Recent content by Olio

Sold elsewhere. Cheers for looking.

Hello everyone, decided to have a bit of a clear out. I have for sale a lovely unused Gransfors Bruks Scandinavian forest axe. I’d like £115 for it posted 2nd class recorded anywhere on mainland UK only. I am happy for pick up from my home address too (which I will provide by PM to interested...

In fairness to the leaf cutter it’s quite a good bag, very light and very well made but it was expensive (well I think so anyway) and I uhhmmed and aahhed over for it ages but with hindsight there is no doubt that the sabre (with rocket packs) is a time proven model. I should have paid more...

Thanks for chipping in everybody. Much food for thought. Actually some of the responses were very interesting. For instance, I can easily fill a 90 ltr ruck sack with my sleep system and cooking stuff/ scoff But I accept that is because I like to be warm, comfy and well fed when I camp and my...

It’s a good point from @FerlasDave. I don’t want to lose anything off the back of my rucksack when I’m out and about. Cheers for your input folks, I’m going to keep the leaf cutter for the time being.

Good point.

Ha!Ha! Totally agree. Yep, just an inflatable pad on one side and perhaps a small flask on the other but definitely no carabiners! (properly strapped up)

Hello everyone, I’m after some opinions. I’ve been looking at my too large collection of kit lately and trying to square it up with the type of trips that I undertake these days. I‘m starting to think it’s time for a bit of a clear out and I would like to start with my...

A wee trial…. https://ibb.co/pPdvhNk

https://ibb.co/JQCQJkh https://ibb.co/HGNy8Jb Not sure if this imagery malarkey will work out! Ha!Ha!

Yep. That’s basically it. And the duvet is just a standard down duvet normally used indoors. It’s for in my hammock but is a standard single size so could be used for ground dwelling I would think. I wanted something breathable/ water resistant but with the capability of increasing/ decreasing...

I made myself a top quilt recently. Ventile top, fleece bottom and a 10.5 tog down quilt in the middle that I can change out or add to for different seasons. Tried it out at the weekend (it was about 6 degrees at 5am here in Perthshire) and it worked pretty well. That was about the price you are...

Okey dokey. Drop me a DM when you next plan on coming up and I’ll give you a list of grid references (or what 3 words if you’d prefer). They are all in the Perthshire/ Angus region.

Hi SaraR, Thanks for the welcome. I have a few spots locally to me that work well. Are you in Scotland yourself?

Hi everyone, I’m Olio. Just joined today after lurking for a bit. Great forum and I am looking forward to learning more about bushcraft from you all. I am based in Scotland and I have been hammocking and camping out for a good while now and have recently gotten into making...