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Was on the phone to a friend in the Highlands this morning. They have deep snow, but electricity, phone and internet are now back on. She's cooking using Calor gas, luckily she had a new gas bottle recently. Trouble is her farm water supply is frozen solid. I told her to go out and gather clean...

I reckon you'd be far better off bugging out to the home of a relative/friend with whom you've made arrangements with in advance, rather than trying to live off the land with people who have no prior bushcraft experience. That to my mind is a last resort, almost as desperate as being in a...

FerFAL is an Argentine who blogs about the daily realities of living in a collapsed economy. One of the most important points he makes is that the best survival strategy is to be able to get well outside of the disaster zone, rather than trying to survive in it. FerFAL's father was able to...

To my mind the top "preparedness" priorities are: Looking after your health Reducing and eliminating debt Saving Having a reliable "support network" of family and friends around you Taking a positive Improvise-Adapt-Overcome attitude to life's problems Putting aside basic necessities such as...

Can you tell me more about this navigation method?

Thanks for the ideas guys. I'll try having a go at feather sticks first. I'm a confirmed meat eater, BTW. I gave the rabbit to the cats as that night's dinner was already planned, and the rabbit would've been inedible (and probably stinking too :eek: ) by the time I got home after the 4...

When Eddie Stone was talking about acquiring water in the BBC "SAS Survival Secrets" TV series, he pointed out that coniferous woods are often sprayed with chemicals, so you should avoid collecting water there. Apart from obvious places like the sides of busy roads, where plants will be...

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this problem. I've had M.E. for my whole adult life. I was reasonably functional until a year ago, when my health got worse such that my capacity for walking and physical activity are seriously limited. Long walks and overnight camping are out of the...

How about using the offal to bait traps or fish hooks, or boil it and feed it to your dog/cat?

As far as I understand you're also required to check snares at least once a day. Make sure there are no cats living in the area you set the snares in, you really wouldn't want to end up snaring someone's pet.

Thanks guys, that's clear now.

leon-1: Just to clarify, is that 60 degrees from vertical, or from the ground?

Fill every container in sight with water, icluding the bath before they cut off your water. Don't forget your hot water tanks and toilet cistern are full of water, although it's best to purify this water before drinking. You can also collect rainwater by putting a bucket under your gutter...

Single sideband (SSB), unlike AM, needs fairly precise fine tuning to get an intelligible signal. If you're thinking about an SSB radio, try it out in the shop first, to see how easily you can tune in SSB. A good place to find SSB signals at any time of day or night (shortwave propagation...

I had a shot of one of these a few years ago. It had poor accuracy, the autoload mechanism jammed up half the time, and it a poorly designed stock too. This gun is really for Rambo fantasists only (in fact the guy it belonged to was one :roll: ). In the current climate of anti-shooting hysteria...