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  1. wingstoo

    Help requested in the Glasgow area URGENT!!!!

    I have just read on facebook that a volunteer with "Remember my baby" in the Glasgow area has had her flat broken into and had her photographic equipment stolen, a list of which is below... Can anyone in the Glasgow area please put this out there in the hope that it might get this equipment...
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    One of those proud dad moments...

    I just received this from my eldest daughter... So thought I should shout it from the roof tops
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    On the TV now...

    Stuart Mitchell on the "I never knew that about Britain" show... Showing where Stainless steel was discovered...Sheffield! I guess it will be on itv +1 in a little while if you missed it.
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    Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela has died. RIP Nelson.
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    Your favorite outdoor place to go as a youngster

    When I was a pre-teen a few of us used to go to an old railway track that had its tracks removed to look for any wildlife, Myself, my brother and one of the other preteens along the street built hides so we could watch the wide variety of wildlife that had set up home on the stony track base, at...
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    Teenagers found cold, tired and frightened on DofE walk

    http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/10752878.Teenagers_found__cold__tired_and_frightened__after_getting_lost_in_the_Black_Mountains/?ref=rss&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed Looks like they did the correct thing with the sitting it out in a tent, and they had completed their route cards...
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    Got this off dad today

    I have used library pics to illustrate... The markings on the blade and the marlin spike along with the wooden handle seem to point towards it being between 1930 and 1945... Sadly it will become a bit of a drawer king as it is a gravity blade...:( It has been re-sharpened so not in...
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    Farmoor Reservoirs new woodland area

    Hi Folks, Just wondering how many of you live near to the Farmoor reservoir about 5miles west of Oxford? I am hoping to get a visit in there in about 10 days time to see the new and quite small woodland that has been planted there in memory of my Brother who died last year, he was a keen...
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    Expedition training

    "IF" a 13 year old scout weighing 8st/112Lb/50Kg arrived for their first two day/one night expedition training with a rucksac and kit weighing 33Lb/15Kg/2.35St would you let them walk with that weight? Or would you get the weight down before they left?
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    "Carry on Santa, It's Christmas day, all is secure."

    An old one...But a good one, please copy and send to all that you can Christmas Poem Santa Claus and the Soldier Twas the night before Christmas He lived all alone in a one bedroom house made of plaster and stone. I had come down the chimney with presents to give, and to see just who...
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    Nearly that time of year again. Lest we forget

    Please wear yours with pride Wings
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    Christchurch New Zealand EARTHQUAKE!!!

    http://www.eworldpost.com/new-zealand-earthquake-2010-%E2%80%93-a-strong-one-indeed-12923.html Has anyone else heard anymore on the 7.1 Earthquake that struck 30Km from ChCh NZ. So far I have heard that there has been serious injuries and fortunately no deaths reported, there is some serious...
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    Speed hooks and Yoyo reals are legal in UK

    I have been in contact with the Environment Agency over the last few months about the use of Speed hooks and Yoyo reels. I think you will be surprised by what I have been told. Here is the email I received today, read it carefully and you will see that you are legally allowed to use both...
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    Aluminium 58 water bottle cup

    Yes, you read that correctly... I was given a bag of kit today and in amongst the other clothing type stuff was a "topless" 58 pattern water bottle and on its bottom an aluminium mug... Near perfect fit to the bottle Two fold down handles black in colour (most of it) No top folded rim...
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    smilies

    Does this help any Wanderin?:)
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    Help for Heroes (H4H)

    Hello to all on here, just thought I would post an update on the Help for Heroes appeal, this article is from the RAF news. http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/index.cfm?storyid=F4E04DF1-1143-EC82-2E3E575FE241DE88 I know a lot of you good people have been helping to raise funds for this cause, so...
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    The SAS Survival Handbook

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    I'm making a trailer for my bike...

    Hi Folks, Well a friend came good and some wheels arrived this morning for me to make a trailer for my bike with.... I had many ideas about how I was going to fix these to the trailer but when they arrived all that had to be changed as they were quite different to what I had thought they...
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    TV celeb came to learn some Bushcraft

    Hi Folks. We had a TV celebrity come and join us for some really basic Bushcraft lessons over the weekend... We were also joined by the very talented "Chicken of the Wood" who as many of you are aware is great at foraging for food... So, What can our mystery guest do... Making fire... I...
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    Steve Irwin

    Steve has been killed making a wildlife programme, apparently stung by a Stingray.... Not exactly Bushcraft, but... Thoughts to family... LS http://news.google.com/news?q=steve+irwin&hl=en&lr=&rls=DVXE,DVXE:2005-37,DVXE:en&sa=X&oi=news&ct=title