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  • BushMoot: Come along to the amazing Summer Moot 31st July - 5th August (extended Moot : 27th July - 8th August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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    Gluing Gortex

    You could use silicon sealer/adhesive to hold together and also add some stitches to hold and seal hole/thread with sealant. I have used silicon to attach tapes seams to waterproof jackets before. You can also buy tenacious tape which will stick to any waterproof or silicon surface and fixed...
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    Introduction to human tracking

    I think both are two sides of the same coin. Animal behaviour can be learnt in terms of where they feed, bed down and use the landscape and cover to move and also interpreted from the tracks; however when trailing animals there connection and alertness to the other animals and bird behaviour...
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    Introduction to human tracking

    How did you find it compared to other tracking courses you have done? Not sure if John will run anymore human tracking courses but the animal ones are also very good. I wanted to attend but have already done several trailing evaluations with John end of last year and beginning of this year...
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    Trip Report Minimal Kit Camping Challenge

    Brilliant. Another great video and seems like you have found the sweet spot for minimalist kit and comfort.
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    Fixing a hammock to rock

    I’ve used them to hammock on Dartmoor many years ago. It was a novelty pitch and planned in advance. I recall we only took 4 ‘nuts’ each and used climbing slings also.
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    Fixing a hammock to rock

    https://rockrun.com/collections/nuts
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    New member- bushcraft qualification advice?

    Long way from Scotland… Woodcraft School https://www.woodcraftschool.co.uk/courses/advanced-bushcraft-award-level-3 https://www.woodcraftschool.co.uk/courses/certificate-applied-bushcraft-level-4
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    Hot water bath for bending wood

    Could you use a length of waste water pipe partially, or fully blocked at one end with a rag. Then pour boiling water down the tube to soak, or bath the wood?
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    Tea

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    Socks

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    No one knows where it came from': first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years

    Fantastic. Do you see much of the Beaver themselves ?
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    What did you buy today?

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