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Fascinating thread. I've noticed my phone compass varies in accuracy, sometimes recoverable by calibrating, but not always. But for me the main value in a phone sat nav is in providing a location, and my phone has yet to provide me an inaccurate location. I tend not to use the phone so much for...

I have a pair of these...

I have an alexa. The only thing it gets used for is playing music. It's opened up a whole world of music for the kids which is a positive. I'm not really intetested in automating things like like light switches and so on. I'm not overly worried about tracking. But, what with alexa, phones, TV...

Nice video. I used to fell-run in my teens and usually packed a breathable, hideous bright pink/purple bivi bag for emergencies. I still have and use that same bivibag twenty five or so years later. It remains the only bivi bag I've ever had. My take on emergency gear for the hills: falls and...

Sounds like someone I want to meet... I think...

Ah yes I came across birch knight in my search, but I agree it doesn't quite fit the bill. It doesn't really matter whether I identify the thing or not (apart from the inevitable mental torture). Going through the excerise is worthwhile in itself. For example, I had never considered spotted...

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Thanks for the detailed post. I just want to check I've understood: do you mean set the snare directly over the stamped down patch, or in between the stamped down patches? And I fully take your point that you can't be a proficient armchair trapper. It's a subject that interests me a lot, but...

It has taken me three days to identify this, with only moderate certainty. No particular odour, no colour change on bruising. Faint tinge of blue to stalk. Brown droplets / stains to gills. Not a russula. Very slimy cap. I think it's a poisonpie, Hebeloma crustuliniforme. Ive spent three days...

That's great to know. I think I'll give it a go without the inner and just a bivi bag next. I lose insect protection but most of my camping is in the colder months so that doesn't matter anyway.

I've just about recovered from a hard, long weekend in the Rhinogs. There were highs and lows - both geographically and emotionally. My trip started off damp and drizzly in the early afternoon as I trudged up toward the pass that lies between the mountains of rhinog fach and rhinog fawr. The...

Over recent years I've had a few altercations with dogs and their owners, always due to the dogs being off lead and thinking my children were something to chase - or in some cases when I've been out jogging and the dogs thought I was something to chase, despite the fact that when running I...

I've eaten plenty of shop bought snails. Snails grilled with garlic butter are delicious. At least, the garlic butter is delicious. I've contemplated snails in my garden with a greedy eye but I've never taken the ultimate step. I'd struggle to chew on a slug though. Maybe if I stuffed one into...

In these sorts of discussions, people rarely mention insects, ants, ant eggs, earth worms, snails and slugs and so on, from a survival perspective. Admitidly, from the point of view of this thread, they are not really location specific. I'm one and a half series into Alone, and they barely...

I have an ocular blind spot in the exact shape of my cigarette lighter. I light my stove and then it instantly vanishes. Every damn time.

Much as I want to use the repair service, I'm off for a jaunt in the wilds of Wales soon, so I need my jacket. So I'm going to try some stormsure glue I got off amazon.

Wow that's impressive! I had no idea of that service.

I have a Berghaus paclite jacket which has done me brilliantly for over ten years. But now the tape has started to pull away from the seams. I have some seam grip + sil for tent sealing. I also have some glue that came with an inflatable mattress for sticking on patches. Will either of those do...

Blimey. I would have found that very stressful. Glad you got back safe.