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Certainly in West Lancs, near my parents, there a lot of place called 'xxxx Moss', which are now fertile arable land.

How large were the inland expanses of bog/marsh/swamp? Did they have tree cover or were they areas of shallow water and surrounded by spongey ground as per Blakemere Moss that has been re-flooded in Delamere Forest? There were presumably areas of slightly higher ground that people travelled...

There are some great images of the forest on the www:

Interesting. I once took the Train between Moscow and Tallin -that was a very large area of forest and was only a small part of it.... There were some great-looking wooden houses and about as far from a Moscow tower block as I could imagine.

Which 2010 area of the world would most closely resemble northern England 200/500/1000 years ago?

So is it correct that the Lakeland fells would have been covered in trees back in the day? What about Snowdonia and the Scottish Highlands? When I did history I heard that a lot of the trees went on Iron production and ship building (~2000 Oak trees for a galleon!)

Having been to the Lakes last week and into North Wales this week, it struck me how relatively few trees there are in this country. Obviously, I was aware of this before, and have been to New England in the past where there are *a lot* of trees. If we had not cleared the land for farming...

Fantastic. My motorbike jacket needs a new pocket zip and the cxosts of leather repairs is astronomical. I'll check out Zlideon.

Those heavy Austrian army jumpers appear to be difficult to find in my size (40"). If I do find one, are they comfortable of is the wool scratchy? Are there any other surplus (but equally as not obviously military-looking) jumpers of similar warmth out there?

This is what people associate with Land Rovers: This is what people associate with Toyota: Which is more effective?............

I've a thin equivalent that I was given. I think it was from Next and probably cost more than a 'real' one... I use it on my motorbike as a neck warmer when it's fairly warm outside.

Czechoslovakia, is it a warm place? Czech Republic (It's not going to be too warm in the winter):

it weighs 3 (or 4?)kg and is probably fairly bulky. It looks like a bivvi bag with blanket and cotton liners. It's cheap, but I suppose that it depends what you want to use it for.

I have one of these very cheap Gore Wind Stopper neck warmers and it is superb As a good indication, I wore mine on my un-faired motorbike at motorway speeds last winter and it kept me warm. It will also keep out the rain.

Having been made redundant, I need a job. My employment background is in controls/automation system design engineering and I had been working as a project engineer in building management systems. Now is the time to think about what I'd like to do in the future. In the mean-time something...

I normally wear combat or cargo pants at work and at home. I've been wearing a pair of brown 'Chinos' (M&S -cool!) this week that I wore at my old job. They do feel amazingly light compared with my normal trousers -& not only because I can't fit half of the usual cargo in them.

DPM surplus. Cheap and cheerful.

I have an Endura mountain biking jacket (no hood) made of Entrant DT. It is a very light material, I don't overheat and I've been very impressed with the water shedding performance.

We cook on the barbecue as often as we can and try to stay outside afterwards. The chimenea followed by additional blankets and jumpers help extend it. I've been tempted to bivvy in the garden.

More likely to be Bear Grylls/Ray Mears TV trained like most other people. Trying to find one man who may or may not be there must be difficult. It is always a possibility that he's a member on here.....