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Every so often a dog becomes something owned by ppl who want that dangerous dog type. Many, many breeds have had that devil dog label over the years. Sometimes this results in real fans of those breeds who breed out aggression. They breed only those who show no aggression, they neuter the ones...

BTW both winfields and outdoor action can get a tent to you if you're quick about it and call them with your predicament for added urgency. Go outdoors is all over the country. If you van drive to one at the weekend you will at least get something. Alternatively you can buy direct from Vango...

Depe where you're based. Go outdoors. If you're near Blackburn there's a very good independent outdoor shop called outdoor action that sells family tents usually at good prices. Winfields further into East Lancashire too.

If you're living hand to mouth can you actually prep anything? Seriously, there's people going to food banks just to survive. If there is ever a disaster the government will have to help plenty of people and they're not just people who don't help themselves but people who can't. Not a choice to...

My grandad had those battles. He used stones until he put one through the greenhouse! After that someone in the family bought him a catapult and bag of large, frozen peas for ammunition. It was a fun birthday present that got a little use. It's not something carried often so he stuck with...

I'm guessing various cat species have similarities but enough differences in their dna to identify. It's like homo sapiens compared to say pongo pygmaeus. Whilst the hair colour of pongo pygmaeus might match some tribes of homo sapiens there's still a few differences.:)

This university has been testing for 12 years. Previous big cats turned out to be a carcass scavenged by foxes. Now when I read this they said it was very hard to get dna from carcasses. There was no discussion on techniques used. I did read certain techniques for low levels of dna have been...

Royal Marines off into battle smelling of old lady! I've used it and it's more a case of midges land and get stuck in the gunky cream. It is more a barrier to them biting than actually a repellent. If you're someone who gets plagued by midges such that having them around you becomes unbearable...

Looking forward to when your hands recover!

If you're accepting challenges... how about three wise monkeys sat on top of each other totem style? Not your usual subjects for carving but I think I'd like to see how a talented character carver like @Kepis would make of it. I'm sure it would be brilliant!

What make and model?

What battery is it? I'm thinking that rather than a proper battery install linked to my solar system I might look into portable battery packs of some kind that I charge during the day to run stuff off after the cells are no longer productive. We're on FiT tariffs so get paid for half my...

We moved into a house which had solar panels installed in 2014. We are under the FiT scheme where we get paid for half of what we generate no matter what we use. Two payments a year, one small early in the year and a bigger one later on. In the two months rather side of the longest day we...

Sure, it's not a big deal just seems easier with a side handle. However it could possibly be a source of weakness or failure at the handle too. Swings and roundabouts, you'd have fun with with both!

OK that's a faff compared to a handle like a domestic jug kettle. One hand grip, lift and pour. Not much in it but I think I find I agree with @Herman30 on this. Not got one but always fancied one. Used them before in groups and they're good bits of kit. I once used a really big one that...

I remember toddling out and eating gooseberries off the Bush. I vaguely remember being pushed into it by my older sister. Got to be 18 months to 2 years. That was my first foraging trip and my first lesson in first aid. Needless to say the first aid didn't stick but eating gooseberries straight...

I thought something similar. If the written law is different to the case law then perhaps he is right but you'd need to know the case or cases that's involved, that's effectively altered the written law as voted by Parliament and signed off by monarch. Correct me if I'm wrong but I once read...

I recall something about being in nature in Germany and Scandinavian countries have a good relationship with natural world too I believe. Forest bathing has even spread into Britain too, but I suspect many see it as new age hippy stuff. Can I just say I must have missed this thread first time...

One of them was part of a bbc TV show where this bald guy goes into the factory to see how they're made. I thought it was Kelly but might not be if they've been made in China for a long time now. I think the programme dated at least 5 years possibly 10 years. Lots of old kit that looks like...

In towns and cities there's rubbish but generations of kids have been taught not to litter. Kids are widely taught respect for nature in primary schools. Schools and charities take kids out into the countryside on residential centres up and down the country. My kid's school was on the side of...