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I use a slipped Sheet Bend, a Sheet Bend or a Double Sheet Bend, according to whim / need.

Odette: World War Two's Darling Spy by Penny Starns. True inspiring story about a French lady, Odette Brailly, who joined SOE and worked undercover in France with the Resistance during WW2. Amazing woman: captured, tortured, Concentration Camp; never gave anything away. Survived to testify at...

Ta for that one. Have ordered it from the Library.

Hah! Very Good! (Took a moment to sink in, though.)

The website seems to have been down some time. I wanted to get some bits from them and ended importing them from the US instead, back at the end of January.

Did you hear about the Giant who threw up? It's all over town...

Saw my first Frogspawn of the year this morning, at around 570 metres (1,870 feet) in the Black Mountains (Brecon Beacons National Park). Obviously Valentine's Day was a great success for some of our more amphibious relatives!

Can one pay on the day, Broch?

A nice evolutionary "laugh"! https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/11/crows-and-magpies-show-their-metal-by-using-anti-bird-spikes-to-build-nests

10" Firebox Ultra Cook Kit, with extra Pizza / Baking Stone, Shallow Camp Plate and Chopping Board. I ordered it last Wednesday evening from Utah and it was delivered to me in mid-Wales Monday morning! I've seasoned the pans but, due to the less-than-clement weather here in Wales, I've been...

Definitely worth a Groaan...

Fatal Passage looks an interesting tale, too. Ta for the heads-up.

The Mapmaker's Eye - David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau (by Jack Nisbet) An account of David Thompson's explorations of western North America in the late 1700s / early 1800s under the umbrella of the Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company. He was mapping the Columbia Plateau and the...

If "I am" is the shortest sentence in the English language, what is the longest sentence? "I do."

Ta. I'll look forward to that.

I've just been watching Seoras' vid on the 2023 Winter Moot again (https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/wintermoot-2023-rough-close.162870/). Some interesting cooking techniques that I've not seen before. Any thoughts on producing a guide or handbook to the various techniques demonstrated...

An old man is standing in the street, shouting at thin air. "Why's he doing that?" asks a passer-by. "That's old Mr. Fosdyke," replies a woman. "He's just talking to himself again." "So why is he shouting?" asks the passer-by. The woman replies "He has to; he's deaf."

Saw my first Snowdrops of the year earlier this week in mid-Wales. And winter has only just got going (according to my calendar, at least)!

A man walks into a psychiatrist's and says "You've got to help me! I keep thinking that I'm a goat!" "How long have you had these delusions?" asks the psychiatrist. The man replies "Ever since I was a kid."

Ace. Definitely a shoo-in for the first FM Webinar...