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One hopes, for your sake, that "she who won't know" doesn't visit BCUK. Otherwise I imagine that a sincere act of contrition may be in order...

I've carried a pair of Moque Neoprene boots for river and creek crossings in the past, rather than "filling" my boots. Also use them for canoeing. (https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5021-652/moque-neoprene-boots-low) I slip one shoulder out of my pack straps so if I fall (which I have done) I can...

A Dashcam - for insurance purposes. I've had several close-misses recently in the narrow lanes around here, some locals, some visitors. Obviously always the other at fault. Obvs...

I sincerely hope that you are dividing the bacon into exactly half shares; Loki will definitely need it for sustenance in those mountains.

You can do something similar to that by splitting the log into 4 and then forming the "chimney" from the curved bark-covered sides. The outside of the stove will then be square-ish, formed from the insides of the split log.

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Dee Brown. I knew that the colonisation of North America by we Europeans, eventually called Manifest Destiny, wasn't a bright moment in our history. But I am stunned by the brutality of it: mass killings, genocide; stuff that would be considered War Crimes these...

Do you have a local Community Transport Charity that you could use to get into town? My local one does shopping trips, medical appointments, prescription deliveries, lunch trips, etc., as well as days out for the members.

Tut! Gotta be a Swordfish...

With an upside-down pair of Y-fronts as a logo?

I can second dwardo's comment re AeroPress. I use mine at home and when out and about too. Stores in its own mug. Although it's not actually a percolator, which is what you asked.

Saw and heard my first Curlew of the year this morning, up in the Black Mountains (BBNP, Wales). It was alone, heading west-ish, but calling regularly. Their call always seems, to me, to be plaintive and of empty spaces.

I just buy a new version of McAfee each year from Mr. Amazon at a small fraction of the cost of McAfee's renewal price. I just got 15 months on 3 devices for £12.99 instead of the £60 or so McAfee wanted to auto renew (albeit on 5 devices, but I only use it on 2).

I believe that, if you don't swear regularly, when you do so your friends and / or family realise that you are making a serious point and "notice will be taken"! So reticence can be effective. I had a good friend many decades ago, and I think that I only heard her swear twice in all the years I...

Interesting novel on a similar topic: Blackout by Marc Elsberg, except that it's a coalition of hackers that start bringing down the grids across numerous countries. It's disturbing how potentially quickly our "civilised" behaviour changes when faced with no power, no fuel for the car, no food...

A number of foreign countries and companies own massive stakes in the UK's power generation. I believe that our nation - the public - should own our power generation and distribution, and that none of it should be in private hands. Same foreign ownership applies to our water companies. (I'm...

These insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words. Insults then, had some class! 1. "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; Bring a friend, if you have one." George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill. "Cannot possibly attend first...

Woops! Duplicate post. My bad...

You could take a look at the Nuttals: all the hills (mountains) in England and Wales over 2,000 feet. Two guide books available. There are a couple of them on Dartmoor - Yes Tor and High Willhays.

I bought myself a set of cast iron cookware (frying pan, dutch oven, griddle, etc.) for outdoors' use some years ago. And the frying pan, especially, has become my go-to pan for use in the kitchen, let alone outdoors!

Very interesting blog. Many thanks...