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I'm not really a "bushcrafter" in the strictest sense but do some wild camping in some pretty remote spots and, as such, I like to travel light and so when I got a good deal on a Vaude Power Lizard SUL 1 - 2 person tent (who on earth thought up that name?) I went for it. Most of my camping looks...

Has anyone tried one of the Naturehike tents? They appear to be a Chinese company making tents that are a rip off of standard and successful designs and I'd seen a fellow angler report that he bought the one man version of their Cloud-up tent for a quick few days out with very little hope of...

After my Hebridean photos post I thought to put one up of typical moorland plantlife. Many will be bryophytes, basically moss, and I'm not at all sure that they were all taken in the Hebrides as with such photos it is hard to tell apart from going back and finding the original pic to see when it...

For no reason at all other than that it has been a cold and miserable weekend when I couldn't get out as much as I'd like I've been playing with some older photos taken on Lewis or Harris over the last few years. The selection was almost random, I have some worse photos and some better ones, it...

Following on from very positive reviews from Quixoticgeek of this parish I decided to give the Exped Lightning 60l rucksack a try as I was in the market for a lightweight bag suitable for overnight camping and fishing trips. Julia had said the bag was very comfy and that it was great at...

I've no connection at all and know this isn't exactly on the bushcraft message but thought to mention that Uttings currently have the Vaude Power Lizard 1 - 2p SUL tent at £200. This is the best price I've seen them at and I've seen them make more second hand so thought to mention it...

The forecast is for an extreme geomagnetic storm at some point in the next 48 hours, so arriving on 2nd or 3rd November. It looks like it could be a biggie and that aurora will be visible across the whole of the UK assuming that it arrives during the hours of darkness and that you have cloud...

I need to get my weight down. This year was the first year I camped and I didn't want to put a lot of money into it until I would see if it worked for me. In the end I enjoyed it. Now although I haven't camped before I'm out in remote areas a lot so it isn't that I'm carrying lots of stuff...

There have been a few midges about for quite a while now but the cold weather has really set them back and they haven't been at all bothersome. However, things have warmed up a little and they have appeared in annoying numbers now. Even my attempts to boil up some water for tea on Friday were...

My dragonfly had been a wee bit prone to "surging" so I thought to take it apart and make sure the nozzle/jet thing was clean. Now the stove is relatively new and probably has had about 2 - 3 liters of Coleman fuel through it so it hasn't lived a hard life. However, I can't get the nozzle thing...

It's started. The Duke of Ed people have appeared, as if by magic. They are like the Mr. Benn cartoon character in that they dress up in walking gear and rucksacks and, suddenly, they are out walking in the countryside. Now, yesterdays lot were on a track, which is clearly marked on the map...

Has anyone any experience with doing timelapse photography with something like the Brinno TLC200 Pro?? The background to this is that I thought it might be fun to create some timelapse movies of the Lewis landscape but I don't want to put a lot of cash into this and also I'd like something...

As most will know the Northern Lights are caused by activity on the sun and we are coming towards the end of the current solar maximum period of, relatively, high activity. Yesterday a sunspot threw out very significant stream of charged particles towards the earth, and there have been more...

I know this might be better in the food section but it is also a camp thing and, well, I put it here. Now, I'm not really strictly a bush crafter but I do spend a lot of time out and about and so I eat in the field a lot, probably somewhere between 100 and 200 meals per year, so I thought to...

I've walked a lot, for many years, in remote spots but always come home at night so this year is going to be my first real experience of "wild camping" and, even, "bushcraft." To be honest there aren't any bushes but, none the less, I have a question. How do you pick a good spot for your...

I have recently purchased a Vango Banshee 200 and suspect that it has a manufacturing problem but thought to check just in case I'm being stupid. If anyone else has one of these tents could you tell me the following about the little round hole and T shaped connectors which connect the inner...

I'm out a lot (100+ days per year) but have never camped as I always wander back in the evenings but next year things are going to have to be a little different and I'm going to give the camping out thing a try. For the most part this is because I've fished all the trout lochs I can walk to in a...