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just re-found this forum after a very long time away, cant wait to get back in the woods,relaxing by a fire again :)

looks awesome mate!

Went for a bimble one night about 2300 with a mate pitch black, made a fire, made a gorgeous stew in a Roses tin then got some kip in a sleepin bag inside one of them big orange plastic survival bags, woke up wet through with mud all over us, Turns out we was only like 5m from the main pathway...

quite possibly, animals can sense emotions, fear,sadness etc makes you wonder.

There is this small part of woodland about 5mile away from me called Irby, and i can sleep ANYWHERE, Im not into the big supernatura l haunted woods buisness but this place makes me feel so unwanted and uneasy and get that being watched feeling bloody spooky! Ive tried stopping there a few...

As Lush said cupping your ears is awesome i forgot about that little trick, Im also pretty good at "throwing" my voice, freaked a few people out with that before. thanks for that tip Forge :)

THat is awesomee

Staghound ref your pic : Wow....just wow.

With regards to PicT's story I believe being armed is a deterrant,and as they say prevention is better than the cure. or ,better to have it and not need it,than to need it and not have it,face it in todays messed up world nobody is safe all these people saying "media hype, people enjoying...

That looks like a cracker that, awesome :) Cal

That blacksmith lass is gorgeous , as for a macho craft? I would put hunting a Bear with a pen knife eating its meat and making weapons and a nice hate out its bones as pretty macho. If you survive :D Cal

Haha Aaron ;) I made a thread about this ages ago somewhere on where your skills came in useful in a real situation. good stories people. Cal

What i was told is to not panic as to not get the blood flowing and pump the venom about and if possible sit down while someone goes to get help and squezze around the area of the bite. Came close to a few myself before, laying down next to a sandy bank in the sun and 2ft away is a snake...

i tried making a long term shelter and failed so so badly, planned to dig into some woodland but gave up a foot down after i hit a root every 2 digs so filled it back up and made a standard tent shape covered in sticks and threw on all sorts of stuff off the ground, definelty needs ALOT of...

i use a metal one, wooden handle and it is made especially for soup, WOODEN SPOON MAN? are you crazy! we are living in the iron age now!

snowed little white bits of dust this morning for about 1 hour and was gone 10 minutes after it had stopped, i was at work thinking "when i get home im making one of those igloo things...." got out the door and i saw no white... :(

Hello simon, how did you manage to sleep facing upwards mate, did you use steaks so you did not roll? ahh good times a few week back fell asleep on the side of a valley woke up had rolled into a tree about 5foot away and was wrapped around it

My new favourite game...;P

bushcrafty pressies umm, i got ray mears survival DVD, love the RAF episode and a leatherman wave ( cut myself about 12 times now )

Very true crazy climber i stayed up till like 0300 every morning playing a game called star wars galaxies it became my life insanly addictive, and i still miss it, i like the idea of making them educational, i spoke to my mate the other day and he played a game called battlefields 2 and he knows...