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    Water collection options for the garden?

    That is a good video, thank you :) Does one of the IBCs have an overflow? How do you connect that, would it be down pipe sized I spose? One of my hoses is the same type of red food grade hose used in campers from when we had one, but when it's even a bit chilly out it gets super stiff to unwind.
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    Water collection options for the garden?

    Someone on a camper forum who said he worked for hoze lock said there is no legal requirements controlling what hosepipe is made from. This mentions legionella may be a risk too. I have a hoze lock pipe with a timer on it feeding my polytunnel drip system every morning, plus another connecting...
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    Homemade Jerky

    It is super tasty, even with no marinade :) Recipes in the Idiots Guide to Dehydrating say, once you've done the long and low temperature, to do it for a further 10 minutes at 275 degrees F to make sure you kill any remaining bugs.
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    What course are you doing/thinking of doing?

    I linked to a YT series of someone with good knowledge and experience sharing that to beginners in a structured way, with more time given to the theory than a one day on site beginners course. Watch, be informed. I didn't say watch and you're ready to keep bees.
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    What course are you doing/thinking of doing?

    The nearest bee keeping course to me is a short day, half outside. I thought that YT course I linked to was pretty good in comparison.
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    Get Me Home

    The Grey Bearded Green Beret has good content, he's recently been talking about caches locally to him so his BOB doesn't have to be so big. There's plenty of water round here so I have a water filter in the car to add to the bottles ready to go. Nalgene type bottles that are orange to avoid a...
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    What course are you doing/thinking of doing?

    In looking to start keeping honey bees I've nearly finished this YT beginners course. His tongue is a bit distracting but it's free to listen to. Spending some time on a beekeeping forum, nearly all there seem very against starting a hive but not maintaining it. They will grow then swarm...
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    The science of being seen

    One problem in my experience of wearing orange is it does attract bugs a lot more than yellow, which itself is quite bad sometimes. Although it doesn't agree the videos colour wheel theory, I think medium to dark blue shows up well in nature. although next to green on the wheel nothing in the...
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    The science of being seen

    I'm sure many here are familiar with trying to not be seen for whatever reason, and know something along the lines of the Shape Shine Silhouette Movement etc Being a biker, on the road being seen is much better than not and is often thought about, although this does of course apply to any road...
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    Ideas for Two large panes of Glass

    Isn't it the case that even if they have a UV blocker that only works one way round? So put inside out and the heat will come through? I suggest an invisible A frame tarp type shelter.
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    So many herons!

    We had four together near our little pond last year, this year three. At one point they moved a little way off in a more sheltered area and I thought they may have been looking to nest. But has anyone seen a baby heron? Every one I've ever seen could be a carbon copy, no just out from the house...
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    Making straw/grass rope :)

    The Ropery in Chatham Dockyard was a memorable visit a few years back.
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    Ideas for retired fire hose please?

    A friend was thinking of using one to put a piece of wood inside, ends mostly plugged, then fill with steam in the hope he would shape it.
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    Preparing for troubled times ahead - Advice on what is needed.....

    I watched quite a bit of this USA family longish term 4x4 touring with a posh trailer tent. Since I couldn't find the sort of gas heated shower they use in the clip below I decided on a stainless 12l bucket to heat water in and a rechargeable battery powered shower (which my wife uses at home...
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    Group Buy 24 HOUR RATION PACKS 2022

    1. MNH 2. MNH 3. MNH 4. NEIL 5. NEIL 6. ROB 7. ROB 8. Ben (collect) 9. Ben (collect) 10. TroubledTalent 11. TroubledTalent 12. Hammock Man (Moot) Paid 13. Hammock Man (Moot) Paid 14.John Fenna (Moot) no veggies if possible please... 15.John Fenna (Moot) no veggies please 16.Chuddley (Moot) Paid...
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    Converting a wood burner to a boiler stove?

    You can have a back boiler built into the hearth of an open fireplace so maybe one nearby to a stove would get some benefit too?
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    Preparing for troubled times ahead - Advice on what is needed.....

    I looked at a lithium battery bank just before autumn sales last year and all were, almost without exception, £1 per watt hour capacity. That kind of pricing had been steady, outside of sales, for a year plus as far as I noticed. During the autumn sales a 20% reduction from that steady price was...
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    Preparing for troubled times ahead - Advice on what is needed.....

    A neighbour bought a cheap 600W turbine off amazon that was supposedly made in Germany but I don't think it lasted a year before the bearings broke up. I have mentioned Scoraig Wind's website before. I have his diy wind turbine book and have recently actually reading it to see what's needed...
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    Preparing for troubled times ahead - Advice on what is needed.....

    What are the chances the UK will be locked down again this winter do you think? The Monkeypox story just keeps stuttering along but I can't see that becoming too disruptive? Another Covid variant may be discovered and pushed as requiring the Govt to to do something to protect us? Or has the...
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    Lowe alpine sting - Weight

    2042g no side pockets