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The one I am one about is Golden King. This is the first year it's had berries. It needed a prune so I waited until a couple of weeks ago and used the prunings in Christmas wreath and to put around the bottom of the Christmas tree pot (second year it's been brought in, I really do need to get...

Yeah, lot of truth in that. But never underestimate the motivation of desperation. When your options narrow to one viable one, it's quite motivating. The stress is there anyway, and TBH, when you are working on a mix of desperation and hope, you don't realise the pitfalls that await you...

Christmas present for my husband..... SAK "Electrician" with Alox scales plus a little case with room for a small torch, plus a decent small torch to go in, plus the SAK sharpener tool. Also today received some Corby bolts for putting a handle on a knife- a rather tasty beast of a parang type...

Hmmm, that's a difficult one. Probably not by choice if truth be told. My best case is to make the "baseload" work for 3 days/wk a bit more secure and diverse, then there's a couple of days a week flexible time available to the extent that I want to accept work to fill it. Don't think I could...

My holly-with-berries is spikey all over including at the top. :) GC

I don't know owt about Bushcraft schools (@Wayne has some great points above), but I do own and run my own small business in a particular technical niche. I set it up when I was made redundant several years ago when it was the fashion in my sector to make persons deemed "unproductive overheads"...

When I feel a coldsore developing, I use some Hypercal ointment (made by Vileda). It contains St John's wort and calendula in standardised extracts. Does seem to work for me in reducing severity and duration. I have noticed tho that hypericum ointments vary, I also have some Viridian St John's...

I have a lot of orange outdoor kit. Mandatory camo on the railway (day job) where orange let's you blend into the crowd :cool: . Also have quite a bit of orange "bushcraft" stuff purely as a side effect of having quite a bit of Fiskars stuff (good value, works). Given the choice, I tend to...

A restored Brades No 278 No 2 "Hunters Axe" from a tool restorer (I've bought billhooks from him before, he does a really good job). GC

Does anyone know what the import limit is before tax from Finland and what UPS might charge? (I couldn't find the carriage cost, may only be at checkout, but I'd guess at around £30). During this past year I bought some specialist embroidery kits from a South African designer, in that case so...

The only time I had mice in the van was after it had been parked inside in the local garage having an engine rebuild..... doors open. When I had the van back, I noticed droppings, so moved all the wire baskets with stuff in onto the back patio. As I tipped them out, a mouse ran out- much to...

Not really a pocket knife, but a Leatherman juice S2 with orange handle. My husband bought it for me as a Christmas pressie at least 20 years ago and it's still going strong. GC

An old external frame rucksack off the evil bay. Not only was the external frame type I had as a youngster the most comfortable rucksack to carry compared to anything I had afterwards, but also it means I can remove the bag and replace it with something more suitable for chucking hedge laying...

Sounds to me like one of those "doesn't matter until it does" type laws. Basically, whilst it's technically illegal to have something, no-one will bother unless you use that something for serious noortiness. In my day job (railway compliance) I've noticed that there's a bunch of badly amended...

I've always had a soft spot for a Trangia since my dad brought one home in the late 70's/early 80's..... I was borrowing it 10 years later then eventually got my own. Had other stoves in the past- including a MSR multi-fuel thingie (still in the shed somewhere)- but my favourite camping stoves...

Taking responsibility seems to be the key. Unfortunately, when a significant minority of folks have been conditioned to know their "rights" but have no concept of their responsibilities, we get irresponsible behaviour and a ban ensures. Probably because a ban is easier that dealing with the...

Or perhaps recognise that they have a damaged insulin response (several things could cause or make someone predisposed) but live in a world where the whole of the dietary and medical main stream recomends sugars/carbs to them. It takes a lot of learning stuff, confidence and stubbornness to push...

Another billhook off the evil bay. I've wanted a Llandeilo pattern billhook for a bit as that's the one local to the area I'm in, however they don't come up for sale very often (and can be pricey when they do). This one looked on the pictures like it was very rusty, but it was cheap enough to...

Honey vs haribo. Interesting one. Here's my take.... Basic fact: they are not the same chemically. Haribo is mainly glucose whereas honey is mainly fructose. Fructose tastes much "sweeter" than glucose and metabolises differently. Not necessarily better though..... (Table sugar- sucrose- is...

It's barking mad. It is also very naive.... can you imagine, there's a crime been committed, and only 5,000 knives registered in the 500 metre radius of the crime, LOL GreyCat