Recent content by Ystranc

The only real issue you would have is getting it signed off by the building regs guy from the council, easy enough if you’re using a standardised woodburner tested to conform to British standards but common sense will only carry you so far when you’re faced with the whole batch of British...

It’s all just entertainment, whether it’s dead pool or Poirot. They’re far from being the worst films ever created..these days I often find myself switching off or leaving the room after the first ten minutes of a film or pilot episode of a new series. Docu-dramas, paranormal or real crime...

Excursion

This is a very good deal gentlemen, they’re going for more than twice this price on EBay.

Carborundum powder, oil and beeswax. My Mrs bought some carborundum powder for making some historically accurate Georgian reproduction pin cushions. I cadged a little to play with, it works quite well.

Unfortunately it was visible clipped to the strap of my game bag…my stupid mistake but then again this should have made its purpose even more obvious. I suppose it was a case of young copper sees a bloodstained knife and has a bit of a species reaction.

As a white middle aged male living in rural Wales I can truthfully answer that in the affirmative. To the point where I had stated why I was carrying a bright orange Hultafors crafter to and from my shooting permission and the young police officer still thought it necessary to contact a sergeant...

Sparrow hawk hunting blackbirds in the rowan trees.

If you’re using a ferrocerium stick you could do worse than carry a pencil sharpener drilled so that it hangs off the ferro rod’s lanyard. Snap off a dead pine or birch twig (pencil thickness) as you’re passing, a few twists of the pencil sharpener and hey presto, instant tinder…far quicker than...

They’ve done similar to some fifteen year old hornbeam and aspen on my property. Fenn traps, cage traps, BMI body grip 110’s and the 12 gauge are currently doing their bloody handed work. Today’s wildlife was a peregrine being mobbed by crows. At first the peregrine had it all its own way until...

Oh, that’s more of a problem. In that case you need to chase the senders as soon as possible to find out where it was delivered to or even if it was delivered. My experience of Evri is that they have regular stoppages and bottlenecks in their distribution network and even though they say...

Credit or debit, it makes a big difference.

To be quite clear, I do not believe that long term living off the land is viable in the UK unless you’re going down the path of off grid self sufficiency from a fixed base like a smallholding.

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