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    A tree id please

    Definitely Goat willow. Smooth bark when this young. Only has bark fissures when older
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    Wilderness Gathering Suggestion Box

    It was my first Wilderness gathering and I'm going back next year. The portaloos where clean and tidy. Cleaned everyday by the scouts, hats off to them and emptied every day. They could do with more toilet paper as it run out in the morning. The food seemed reasonably priced. The jacket...
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    Craft for kids

    How about tablet weaving http://www.stringpage.com/tw/basictw.html
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    Gas Bottle Log Burner NO WELDING required

    Looks good. might use your idea. The only critism I can find is there is not much hearth in front of your woodburner.
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    Carved a spoon, what next?

    Just made a couple of spoons. I'm experimenting at the moment. I've put them in a sandwich bags pour in some oil and popped in the microwave for 30 seconds. The hot becomes thinner and should soak deeper and quicker into the wood.
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    Alone in the Wild

    I thought that as well. I wonder if he got ANY advice before this adventure? He wasn't surviving, he was dieing slowly.
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    re-handled knife and new sheath(pic heavy)

    I like how you made the sheath
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    Missing British backpacker found alive after 12 days in Australian bush...

    looks like he prepare as much as if he was taking the dog for a walk around the park.
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    Elderflower champagne??

    If your making wine I leave it in a bucket for 10 days then strain and pour into a demijohn. I wait until it stops bubbling for about 2 weeks.Syphon into a bucket and taste if it's sweet enough Boil some water and add some sugar until the right sweetness have been achieved. Then bottle. Take...
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    What do yerall think of this?

    You sell woodland as well then Mark? http://www.bushcraftuk.com/index.php/Forums.html Note the unusual bump up by a one off poster.
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    Best spirits for what fruit?

    Vodka..... Vodka ......... and Vodka Did I mention Vodka?
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    Elderflower champagne??

    Ok will do. They sell cheap plastic demijohns, so it shouldn't break the bank. Most likely be going down there when the blackberries and elderberries are ripe.
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    Eeek, Wasps!

    It sounds like a youtube classic
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    Elderflower champagne??

    The hardest part of wine making is leaving it to mature for a year. Not yet achieved it.
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    Elderflower champagne??

    Yep we spoke about it a while ago. I up for it just PM me when there is a date.
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    Disgusting!

    I wonder what sort of person could do such a thing? Was it a form of communication, a cry for attention or help? either way they need to be caught and punished. Edit; they have been caught. Sorry missed the post.
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    Elderflower champagne??

    Hi Iona Here where I get my wine making stuff from http://www.eastgrinsteadhomebrew.co.uk/ Just down the road in Lingfield. Making some Elderflower wine at the moment smells beautiful
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    Buying Land

    The price will be higher if the access is good.
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    In the woods

    My woods is on heavy clay and we have plenty of Birch. Just clear some space for them to grow, the seeds usally come in on the wind. If there is any locally.