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If my maths are right then I am 1000 today. Prize will be a Ray Mears Mora 510, a hand crafted deer bone bearing block and some surprises. Entry to over 18s only I am afraid. Closing date will be 6pm Sunday. During the last week of Eastenders whilst I tried not to watch I have been making...

mmm. as it says above. I am looking for either a Tatonka Stainless Steel Handle Mug or Swiss Army Volcano Stove. Any mug with folding handles that's slightly more than 9cm across would be great. Yes - it's for part of a cook set. Though I am thinking I may swap my self made hobo stove for...

SWMBO and I are off to Devon next week. We've got a caravan down there and use it as a getaway from the pressures of looking after her elderly parents. We've been going down there for 5 or 6 years now. So the task is to see if you can find something to do within an hours travelling of Exeter...

Was up as a friends place today getting a new signed permission to shoot on her paddock to clear out pesky bunnies. "oh.." she says go and speak to Jim down the way - he needs them sorted too". "Great" says I. Then the best bit - "The lady up on the hill has some land you might want to speak to...

I've put up a new blog post about the contents of my fire kit, including pics. Have a read http://bushcraftlife.info

Won't post loads as I'm sure most know how. If not look at my blog for the hows and doings... Here's the tools and stuffs: I have to say I cheat and use a camp stove. But it's quick and easy. The results (no comments about dirty nails now)...

Made this today: A really simple bow made using only this: More about it on my blog. I really do wish I'd got some pictures of it in use. It fires quite well, fast and strong. And it's made from privet - who'd have thought.

This is the finished article. Need to get better at photos. Looks better in real life, kind of like ivory or bone. The carving is highlighted with cinnamon - no idea if I did it right but it looks nice. More on my blog.

Originally from my blog (there's more there too...) I occasionally (ok - quite often) like to whittle away at sticks. Sometimes it's idle whittling and sometimes it has a purpose. The purpose does, not sure what this says of my carving skills, seem to end in more wood chips and sawdust than...

originally from my blog DON'T SPEND LOADS OF MONEY ON STUFF!!!!! I had to do that whole shouty thing, as it's a massive lesson I've learnt. I have one whole wardrobe and most of another one just full of stuff I really don't need and on reflection simply shouldn't have bought. This...

This was originally posted on my blog. Tony asked me to post it in full so enjoy... For me a big part of what I call bushcraft is the skills and practices of ancient man. How our ancestors lived and the skills they had that ensured enough of them survived for us to be here today. Here I'm...

Made one of these tonight - takes no time - smells like chips... I say how to make it on my blog but they are really simple and fun. Nice warm orange flame. But they do smell.

Though I'm way off some of the bushcraft giants on here I'd really like to grow something usefull - so let me know what you think. Link in signature line below...

Whilst out in the woods today I found a perfect example of why you need to know your plant id if picking edibles... Have a look a this and say why...

Oh everything has been bonkers. But I have some breathing space in my life so I'm going to get some more time for the outdoors. With this in mind I'm hoping to get out much more, do more inside, post on here more, and actually keep a proper blog. Have a look at my blog...

Ok. So last night i trundled off into the woods for a solo night. Been into these woods a few times for tracking and such but not not been allowed to camp until now so I jumped at the chance now I am. Got my camp set up and a brew on and its now about 7:30 pm. Then this happens.... A roe buck...

I have just removed about 60ft of 5-6ft high privet hedge from my garden. It varies from 4 inch diameter to twigs. Is there anything I can do with it. I'd guess it'd carve easily and looks nice with the bark stripped off. Is it safe for food use? Some of the longer straight bits I'm...

Whilst rummaging round the Book Barn I found a bound copy of all 52 pamphlets in the 1945 series "Craftsmen's Library". It covers loads of stuff from carving to leatherwork and weaving and silver work and decoy making and veg dying cloth and wool. Loads and loads of interesting stuff in there...

Whilst out tidying the garage I found an old billhook in a box. It was filthy, pitted and quite rusty where it wasnt painted. I have cleaned it up and removed 90% of the rust and it is looking a whole load better. It will need a new handle and thats no problem. Any advice on wood would be...

Later in the year (sometime in the next couple of months) Amazon are going to allow book sharing on Kindles so that people can lend books for a couple of weeks to others. I have a few books that I've downloaded and am wondering if there are any others that got a Kindle for Christmas that may be...