Recent content by Ul Troll

Heheh. He's like Les Bushtuckerman Hiddins mate cept he dont wear silly hats...oh wait. ok he's not as chubby from eating all the bush tucker...ahhh errmmm. He's les hiddins pomey cousin mate.

It's probably an escaped "Big Cat". Lots of evidence in Ayrshire of one(a big black un too). Seen by 2 local bobbies in Saltcoats/Ardrossan area a few years back, I was also told by reliable witness that he'd found a half a deer one day. He'd then tied it up a tree with a rope with the intent to...

Yeah, cold and wet could put a dampner(heh) on her enthusiasm for the outdoors and also something to do other than sitting around next to the fire, do something she would enjoy doing normally. Food too, no dehydrated tasteless calories or rationpack style grub, go for something tasty and fresh...

Small update. I decided to give the dog (and me) a treat of an extra long walk and just happened to go where I could aquire some redwood bark :) It's very soft and I could easily scrape it even with my fingernail to produce a fine tinder, it readily took a spark from the firesteel and happily...

We have a couple of sequoias near where I live, which have a soft spongy and very fiborous bark though I've never tried to set it alight (these trees propagate through fire IIRC and must be pretty fireproof) but it does look as though it would smolder quite well rather than burn and may be...