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Hi @bushcraftlearner83729, welcome. I have been dealing with a similar situation, a piece of land in Carmarthenshire. It's a 1-acre hillside plot with a house on (the house was very dilapidated, we're renovating it to live in). I have had 2 years to watch the garden and and as @Woody girl says...

Interesting article. Also clear is the hierarchy of measures- chase extra capacity, shut off those high users on interupptable supplies, then move to the 3 hour rolling power cuts. Preventi g grid failure being paramount. The possibility of the latter has been gamed in the sector I work in...

My other half is a radio amateur. Have kit lying around and he's also into making so has the skills and bits lying around to build stuff. Knows Morse code too. If a signal is weak it's amazing what can get through on Morse code which cannot get through on speech. Interesting stuff, especially...

Depends on what stage you're at. For full planning (pre-planning covered above... I used a local architect rather than council pre-planning, then we went for outline then full): I did quite a lot of initial scale drawings to brief the architect- along with a folder of "stuff I like" gleaned...

The things that might be beneficial are fixing up stuff that could worry a mortgage lender or cause issues with conveyancing..... e.g. an unregistered septic tank. Otherwise, i agree with those suggesting best leave as is/coat of white paint, most folks rip out kitchens and bathrooms and start...

Assuming it needs work beyond Permitted Development, there's a lot more to this than just getting planning permission, especially if it needs a lot of work to bring it from unfit to live in to fit to live in (or rent out). Also, for a development which needs Planning permission. you also need...

It's that and the building Regs that made my mind up, as well as the cost. Same money as one Masonry stoves gets me a refurbished Rayburn Royale plus 3 other modern high efficiency multifuel stoves. The chimneys for 3 of then run through inside the house and the other is in a thick wall 1...

In Wales, they string the fibre from the local electricity poles. Not universal yet but surprising where you can ger full fibre broadband...... GC

Although it does depend on the power bank. I have a couple of power-banks that have a 12V output (with the standard 12V co-ax style socket so can drive devices directly, NOT the automotive type plug/socket). Bought them for running things like my magnifying lamp and e-spinner. They are a bit...

I am thinking it might be different this year to last couple of years, I read somewhere that we moving from an El Nino to a La Nina cycle. GC

Yeah I remember LD Mountain Centre from the 1970's. My dad was an outdoor instructor (and later MRT member) for a time, and I remember him buying a Trangia from there when they were the "latest" thing. He also had a very good Berghaus rucksack and a bunch of Phoenix gear from there. I think...

Many years ago when I was younger, stupider and did a lot of target archery, I went to a shoot/event where we were all camping along the back of the field (and eating out of the catering van). I was late out of work and then got held up in bad traffic on the way, by the time I got there is was...

We seem to be going "back to the future." The old solid fuel Rayburn Royale was available in a version with a back boiler and basically burns anything.... whilst cooking food and generally heating the room. Refurbished versions can be had from here: https://www.countrystylecookers.com/ That...

Yeah, I'm a Skrama advocate, but also like my Wood Tools carving axes and woodland axe. Depends what I'm doing really. Some jobs I pick up the Skrama in preference to an axe, and vice versa. I don't think there's One True Way, just the one that works at the time. I suppose that with the...

Yes. Over 8 inches but only one hole and no serrations. Legal so long as you have "good reason" to be using it (as with all other fixed blade knives and with axes). The Skramas are well balanced, the 240 in particular. Yes it's big but the differential profile means you can choke up the grip...

Derby is well-served by trains, and you can catch a train to Duffield/Buxton, and from there access the Peak District- a place to learn navigation skills and generally to observe nature- quite a few different habitats. Have you considered volunteering with a local Scout/Explorer Scout group...

Scrap is also cheaper and "greener." However........ A couple of years ago I audited a supplier who makes high-end grey metal castings. Very sophisticated operation, all the kit to analyze each pour in the ladle there next to the modern highly efficient furnaces. They won't use scrap in their...

I think society in general has been de-socialized by a combination of COVID lockdowns and the media, especially some forms of social media. Advertising is also very powerful, if it didn't work no-one would pay for it, and there's some very sophisticated psychology involved in it. There's also...

Tend to agree My old van was more of an insulated metal tent with a bed platform and a small round sink in a corner, plus a surface on which I could park a stove. If I wanted to use a campsite hookup, I had one for a tent, just brought the cable in through the window (wind defletor kept rain...

Currently renovating an old farmhouse to move into. Simple design done to a good standard. Well insulated and modern efficient multifuel burners as well as having the old solid fuel aga-type stove renovated. Local builder doing it, he's a proper craftsman. The person who came up from the...