Recent content by Tinweasle

again thanks for the comments, Sarah is recovering well and taking it easy. I will have to get myself a phone when I have a few pounds to spare, can anyone recommend a wilderness first aid course in the herts, beds, bucks area? Cheers Shaun

I have to make that suggestion after she starts being able to joke about it but before she can use both hands I think:lmao: Thanks for the kind words everyone, its put my mind at ease. Its the what it's that run through my mind, as it was it was a finger and everything went well, the only...

I went mountain biking in the woods yesterday with my other half, it was an unplanned trip to an area we don't know so I didn't have any maps or GPS with me and while I could find the car again I could not have directed anyone to me (yes I know) everything was going well when I hear a crash...

Cheers for that, I should really get with the times and learn how moden stuff works but I do like my old hammer guns!

Hi, Talking to a friend a few days ago and I was invited out after woody's, long story short I want to take my Macnab lowlander U/O as I havent used it for a couple of years. When I got home I thought I would give it a clean, put the snap caps in the chambers, slid off the safty and pulled the...

Hi everyone, In the last DD hammock prize draw on fb I was the lucky enough to win a DD camping hammock :cool: http://www.ddhammocks.com/products/hammocks/camping-hammock to go with the DD pack that I got in the group buy earlier in the year...

Arum or lords and ladys has a vain all the way around the leaf making a border and often has red/purple patches on the leaves and stem which sorrel hasnt got, Dock leaves dont have the back facing lobes, I'm sure there are other ways and someone will know them

Hi, have been given a Belgium military bivi bag, it's got water proof bottom and sides with a canvas top and is dated 1979, I was hoping to use it this weekend but the opening running about 1/2-3/4 the way down the middle has no way of being closed (zip?) just a series of holes down both sides...

I have a really nice scar from when I was 7, I was walking along the top of the wall outside my grand parents and fell off, as luck would have it I put my hand right through a milk bottle and cut my wrist badly missing 2 of the larger vaines by less than 1mm, then I showed my dad what had...

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I just picked one up from there on monday:( mind you at least I got to pick the handle I liked most:)

I took one to sri lanka with me a couple of years back, used it one evening and left if open on the table (yes I know) and couldnt close the thing intill I got it home a couple of weeks later

I have just got a new knife with a really nice olive wood handle but it dosnt look as if the wood has been finished in any way, so I was thinking of putting something on it to really bring out the grain. I dont seem to have any oil or wax polish anywhere, only a small block of beewax so what...

Hi is it possable to get the DD pack with the camo tarp??? just to be difficult, if not put me down for the dd pack (travel hammock) cheers shaun

Mmmm looks very nice and I'm only 15 min from RS and I am already planning to pop in there for a couple of bits, and I'm supposed to be saving cash :rolleyes: