's all about judging distance and like I say practice we had to use all sorts of hand tools when I first start forestry before they let us loose on the machinery lol

I've never had any issues with the watch method, only normally use it for a quick rough direction if I need accuracy then I'd use a map and compass not got one of those thingy mi jiggy gps things ;-) Dave

To be honest the sickle is a great tool to use, and maintained it will last for years and is quiter on the ears, with practice you'll stop hitting the fence ! Like most edge tools its only any good being very sharp otherwise you'll just knock the grass and weeds over ! And do make sure you have...

Yep they are hard to find these days for some reason, I'm guessing somewhere thee is a MOD store waiting to be opened that's got stacked shelves full of them ;-) one of the lads in cadets years ago had one not much room compared to the Airborne/SAS Bergen. I have two 1960-70 issue SAS a frame...

Why axes ? Well for me why not, it does the job it,s meant to do simple as Basha

Get a plastic 1 litre bottle fill it with tap water then had a spoonful of sugar ..... That would be about it !! Like others have said unless you really need it or are doing something with it not worth the bother. Worth doing it once though just so you see ! Dave

I think the problem Is not with our age but how we abused our body's when younger and the types of work we did, I'm gonna be 40 in September when I left school I went into forestry, years of using chainsaws, winching timber and loads of needling down in cold wet mud fencing ! Has damaged my...

The Dutch basha is ripstop and folds up into its own pouch it is DPM Its just a matter of finding one from local surplus or e bay Basha

We have some pink flowering sorrel down here, I've eaten it it with no I'll effects Dave

Nice meeting you Steve was chatting to you when we were listening to Leon about the moon compass Basha (Dave)

Hi Chris, I'm sure you are aware but just in case the woods have taken a right battering with the larch disease, was a bit of a shock to drive in the gate and to see most of the left hand side of the woods clear felled, hope the chap in felling can keep it at bay. Other than that the RV...

It is a amphetamine used by pilots in ww2 to keep them going a bit longer on missions apparently Basha

Gonna go Aspen as well Basha

If Ray used a billhook on his next series you wait and see the prices go up on flee bay, to be honest they have already along with old axe heads etc Each to their own at the end of the day, I have parangs and a billhook, you just have to remember what you have in your hand when chopping, if...

I have the mini, the wildlife and the sfa and they all get used esp the sfa doing the kindling the great thing about the GB axes is they are a piece of art, they are beautiful to look at and use, also just recently I had my sfa chip a large section of the blade while cleaning up a stump I sent...