Recent content by geordiewanderer

Not sure what the going rate is for this way now as I'm stuck with the nasty central heating, but when I used to work for a large conservation charity the foresters would charge people 70 quid a trailer load of unseasoned large logs (which needed split). Staff would get them free.... I often...

I haven't done it myself (even though I pass parts of the walk on a weekly basis!) but WILL walk it probably next April before it gets too busy. It's become a lot more popular since the creation of the proper trail and Robson Green's series of Northumberland telling Britain about how great the...

Just tried it and it worked first time! Thanks very much :)

I just got a Petzl xp headtorch.....been looking for a while as I've only ever used cheap ones but really need a better light when out at night with my black lab whose eyesight is failing! I got the orange colour which is the same as the others, but was £26 instead of £38! Will probably be...

Aye, 30 miles a day for a week.....that really is hard graft, especially with a pack, even 60 litres. If I were you (and if you can with work/commitments etc) I would do less miles each day and you'll enjoy it much more. And as others have said every ounce really will make a difference...

I've got a pair of Meidl Burma Pro MFS boots 3 years ago and they've been excellent and through a hell of a lot for walking boots......walking in cities, mountains, deserts etc, woodland work, garden work, chasing sheep/goats/cows/pigs round hillsides for hours at a time, cleaning...

Hi Hils, I would definitely recommend Helpx - website is Helpx.net, a similar thing is called workaway, where hosts take people in and they help out on work required for (generally) 4 and 6 hours a day. The majority of the hosts need help with running small farms, garden work, building...

Cheers for the welcomes everyone! Seems a canny few northeast marras on here too :)

Hi Percy, I've also just joined and from Ashington! Not many good quite places locally eh, although plenty inland....

Hey, Just joined so thought I'd introduce myself....brilliant forum by the way! Reet, I've been into the bushcraft thing since I was maybe 10, when I got and read probably 20 times (the original!) bushcraft book by a bloke called Raymond Mears (before he changed his name to Ray, found TV...