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  • BushMoot: Come along to the amazing Summer Moot 31st July - 5th August (extended Moot : 27th July - 8th August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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    Toddy reacted to Willcurrie's post in the thread Outdoor business with Like Like.
    100% agree with Ged. Make a business plan that is realistic, account for everything from tea bags through marketing and insurance etc...
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    Toddy reacted to ged's post in the thread Outdoor business with Like Like.
    My advice would be the same no matter what sort of business you plan to start. I've been running businesses for about 40 years. I'm...
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    As a young student engineer with the MOD I was often posted on 'detached duty'. Now we got a pretty good detached duty expenses...
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    Local accommodation - I once had a middle-aged entitled cyclist tell me that it was my fault that I needed a car/motorbike, and that I...
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    Toddy reacted to Falstaff's post in the thread Look what I spotted with Sad Sad.
    Glad to hear that, used to be loads at my old location but recent years they've been rare. Like hedgehogs, mowers and strimmers are...
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    Toddy reacted to Forest fella's post in the thread Look what I spotted with Like Like.
    Spotted this Slow worm yesterday it's been yr's since I've seen one and this was a big 1 over 8''.
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    Toddy reacted to neoaliphant's post in the thread The 'I've found a bargain' thread with Like Like.
    Adventure ridge hammock, bugnet and tarp, all for £25 https://www.aldi.co.uk/product/adventuridge-hammock-with-shelter-000000000715644001
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    Toddy reacted to Dan00001's post in the thread The 'I've found a bargain' thread with Like Like.
    Kestrel 2000 anemometer. Seems a good bargain at £89.97 compared to the £137 plus postage you would pay at the weather shop...
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    Toddy reacted to forrestdweller's post in the thread GOOD WOODS FOR BOW DRILL. with Like Like.
    i got my first ember following a description in one of Ruediger Nehberg's books, using either poplar or hazel; my cord was from an old...
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    Toddy reacted to Keith_Beef's post in the thread Hard Lemon Soda. with Haha Haha.
    Try looking up Kilju. Typically made from ordinary granulated sugar, a few raisins or sultanas per litre and often a teabag per gallon...
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    Toddy replied to the thread Hard Lemon Soda..
    I know I keep hammering on about it, but in a glass bottle it's lethal. I gave a bottle to a neighbour with the clear instruction that...
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    Toddy reacted to grainweevil's post in the thread Hard Lemon Soda. with Like Like.
    When I was but a toddling weevil, I only narrowly escaped some exploding ginger beer. This talk of fermentation and explosion is making...
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    Toddy reacted to FerlasDave's post in the thread Ancestry DNA with Like Like.
    I have been working quite heavily on my family tree in the last few weeks. Off to Shropshire on Thursday to try and find the graves of...
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    Toddy replied to the thread Helle Viking Fail.
    I would have said that Buck knives are brittle, not the Helle ones. The Buck ones really keep a sharp edge, but, well, it can come at a...
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    Toddy reacted to trashcanman1984's post in the thread Helle Viking Fail with Like Like.
    They are not low price....but the appeal is the style, Helle make a nice knife. Now in my case it seemed to be a fracture error