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    Chestnuts at Asda 10p a bag.

    Store them cool and dark Craig and they'll keep well. We use to collect them as kids and ate them throughout the winter. Some do go bad obviously, but most kept for a few months easy. Cheers Ness ;)
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    Funny

    Ohhh Coffee through nose moment!!! thats funny :lmao:
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    Spruce Chewing Gum?

    Ogri- do all the resins work and taste the same? Does one work better as gum than others? Cheers Ness:)
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    Spruce Chewing Gum?

    I never even heard of it before. Wonder if there is any black spruce in Scotland :P Cheers Ness :)
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    Trip to Finland - shall we try and plan it

    'Fin- Moot' :p Jealous already- please post a lot of photos! Cheers Ness :)
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    Teach me about Wool Blankets

    What about Polish ones? Are they any good? How about this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230674208459 Cheers Ness :)
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    Teach me about Wool Blankets

    Dutch Army ones it is then :) I can always throw the wool brick at the kids for getting the blanket dirty :lmao: or give them a cheapo fleece blanket? hmmm maybe not....
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    Teach me about Wool Blankets

    Some good links there- cheers :D So is there much difference in warmth between the blankets? We've got some of those survival blankets in the car, for emergencies. They dont give you the same psychological boost as a real blanket does in the cold ;). There is just something about wool...
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    Teach me about Wool Blankets

    Endicotts is always sold out :( Where is the Fabric Bazaar Toddy? Might get to put my new Sewing machine to good use :) Cheers Ness:)
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    Teach me about Wool Blankets

    As the title says, I'd like to know more about the difference in Wool blankets. I'm looking to stock the car with some decent blankets for the coming winter- just in case....:rolleyes: I've look on ebay etc and there is a huge variety of wool blankets for sale. Tartan Rugs British...
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    Scottish Tablet beating and sore arm solution.

    Cant beat hairdryers for de-frosting freezers!! I wouldnt have thought to use the Iron though :lmao: Cheers Ness :)
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    tinned butter

    The tub ones work well. The butter preservation I mentioned before works too, as you only take out a cube at a time and as long as the rest is left covered with the salt solution it stores. ATB Ness :)
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    my baskets

    Nice work John :D What do you do to the brambles to make them into usable material? Do they need dried, soaked, processed, de-thorned? Cheers Ness :)
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    tinned butter

    There is also an old-fashioned way of keeping butter in salted water. Cut butter into cubes, sterilise containers that have a tight closing lid. Boil water and add 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per cup of water. Let the saltwater cool. Pack cubes of butter loosely into the sterilised...
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    Bell tent questions

    Thanks Martyn, that sounds very promising. Our current tent does the same when you touch the walls when its been pouring rain. How long does it take to dry our from completely sodden? And a lovely spot you've got there too ;) ATB Ness :)
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    Comrie Croft indoor Bushcraft boot sale

    CARP!!! I knew there was something I had planned to do yesterday, totally forgot about the bootsale :(
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    Comrie Croft indoor Bushcraft boot sale

    We'll try and be there :) Just back from holidays on friday. ATB Ness :) Edit: Forgot to say: saturday afternoon only
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    Bell tent questions

    So what is the best water proofing material to use on a Bell tent? Anyone got any favourites? Cheers Ness :)
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    Bell tent questions

    Wow Martyn, that write up was exactly what I had been looking for :You_Rock_ Plenty to think about, but it looks like a Bell tent is the way forward for us Cheers Ness ;)
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    Bell tent questions

    Cheers Liam and Toddy we'll see if there are a few more answers then :) Some suppliers say that a 4m tent sleeps 6 people, some say 2, thats why i wondered about peoples actual experiences. I think we might have found a way of getting a bell tent from the Dutch manufacturers, which will...