Recent content by capt.dunc

this all sounds like glamping to me, what's wrong wi drammach?

the flags i've got are about an inch too narrow to screen them off, so i've bought some ripstop. got bright orange, so now my chute will match my vango tent

thanks for the feedback. ged, leaving them's a no go, if you sat 8 guys in a circle round a fire then the vents are dead overhead of 4 guys. John Fenna, i've got a couple of cheap nylon flags so i'll measure them up and see, nice idea. Toddy, great advice, the first thing i did was put a...

i got a chute for a large shelter this xmas, happy days. it has 4 mesh (window) sections evenly spread around it, which isn't great for a load of folks sitting around a central fire. thinking of screening a couple of them off with some ripstop, but how many and which? 2 opposite ones, 2...

i'm a professional fire juggler and paraffin is the fuel of choice, so here's my input. even juggling outdoors in the wind i find that my nose is full of black snot the day after, this is purely from the soot. but like living in a tee pee, or a house with an open fire which backs soot into it...

all good, well done to each of us, i suggest victory tea and biscuits for all 11

merry xmas everyone and all the best for 2013

a nice take on the classic across the car tool. did it go on the barbecue as well, or is it in your shed hanging around in a collection of useful sticks?

it'd been forecast to be cloudy, but turned out to be a clear starry night and a beautiful morning. glad i went, didn't set off till after 7pm, so hammock rigging in the dark. this is where it shows if you've packed your kit right and know what you're doing with setting up camp. for Phaestos...

out in the hammock last night and just thought i'd post a couple of photos and tips rucksack on a classic tripod with boots, i carry two short lengths on rope in my bag, one for making this and one for bundling firewood or dragging lengths back to to camp. fitted my light in the top. it's...

for jorn the view the other way and the morning brew on

first to enter last time and first to enter this time

i've made it as bushcrafty as possible and tried out some new stuff along the way: used a bow drill to light my forge used the knife to cut the leather for it's own sheath i was using some antler to smooth the edges of the leather, so i decided to try carving some. made an id tag. and...

aye, past the hermitage and on over rumbling bridge to the other side of the bran.

just thought i'd share the view from my hammock this morning, -5 in the night rising to -1 by 10 o' clock this morning.