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I like a warm summer day, but not hot with high humidity... I quite like autumn as a time of the year, but it seems to start later than it used to. This September does feel more autumnal as the summer was so hot and dry. I like a cold and crisp winter day, not months of grey drizzle.

Unlikely to be a cold winter, I'd have thought.

Could that be used to throw at a raging bear (ok, a badger)?

Folding Screwfix tactical poo shovel

I call mine my Russian Poo Shovel

Good stuff.

I have a Russian one that is very like the Cold Steel one: https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/russian-army-trench-shovel.166600/

I am yet to field test the jacket. I wore it briefly the other day, but decided not to wear it on Saturday, for marshalling at a race, as it was forecast to rain.

I have an excellent pair of British army woodland camo waterproof trousers. I don't think that waterproof trousers have the same stigma.

I have now worn the trousers for a few mountain days. They are comfortable and move/stretch with no restriction when climbing rocks. I am really impressed with them.

Well I wasn't going for the mass murderer look.

It does show like that. The original brown parts are darker. The poly cotton doesn't fully take the cotton dye.

Yes, I was pleased with the dye. I can't claim that the stitching is neat at close viewing, but it should work ok. I'll not be wearing it for best.

https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/modified-desert-smock.170290/

Rather than buying an off the peg Helikon-Tex, I decided to buy a British army desert smock and modify it. I used my daughter's sewing machine. My sewing machine skills are not great and working with the smock was tricky. The sewing isn't very neat. I first dyed it Espresso Brown. The colour...