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    Knapping in Wiltshire

    Glad you enjoyed the weekend Mr Cake and great to see you again (even if it was only fleetingly). I've got your Atlatl dart at home safe and sound. Looks brilliant on my wall!
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    Joe O'Leary's new book

    Hi Mikey P, Just found this thread - thanks Nat! This all seems a bit self indulgent so I won't make this too much of a lengthy reply. Having been a member of this forum (although not a particularly active one) for the last few years and met with many BCUK members at shows, fairs and on...
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    a leaf out of Chris McCandless book?

    Hi Pete, Take a look at this thread first http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54807 You won't starve to death in a weekend so give it a go and take note of the findings for future reference. Take care with your identification this time of year though - lots of young edible...
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    Calories from wild foods

    Very interesting - thanks for posting this. It's nice to read a similar viewpoint from someone else who obviously knows what they're talking about because this is pretty much the same route I've taken in the foraging chapter of my book. I love my food and immediately notice the drop in...
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    Were you on this survival course?

    Yes, that would've been me. I remember that the weather was so rough that we had to get some heating rigged up in an old barn in case anyone got too cold. We knocked the bottom out of a rusty milk churn, set it up on bricks with some old spanners as a grate, rolled up some wriggly tin as a make...
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    Were you on this survival course?

    In that case, I would've been one of the instructors on it. Glad you enjoyed the course! Have you used the skills since?
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    Were you on this survival course?

    Hi Brown Bear, Was it the extreme or the wayfarers?
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    how to tan rabbit hide

    Brilliant! Glad it worked for you. Just the same as most bushcrafty activities you have to put the ticking clock of modern society out of your mind and just accept that it takes as long as it takes and can't be rushed. Perseverance pays off eventually. The production team at River Cottage...
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    how to tan rabbit hide

    Hi, This is how I do it with eggs. First scrape the flesh side of the pelt with a dull drawknife type implement to remove any membrane and flesh. Underneath the pink membrane you will see that the skin is slightly mottled and this is the surface you want to get back to. Sometimes you can peel...
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    Hello from Wiltshire

    So, you're a northerner (compared to me on the Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire border). Have a great Christmas!
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    Hello from Wiltshire

    I live in Wiltshire and I've never 'erd of you! What bit are you in?
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    Do dogs need coats?

    Hi Badger 74, I've always felt that dogs should run about as nature intended until last year when a friend bought his Jack Russell to do some mountain walking in North Wales (it was the same extremely wet and windy weekend that the KIMM got called off and everyone had to be rescued). His dog...
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    What's your winter project ?

    Carrying on the same list I've had on the go for the last 12 years. It never gets any shorter because new things get added on the end. One of the big projects that'll keep me going for a bit is a full buckskin hunting suit complete with fringing and rubber soled moccasins. All the rage for 2010...
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    Bow drill - materials question

    Hi Trunks, I use Hazel drills on either Alder or Willow, sometimes Sycamore. I have had success with Scots Pine into Scots Pine several times before and it produces a sticky char but does work. To get started it helps to drop some grains of sand in the socket between drill and hearth. Creates a...
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    Cranbourne Chase Woodfair

    I live about ten miles from Ringwood, this show is practically on my doorstep! We run most of the courses a bit further away, very close to where the Wilderness Gathering is held.
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    Cranbourne Chase Woodfair

    We'll have a Wilderness Survival Skills bushcraft stand there demonstrating fire lighting, carving and maybe a bit of hide working or willow fishtrap weaving. Come and say hello if you're coming along
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    Edible Yew berries

    I'm restricting the freddo's to social occasions only...
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    Edible Yew berries

    You and your 'devil may care' attitude Spamel! I'm sure they're tasty and delicious, all I'm saying is that we're writing advice that will be seen by countless others who may only read the bit about the berries being edible and not worry too much about the rest of the important info. It may...
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    Edible Yew berries

    Russian Roulette but with a berry that doesn't taste great and has a snot like texture. Seems crazy to even try it. Why not snog an Adder and make a Hornet nest hat while you're at it? I've heard of lots of people who have tried the flesh of a Yew berry and been fine, but then I've heard...
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    pagan/bushcraft wedding help!!!!!!!!1

    Glenn White (WSS instructor) got married in a sort of green, heavy linen hooded shirt which he sometimes wears on courses. He studied paganism at uni so might be a good person to speak to. PM me and I'll give you his email address. Congrats by the way!