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    Canoes / kayaks - family recommendations?

    I have a novacraft prospector 16 in tuffstuff expedition, in my opinion it’s closest to the original prospector design and goes well on flat water, slow moving water and can handle grade 3 rapids with a good crew. If using solo, bear in mind that paddling solo in windy conditions causes...
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    Best Mossie Repelant for Jungle trip

    Used Avon sss in the army for under the kilt, it works
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    Sleeping Bags

    I do prefer synthetic and center zips myself
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    Sleeping Bags

    I do stand corrected on the weight to warmth ratio, but I failed to mention I was on about synthetic bags only, down bags are really good, infact they are the best till they get wet as correctly stated, synthetic bags are easy dried compared to down bags when your on the go, down bags are worse...
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    Sleeping Bags

    [/URL][/IMG] [/URL][/IMG] Here is my two snugpac Antarctica re sleeping bags with expanda panels, it is extra long and DOES compress down in a Brittish army artic compression sack with the expanda panel attached, I know this because I do this with me own, you will get into this bag and I've...
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    Lightweight bivvy bags for use under a tarp

    Brittish army bivvi bag for me, nothing less, the problem u have with all this new kit is it only has one function ie issue bivvi can double as a rain cover for a rucksack or a secure airtight means of crossing fairly deep water keeping your kit dry, you can't do this with all this Gucci clobber...
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    First time bivi bag user

    The idea of the bivvi is to use with a basha (Brittish Army Standard Hotel Accomidation), but in a combat zone it is the idea that u can sleep anywhere warm and most importantly DRY, a bivvi bag works best when there is a breeze blowing over the bag as the breeze helps wisk away moisture from...
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    who's close by?

    thanks for letting me know
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    Weirauch hw35

    Weihrauch HW100KT In .177 and a hawke airmax sf 4-16x50 (for hunting)scope and jsb exact pellets all the way, 177 has a flatter trajectory than .22 making it a better option, if your plinking then use a hawke airmax sf 6-24x50. Pcp is the way to go these days, the hw100 gives of an almighty...
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    who's close by?

    Am in Kingswinford Andy, next time your out over there give me a shout, am over there with the dogs most weekends, I tend to stealth camp in the surrounding area from time to time, just don't camp as often as no one I know is interested in Bushcraft
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    Wild camping

    What about air rifles for the hunter among us (insurance cert supplied on request) who really like to live off the land?
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    Review of the Warbonnet Blackbird XLC Hammock

    http://vid44.photobucket.com/albums/f18/scottmccrone/Mobile%20Uploads/trim.5F9CD019-1873-4DA4-92D6-C3A6432645A3_zps4lz3hbnh.mp4
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    Review of the Warbonnet Blackbird XLC Hammock

    [/URL][/IMG]http://www.bushcraftbutikken.dk here's a link to a Danish site who sells them, I bought mine from the USA and the owner when I was emailing him gave me this link in Denmark and one in Sweden, when I contacted them, it was only the Danish supplier who got back to me, I loved the...
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    Review of the Warbonnet Blackbird XLC Hammock

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    Scotland - any recommendations?

    Arisaig and malaig and morar is beautiful and a dream to camp, I've been all over Sutherland in my army days and still go back, nothing compares to it,.... Just a suggestion here, why not look up kayaking in morar or arisaig on you tube to see the white sands of morar and camp on a beach with a fire