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It is considered to be best practice. Treating your snares to remove the scent of oil and humans and using weathered wooden pegs (not fresh cut) will increase your chances whatever wire you use. Humane cable restraint is the current UK term for best practice snaring and it does away with twitch...

I think there are a few who carry them like a religious talisman (expecting this little tin to ward off catastrophes and allow them to walk around in a warm smug glow without ever realising that they would be much better off just wearing more sensible shoes.)

I would like to raise one small point. A little roll of brass snare wire (actually only the same as for hanging pictures but doubled up into 4 strands during the process of making the snare) will not catch anything without first being seasoned by boiling, rinsing, boiling again with grass and...

If your personal survival kit (usually a pocket sized tobacco tin) has got a sleeping bag and brew kit we are probably talking about different things. I know that area well though and I must admit you’re wise to carry a sleeping bag and extra winter clothing for six months of the year.

Tightwad.

Carrying a PSK…? Probably not my thing but I do carry certain things depending on where I’m going or what I’m planning to do. I’m not exactly John Wiseman’s greatest fan so the whole survival kit in a tobacco tin thingy passed me by. I do always have a way of starting a fire and a Swiss Army...

Good luck, I hope you get it for a fair price and it’s all you hope for.

It’s like unexpectedly running into old friends

Well since I can get £40 for the draw knife, £25 for the folding wire cutters and probably in the region of £100 for the F1 Fallkniven I should be ok.

I’m patient, if I can’t buy it cheap I tend to do without until one comes along…for instance, last weekend I bought a Fallkniven F1, a WW2 folding wire cutter and a draw knife….all these are things that I‘ve wanted for a while. I got the lot for £35. I‘m tight as a ducks ar#e but always ready...

We use these, we hang one in between the chicken run and the bins. It wipes them out by the thousands. (They stink)...

The lime trees are absolutely full of bees. Every tree sounds like a swarm. I’m seeing plenty of meadow brown and ringlets but no painted ladies or red admirals yet.

If it makes you feel better, make the appointment to get it checked over. Non of us are really in a position to give a reasoned opinion because we can’t see it, smell it, pick it or poke at it with grubby fingers. If it feels like it’s infected it may be best not to wait.

Cool and breezy with occasional drizzle…what a blessing, cool overnight so I slept well and it’s absolutely beautiful out and about as things are greening up. I’ve been too hot for comfort this last couple of months.

Personally I would ask the owner of the trees to take a look at them with you and politely ask them to do something first, at this point you could offer to help. If this isn’t possible or you’re not on good enough terms with them and if the branches are blocking the footpath or the branches are...

Staddle stones

I have a picnic bench that shows up as an outbuilding on OS maps. I also have a whole load of log stacks and two small barns that have completely slipped under the radar for the past 15 years. There doesn’t seem to be much logic to it.

Another question; Does the existing shed show up on OS maps and if so how long has it done so? It is very difficult for a council to prove what building existed/when a building has been built on the spot if there was an existing building showing on maps and plans. There are rarely detailed plans...

Is the stream your boundary? If so that dictates the height of the ridge shouldn’t exceed 2.5. Having said that it depends where you are as to how “on the ball” planners are as the 9 year rule provides an avenue to build oversize if you’re prepared to take a small risk. To increase usable...

It sounds like an ugly little cut in an awkward place. Hopefully if you’re able to keep it clean and dry your finger will be a bit more mobile within the week. Personally I would resist the temptation to have a look at it and wait until it starts itching (a sign it’s healing) before doing anything.