Recent content by philllb

All good advice. thanks. but laying down is a no no with all the wet around!!

I have the same problem, but then i am an idiot, bought a cheap rod rest so i (thought) i would be able to keep rifle steady, no point in adjusting scope if you cant be sure you are the same length away and steady, still couldnt get it right! so i heath robinsoned a two V rest to set the rifle...

I am just outside London but far enough not to hear the Olympics, had a forage the other day, wild plums have finished and rotting on the floor, elderberry's ready , full sun blackberry's read AND cobs ready!! weird year!! just noticed an elderberry bush with fruit and flowers!!! no fungi around...

I have picked mussels quite a lot in Cornwall, seems to be about the best place in the UK especially for growing mussels, i can honestly say, the only preparation for me is to de-beard them and scrap the occasional barnacle (only because on cooking the break off) Big saucepan butter...

Weald country park seems to be used by would be 'Ray Mears' as i have seen plenty of (badly) built lean to style camps, parking is obviously a no no overnight unless you take the chance on parking by one of the roads, Belhus woods country park is also a possibility, but the car parking is a...

I found a circle of VERY large puffballs a couple of years ago, picked the biggest, (typical) and cooked it ala river cottage, it was absolutely horrible!!!! it tasted like i had cooked it in fairy liquid!!! proper turned me off them!!

Hi all, newbie here so please be gentle, just wanted to ask, i am of to the Isle of Wight this weekend, made myself a crab/lobster pot out of old freezer shelves from an old freezer (Will post pics if it works, hide in corner if it doesn't) plastic coated so rust proof, pretty sure of bait...