Recent content by PeterW

I use a Katadyn bottle like this http://www.filtersfast.com/Katadyn-ExStream-water-filters.asp I've had Amoebic Dysentry in India, and you don't want it... I used to run Bushcraft courses in the UK, and we used to build Millbank filters and boil - Chlorine tabs are OK, but they don't get...

I've got one of these http://www.bodum.com/gb/en-us/shop/detail/11067-01/?showsize=true&navid=61 Paid about £8 for it in TKMaxx before Christmas - works with tea and coffee and keeps it warm for over an hour Cheers Pete

"........I'll just wind it up to 500RPM........." :eek: So about 60kg or so doing 500RPM, thats going to end in tears soon...!!!

I stand corrected ! The question I had raised was the 'dishonest' bit, which was discussed with a friend (Senior CPS Lawyer) who was mulling it over. And yes the CPS, arch enemy of any good officer... :rolleyes: Cheers Peter

Theft is defined as the act of permanently depriving the rightful owner of property - under this premise they are obliged. Whether or not is is 'dishonest' (which is probably a point for question) would relate to whether the pump has been removed under false pretenses. If so, we are into...

To get the most out of your food and your digestive system (!) you need to graze all day, looking at your calorie intake as a constant input vs output on effort expended. Regardless of how squeamish you want to be about it, you need to keep fibre in your diet as otherwise things will get a...

Robbi Call you credit card company and say you want to file a Section 75 Complaint. It's not a disputed transaction which is how they are trying to treat it .... Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act states the credit card company is jointly liable for ANY transaction between £100 and £30,000...

Not sure if it helps anyone, but I was emptying the dishwasher at home and noticed the cutlery in the cupboard in these...... http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30011832/?query=300.118.32 They are 112mm internal dia Cheers Pete

Sold - thanks guys

Ok - its on evilBay with a BIN of £75, however if it goes to someone from here then I'll donate the 10% to Bushcraft UK.... The saw has been stripped, cleaned and tuned today, and has been run and tested. In the past 12 months the saw has had the following spares fitted : - New Anti Vibration...

Go Outdoors have the MSR Superfly Stove at £15 instead of £50... Bargain !! http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/msr-superfly-stove-p118340 Pete

John One of the things we (I run one of the 'unofficial' survival/bushcraft schools in Scouting) found was not to try and cram too much into a weekend, and that meals take 3 times as long to prepare as you would think...!! We used standard UK ration packs as the basis for a 36 hour...

Yep, rebuilt a 1974 over nearly 4 1/2 years... All in a single garage...!! New Chassis from Paddock, as were a lot of the other bits... I'm only half an hour away which is costly... I've rebuilt some of the parts to overcome some of the niggling design issues, and done things like have all...

And all those years my Grandad swore by Preparation H...... :D I'll get me coat.... Peter