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    Careers in Outdoors

    Hi I've worked as a climbing instructor for about 15 yrs,I'm never going to be rich from it but you have a good life,plenty of time off,still enjoy my work,great social life,Brian
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    chess?

    Hi,yahoo games is a good place to play,always 1000's of people on,Brian
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    Couple of Jackets - 1. Wax Jacket 2. Snugpak Sleeka

    Hi interested in the snugpak jacket,have loads of books(geography,navigation,old Poucher guides etc,climbing hardware,thanks Brian
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    Books and jackets.

    Hi what you after for the R.Mears book please,Brian
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    gps help please

    hi the basic garmin etrex gives you 10 or 8 figure grid refs.,accurate to 3x3m,no good in forestry though,Brian
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    cigarette filter fire lighters

    Hi I use a similiar idea,only bigger.Cut a toilet roll into 4 tubes,put 2 cottonwool balls in each piece,melt a candle into the cottonwool,not really bushcraft but always gets a fire lit,Brian
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    On-line map for grid references?

    Hi getamap works ok if you come down to 6 figure references,Brian
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    sigg bottles

    Hi all,anyone interested in any sigg bottles,I've got 2 siggs,2 sigg copies,2 sigg thermal jackets and a BDH plastic container.Will consider anything to swap,Brian
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    sigg bottles

    sorry but this is in the wrong place,should be in swaps,Brian
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    sigg bottles

    Hi anyone interested in some aluminium bottles and thermal jackets?I've got 2 genuine siggs,2 copies,1 BDH container(plastic,screw top,used by kayakers,cavers etc) and 2 genuine sigg thermal jackets.I'm open to offers if anyone wants them,I do like foreign camo.Thanks Brian
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    Squeeze question (Caving)

    Hi you want to use your forearms and toes rather than elbows and knees,and relax,Brian
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    where to go on dartmoor

    Hi if you contact the dartmoor national park office they'll send you a map of where you can legally camp.Brian
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    Dartmoor wild camp

    Hi if you contact the Dartmoor NPA they'll send you maps of the areas you can camp in,it's easy to x-reference these to the 1:25000 maps,Brian
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    Bushcraft v.s Ultralight backpacking - Food - Cold Storage

    For 2 days I cook at home,eg spagetti bolognese and a curry and rice,eat the curry day 1 and the spagetti will be ok next day,I prefer a heavier,decent meal to dried food,Brian
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    Canoe rentals in England?

    The Wye is a good place to start,I think it was Symonds Yat Canoe Hire,they deliver you up river and keep your car as a deposit,even took our dogs with us,Brian
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    How do you find the nearest woods?

    Hi Getamap from the Ordnance Survey is quite a handy way of finding woods with access through them,as far as camping goes if you're discrete and tidy no one will know,Brian
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    Grassroots Bushcraft

    Hi just done mine for a family of 4,6.5 tonnes not too bad split 4 ways,Brian
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    Essential Knots

    Hi I use a bowline,for initial anchor,taut line hitch?,for anything which needs tensioning,prussik knot,for tensioning onto a line already in place,double sheet bend,for joining 2 ropes of different diameters,Alpine butterfly,for putting attatchment points in length of rope,you can sort most...
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    Woodland group buy

    Hi,if this goes through I'd be interested,Brian
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    cheap tarps

    I've just looked on ebay and their adverts gone,must have sold out,Brian