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The three flat straps go across the floor under the inner bathtub that is sewn into the liner and they stop the poles spreading. The ends of the tent are tensioned outward using the remaining guys. It needs to be quite well tensioned and properly aligned to be free of wrinkles.

Exactly 10 kilos packed with bag and poles.

Land.

Patriarchy

Excellent!

Random

Overcooked.

This takes me back to a simpler age when a twelve year old lad could sit by the canal plinking rats without anyone making any comment beyond complimenting a particularly good shot, certainly no complaints to plod. These days you could expect an armed response unit turning up along with a large...

Animal welfare act 2006, it also protects grey squirrels from the same watery end. The recommended way to clear a live capture trap is to use a trap comb to confine the trapped animal up against the bars of the cage and then shoot it in the head with a Prometheus pellet from an air pistol that...

Politician

turd

I made an arm, a leg and two articulated shoulders for an antique Grodnertal wooden doll, now she’s bionic but only 75%antique. The Mrs is happy though.

Personal choice about peeling carrots, I don’t if it’s just me and the Mrs but if we’re having picky guests I will.

Very true, the world is often a far sillier place than I would hope but it’s what we’ve got. Best advice I can give anyone is seek permission, if it’s granted great but if not camp somewhere else.

Even though it’s access land and run by the forestry commission it is almost always still privately owned by someone who has the right to say no to fires. There are quite a few plantations near to me with a zero tolerance for fires, BBQs etc. They’re the landowner and it’s important and only...