Recent content by jimmypw

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    Sussex BCUK meet for MARCH: Weekend of 23rd/24th 2013

    1 Neumo 2 crosslandkelly 3 Peter_t 4 Jackcbr ( tentative) 5 Swallow + 2 6 Si H 7 Mark46w (Not overnight) 8 Jimmypw 9 10 I am coming to this one and I do mean it this time, My calendar is free for once :dancer:
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    Sussex Bushcraft group meet for February 2013: Weekend of 15th to 17th Feb 2013

    I'm gutted about missing the last one and again this month I have some BCU training on the same day. I'll work out the logistics of it all this may mean I only come along on saturday but that's better than nothing. 1 spandit, if it's 16th/17th 2 Simon and maybe Iona 3 Hawkmaster (Sunday only) 4...
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    Sussex Bushcraft group meet for JANUARY 2013: Weekend of 18th/20th

    Sounds like I missed out. My canoing didn't go ahead in the end because of the snow. Next month
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    newbi: hello from Surrey

    I'd be interested to know too. Welcome abord.
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    Laws on wild camping

    Be honest now, Has anyone been in a situation where you have been caught wild camping and the situation has persisted beyond "go away!"?
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    Sussex Bushcraft group meet for JANUARY 2013: Weekend of 18th/20th

    Sorry guys I'm going to have to pull out. An opportunity for some BCU training has come up on that Sunday. Ttfn
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    Where is winter?

    I think it's easier to invert the question. The only festive weather I can remember was when I was a child.
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    Is a tiny heating stove possible from this?

    Not to mention carbon monoxide and nasty methys smell.
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    What did you buy today?

    Alite Monarch folding chair 14CM Zebra Billycan LED Lenser Torch I was shining the torch around Richmond Park this evening as I cycled through... it illumintated the trees a hundred meters away. Not bad for £30.
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    Bow drill tweakings - bearing and spindle/drill

    Congratulations! Just want to throw my 2¢ in for what it's worth. For the first time the other day I successfully did the bow drill. And I did it all using natural materials exactly how I was taught. Every time I failed and assessed why it failed and learnt something in the process. Niels is...
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    New tarp with bungie cord ridge line

    It's anything pointy at eye level such as the spokes on an umbrella. It makes me think of this.
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    New tarp with bungie cord ridge line

    I've never seen one ping off either but I have the same fear with bungee cords as I do umbrella's.
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    BCUK Canadian Canoe Expedition 12th May - 21st May 2014

    Oh wow I've just seen this. Let me ponder it for a while.
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    Whats the fuss......

    I like how it goes *crunch* under foot. All the more reason to get out.
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    The last thing I did in 2012....

    Thanks! I haven't really given the bow drill a proper go since about September. This is the tipping point because now I know I can do it. That said i'm not looking forward to the inevitable inexplicable failure to come.