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If all you are after is a cheap pack frame you could look at C-Claycomb's suggestion of a Roycroft Pack Frame. I recently started to have a "play" with the concept. It is / can be constructed as a take-down so takes up little space when not in use. A couple of links here both from Karamat...

No, 'fraid not. I spent several months each year over several years travelling in N. America. I kept journals - which I found were often more evocative than photos when reviewing later - along with taking the requisite photos. I kept a 4x4 in storage over there (Vancouver) filled with camping...

Zoo owner to new Keeper, "You idiot! You left the door to the Lion's cage open all night!" The new Keeper replies "So what? Who's going to steal a lion?"

You may be interested in the Yukon River Quest (https://www.yukonriverquest.com/). I watched the start of it (not being sufficiently competent to enter) when I was there a few years ago. I bumped into a couple of Brits who'd flown out there and had chartered and hired various bits of gear to...

I'm weighing up either trying to get extension stove pipe parts for my Four Dog stove to fit the tipi or a diesel heater. (I've been in touch with Don Kevilus - Four Dog Stoves - as he does a Tentipi set of stove pipes but he's no longer shipping to Europe.) So some great info there, guys. Many...

Any experience with heating tents (in my case a tipi) with diesel heaters? Good stuff? Bad stuff? Battery power consumption for the fan / blower? Lots of info available via Mr. Google, Mr. Bing etc. but personal experience is always good. Ta.

I generally - consciously - notice the lengthening days around 10 - 12 days after the Winter Solstice. I wonder if this is why the original Yule log was lit on the Solstice and kept burning for 12 days. (Which then mutated into the 12 days of Christmas.)

Logan Bread is another option. It's a flapjack / biscuit-like thing. A search will find you some recipes. I can't find mine (the one I use) at the moment; I think it's on another computer so will post when (if!) I find it. It was developed for an expedition to Mount Logan in Canada (Yukon...

Yup, MIDI is still used. If you are planning on just having a play around first, try searching for MIDI to USB cable rather than coughing up a few significant bob for a hardware interface straightaway. MPC Beats [https://www.akaipro.com/mpc-beats.html] is free software (Windows or Mac) that'll...

A Frenchman walks into a bar with a parrot perched on his shoulder. The barman says "Wow, that's really lovely. Where did you get him?" "In France," replies the parrot. "They've got millions of 'em."

Talk about lazy: he's the only person I know who has a smoke alarm with a snooze function.

Nice one, demographic. Definitely a couple or three Brownie points earned there. And the Egret came along to thank you! I'm always conscious that it doesn't take much to go wrong before any one of us could be in a similar situation, so I like to support the local food bank at my weekly shop...

I feel sure that Big Brother, through the Thought Police and the Ministry of Truth, must be profiling all those professing "ingorance" herein. Be very very careful...

What is the maximum punishment for Bigamy? Two Mothers-in-Law.

“Adventure is just bad planning.” - Roald Amundsen.

I had an earlier ancestor of the Esse Ironheart stove in the kitchen of a longhouse: two hot plates and an an oven. One does need to save up one's pocket money for a while to purchase one, though. It pumped out the heat. As you can imagine, the dogs hated lying by it. Also had a Jotul stove for...

What is the difference between Unlawful and Illegal? Unlawful means contrary to the law; Illegal is a sick bird.

Nightwish - Symphonic Metal. I'm in love with Floor Jansen. As are, probably, a massive number of men on our planet. And probably a reasonable number of women too. Goodness, does that girl have a voice!

One of my neighbours has rats moved in to her house. It's a timber-framed house and they seem to be living within the insulation in the walls. I just hope that she doesn't discourage them too much and they move down to me!

The Dice Man, by Luke Rhinehart. A cult novel back in the 70s but somehow I never got around to reading it then. Variously funny, shocking, anarchic, nihilist, philosophical. Enjoying it!