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Does @Kepis have a YouTube by any chance? I think of he did then he'd have a fair few followers.

You sometimes see houses in some more authentic western films that were out in the depths of nowhere. They were very low above the surrounding ground with very few layers of logs the roof was basically turf, possibly to avoid issues with fire and lightning I suppose. The reason was that they...

Oh I know. Not sure it is culture more a practical creation of the founders to prevent many of the old worlde issues with Monarchies. Societal and about the society the founders wanted to create. However I do think that they did not foresee the issues they created in more modern times. Intent...

A former boss went to Texas on business and the client took him and his colleague to a restaurant. There was a cloakroom equiped to take coats, hats (10 dollar kind), spurs, guns and rifles. My boss got asked if he had a gun to hand in and despite being a former shooter (game bird and wildfowl...

The other half has signed up to a DIY class in a local college. She wants me to sign up to the one after hers but being a man I kind of took offence at that. I think men have DIY in their DNA even if they are absolutely crap at it!!!:) I learnt by watching my Dad as a kid. Of course from a...

That is exactly what I am trying to say. You hear of people putting together so much kit into bags they have with them just in case and call them EDC. Then you have people putting together kit to survive armageddon or something, prybars, tactical this and that. For me I have my glasses (I am...

What is an every day carry really when you get down to it? Isn't it just a list of kit that you think you need for what you are planning? I mean wouldn't a real kit change with the things you have planned for the day? So if you are heading into town for a day in the office your everyday carry...

Depends. Can't say definitive as I only have my opinion based on convention where I wildcamp. My wildcamping activities really only extends to Scottish highlands and the Lake District. In both instances I am camping on open land, above the last fence and in a very discrete manner. I am also...

Annie from the musical? Don't deny that has put that song into the back of your head for today!!:)

If you knew I'd camped I'd call you an expert tracker as I leave no trace, pitch late and leave early. In fact I often make a brew while I'm packing then I load up my stove, down my brew before picking up my sack and going. I am rarely still at my pitch site at 7am. BTW I brew up on a soldering...

I heard on farming forums there are more condemning the farm worker than supporting him. If true then I doubt setting a tent on fire is something that will happen. There may well be more conflict but if that is the way things end up looking I do wonder if that will result in law amendments to...

Afro wizard!

According to my watch sunset to sunrise is about 6 hours 50 minutes. I believe the last time I camped on lowland, farmland it was about this same time of year on a tour of the Lakes. It was getting quite dark when we pitched up, three small tents. We left shortly after sunrise. It was in a...

I didn't see anything to say this was done with or without a conversation first. Without knowing that you could just as easily assume the farmer had a few conversations with the camper and had got nowhere. You're probably right that there wasn't a discussion beforehand but I still think...

Yes, farmer went over the top in his reaction. However, does nobody camping on worked farming land follow the well known practise of pitching late and striking early to avoid being found and being moved on or becoming an issue of conflict? To me it didn't look like an early riser that bike...

Good watch repairers are few and far between these days. When I lived near Blackburn there was only one good one in Preston. An old fella who retired before I moved away. I do not know of another one now. He fixed my grandad's retirement clock. A big mantelpiece one with a better than the...

Smartphone is always with you. Not with power pack though. Also, not always with me. I choose to carry one when I want to. Hiking for several days I tended to carry my Tesco mobile samsung dumbphone which looked like the classic Nokia one but made between the times that phone was made. The 3310...

I thought the kinetic was movement but mine says Solar on the Seiko which is a different type of Seiko watch. Usually cheaper too

My kid's school take kid's out a fair bit into local woods I years 3, 4 and n5 possibly 6 my son's year too. Usually with local wildlife group. Just an organised outdoors class. Other times they go sailing, paddleboarding and kayaking in the estuary out front of the village. I don't think that...

Bans affect the law abiding but perhaps misguided more than the criminal or thug. If your nice next door neighbour can't own a xl bully without safeguards then perhaps that's a good thing. It won't stop the irresponsible but perhaps make a very valid point that xl Bullies are not in the same...