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    Improving navigation skills?

    I'm a fair navigator having done a fairly intensive course involving 8 figure grid references on bleak Lancashire moorland in winter! Add an experiment I decided to navigate by assumption in the lake district. I was kitted out with backpacking gear, map compass, GPS etc and the weather was...
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    Prep and Pack - What's Your Method?

    I keep more or less everything inside the pack. Packing order for me is... (50l alpine pack) Sleeping bag at the bottom, squashed into a dry bag. Thermarest down the back, folded not rolled. Tent split into smaller bags to better fit in the pack, poles down the side, pegs in a gap Any spare...
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    sciatic nerve pain,

    Just ree read this thread. Since my last post of about a year ago, I've continued with Pilates and I genuinely think its the best thing I've done for my back. I'm walking properly, have not had more than the slightest back ache all year. Best one been for 10-15 years I'd say. Still have some...
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    Have you had any First Aid Training?

    I've got first aid at work, outdoor first aid and emergency management. Did all three for the ranger service. Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk 2
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    Rigging a tarp over a car boot lid?

    I sometimes rig a tarp up on the back of my pickup. It makes a very civilised shelter! Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk 2
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    What's the best bushcraft knife for a beginner? Any advice?

    Another +1 for a mora. I also have a Laplander saw and a spoon knife. Can't go wrong with a Mora. If you wreck it you lost a tenner. Same principle with axes, mine was three quid so I can 'learn' with it Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk 2
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    Craghoppers Kiwi Winter Lined Trousers - have they been withdrawn?

    Trousers are like, err, trousers really. They'll fit some and not others. I have two pairs of kiwi winter trousers and I think they're a great fit. One pair has a cottonish lining the other a 'tricot' type lining. Both are super warm. Use them for chilly walks and even a bit of light...
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    do you ever find handbags and stuff?

    When out patrolling with the ranger service we often find litter dumps. Often drug growing paraphernalia and sometimes what appears to be a house clearance. A few times we've found enough to identify the dumper and pad on the details to the appropriate department. Occasionally it ends in a fine...
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    what sak?

    I've got a climber. Everything I need not too heavy. Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk 2
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    Cold frozen Loch trool.

    Looks like a great trip! I was at Loch Trool at about the same time, arrived evening on Easter Sunday and stayed until Wednesday. (If you passed Bruce's Stone and saw some bivi-bagged legs sticking out the back of a pick-up truck -that was me! The mountains looked fantastic there, all snowy...
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    Footprints in the snow -Galloway forest

    The trail went on quote a way. I followed it about 50m then lost it. The location was quite high up, a small stream nearby, under the snow. Not an otter-likely location I'd have thought. The pattern was front left, front right, rear right, left rear. There seems to be an outer edge in front of...
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    Footprints in the snow -Galloway forest

    Hi all, I've just returned from an excellent trip to Scotland. Early in the week I was in the Galloway forest, the Loch Trool area. One day, whilst out showsnoeing near to Curleywee I came across some tracks in the snow. There were no other signs of disturbance on the ground. The snow was deep...
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    Galloway forest, Easter week.

    No teepee in my collection I'm afraid! I'm heading up in a big car so I've lots of room for lots of kit. Will be equipped for winter highland levels of snow and cold but also have kit for if it's more springlike (as if). As long as I can get into the forest park I should be able to have fun...
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    Galloway forest, Easter week.

    I'm fine with there being lots of snow about, I have the kit and the know how for crampons or snowshoes. I'm having to rethink my packing list though, its going to be a lot heavier than 12kg! I think I'll probably end up doing stuff from a base, rather than heading off for multi-day trips. That...
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    Galloway forest, Easter week.

    Last autumn I began to plan a week long trip to the Galloway forest. My plan was a few days backpacking, sleeping under a tarp and making a small camp fire to cook on. The way the weather is at the moment I think it's turning into a full on winter mountaineering trip. Anyone in the Galloway...