Recent content by David B

You don't need secure attachments. Try this use a kinder egg ***** a small hole in each end and use it to store your fishing kit. When you want to fish pass the line through the holes and Tye on the hook seal the holes with a bit of blutac or similar and you have an easy depth adjustable...

Swedish Trangia cooker To keep the weight down on a cross scotland canoe trip (Rannoch Moor to Perth) And because my MSR dragonfly sounds like a flight of F10 tankbusters.

Hi all I have been watching this thread with much envy. But woopee things have changed and I can now come out to play. More of a canoest really so could swap some canoe skills for that elusive fire by friction skill. Probably arrive early saturday morning see ya all there. David

Canoeing Well that is, I use the canoe as a vehicle to allow me to indulge, in all the other options in areas that are dificult to access by other means. I have recentley completed a trip from Rannoch moor to Perth, 5 days self contained and although some of the route passed through...

Of course thinking about it you are right! Told you it was a daft question :rolleyes:

This question may sound a bit daft, but which side do you carry your knife on. I am looking to get a leather sheath for my Clipper, and am right handed, So do I go for the sword drawing technique and order a sheath for my left hip. Or should I go for a sheath on my right hip. I know there...

Thanks for all the advice. I have decided to go with a small roll top drybag to start with. It will fit in a pocket on my boyancy aid when on the water, and can then be transfered to a cargo pocket when in the woods. Initially it will contain a firesteel some tinder an opinel No7 and a...

I had never heard of the winter war until a week ago. I have just returned from a Dog sledding tour in the Karelia region of Finland. The tour followed the Russian border for most of the trip. The guide was a very knowlegable and showed us several houses that were destroyed by their owners...

I am after some advice and opinions on belts for Bushcraft and possibles pouches. I am fairly new to bushcraft having come over from Magikellys site "Song of the Paddle" :newbie: I want to spend time this year using my canoe to get out wild camping. Bearing in mind that I am going to be...

Dog Sledding in Finland Chapter 1 We Arrived at Kajaani airport at around 20:30 local time, to be met by Tommy 2 Phones the mad Finnish taxi Driver. Who proceeded to take us on a white knuckle 80 to 100KMP 2.5 hour journey in the dark down snow covered country roads most of the time with a...

We are doing the Wild Reindeer" Husky Safari"with this company . Its not cheap but SHMBO didn't fancy camping or living too basic so thats why we picked this one.

The answer is no not yet! But we are going to Finland at the end of Feb for a 7 day dog Sledding holiday. Just me SHMBO a guide and 3 dog sleds. Will let you all know how it goes.

I have one of these http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/pp/Tents/3-4_person/Gelert_Stratus_Tunnel_3.html It stood up to 3 days of torrential rain at Loch lomond. And I took it to the achray meet.Its in one of the pictures in the blogg. It is not a tipi and it probably wont be much good at high level...

Try using a white water steering stroke called a "power pry". This involves using a normal forward stroke for the power phase but instead of rolling the top thumb down and doing a J type rudder, keep the thumb up and as the paddle comes level with your hip rest the paddle shaft on the side of...

You said it was just up the hill, What you did not say was which hill it was just up ;) Any way as Magikelly said to me at Achray "Have Canoe Will Travel" so I would definatley be up for another trip north of the border.