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Lavender and rosemary are the most common antiseptic herbs although how effective they are is somewhat dubious. Garlic is supposedly quite antiseptic but wild garlic is very rare (and protected wherever it does grow). Eucalyptus has definite antiseptic properties but although I see it fairly...

I'm shocked by some of the comments on here. Yes the guy made an error of judgement obviously, haven't we all at some time, most of us have just been lucky enough not to suffer such a severe consequence.. There may be lessons to be learned here but all the name calling does not reflect well...

I really don't see why being a veggie should be any kind of hindrance to bushcrafting. I take my food with me and don't rely on foraging - I'm not experienced enough and even if I was I don't want to spend all my time looking for stuff to eat. A survival situation is different and I think...

The waterproof base on the DD travel definitely has some disadvantages.

It's not just porous rocks like some people are saying. I once had several big bangs from flints in a fire - embers and splinters of hot rock all over the place. I would say the main danger is getting minor burns rather than actually getting hit by shrapnel (as you might say). Although after the...

Some useful stuff in that thread, I hadn't thought about a fire ban . . . hmm. I'll take photos but they may be pretty poor mobile phone jobs, I lost my camera last year. P.S. I have a wood stove from http://www.makairametal.com/outdoorgear.htm do you think this would slip under a fire ban?

We haven't really decided where to go but intend to do a lot of traveling and see as much of the country as possible. We're looking to fly out on the cheapest flight we can find to the general area so we'll probably hit a major city on arrival. We definitely want to get well up north at least at...

Last year me and a friend went on a month long driving trip to southern europe (down through italy to greece and back up via the adriatic coast). Wild camping in hammocks wherever possible. We had a great time and yesterday he suggested that we do a similar thing this year in Norway, Finland and...

I'd count that as trivial, I'm talking in terms of days - and no emergency services to help. If you can get to a hospital quicker than that you really don't need to be sewing your own skin together. If you're considering it and it's not under the most extraordinary circumstances you probably...

As a yachtsman I'm aware of some of my friends who've had training to do simple suturing in an emergency. Now if you're doing trans-oceanic sailing and possibly weeks away from help I think that makes sense however I cannot imagine a situation in which a bushcrafter or hiker would need to do...

It will provide extra insulation certainly but it won't be terribly effective because of the compression. I used a closed cell foam mat for a long time and they are very effective but bulky. Currently I'm using a self inflating pad (Gelert 3/4 length) which I'm finding extremely effective and...

If St Swithin's day does rain Forty days it will remain If St Swithin's day be fair Forty days will rain no more St Swithin's day = 15 July Demonstrably false of course.

I really don't want to hijack what's been an interesting thread so I'm happy to leave it at that.

I don't mind too much but just FYI that's actually a pretty unpleasant thing to say. a) It's very disrespectful to all the non-believers who've died defending your right to practice whatever religion you choose without interference. b) The implication that non-believers are really just...

Don't underestimate adders - a friend of mine got bitten on the ankle once and was in hospital almost a week and not fully recovered a month later. It's not like a bee sting. Beautiful animals though - last time I saw one was near Poole.

It's a tautline hitch (slipped) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautline_hitch

I don't have a lot of experience with different hammocks but I've just come back from three weeks hammocking round Europe and slept very well in my dd hammock and xxl tarp from kathmandu trekking. I don't go much for camouflage but the dpm tarp was fantastic for a quick overnighter where I...