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    The best lights for power cuts!

    I thought I should add the link that led me to the LED https://threepointsofthecompass.com/2020/10/16/gear-talk-rovyvon-aurora-a5x-red/
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    Out of their depth...

    Very nice explanations :) Please delve deeper if anyone has the inclination. I have the little yellow book from Tidetimes for nearest me which I think is really interesting, showing times of high and low but also what the moon is doing, and the actual relative heights of those tides throughout...
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    The best lights for power cuts!

    Also, I'd forgotten you can get glow in the dark torches. Someone of this parish mentioned Three Points of the Compass and I've been working through his postings. He suggests one such, £39 currently, RovyVon Aurora A5x EDC Rechargable. Peli make a GITD one too, and there are quite a few cheaper...
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    Sold Gransfors Bruks Outdoor Axe

    OT I had a Kershaw folder on my belt for quite a while which was nice. It didn't come with a pouch but I had a pouch that although a bit big seemed ok. I came in one evening and the pouch was empty. I went over and over and over where I'd been that day for the next two weeks but it was lost...
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    Finding shops with large knife display, and other interesting things!

    I didn't know until recently that Victorinox had a flagship store in London, but the website says opening April 21 so maybe now shut? Would have liked to have a look :(
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    Sweden - Anyone from the forum moved there.?

    Could you point me in the right direction please? On yt??
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    Zip off trousers

    I was a no till I bought some Fjallraven Keb gaiter trousers at £200 ish reduced a bit in the sales as and when. These also have a hook at the bottom front edge to stay put on your laces which gets cut off cos I'm short and hurts when tucked into wellies if left on, have a stretch drawcord at...
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    Generator for campervan advice please

    Fully emptying the leisure battery will knacker it, so buying a genny to charge it may be the wrong place to start? Fully recharging a big lead acid takes hours, do you really want noise half the day every day? 200W solar is more than many VW sized van pro converters will fit, combined with a...
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    Trekking Poles

    What do you use to light that? Soak it all in meths or cover it in vaseline beforehand? Any particular type of salami better suited to titanium pot use? ;) Apart from building up to it, what sort of things would be considered as training to do 50 miles on consecutive days for instance?
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    Generator for campervan advice please

    Is it a compressor fridge running on 12v? Your solar hasn't been doing much recently over winter you mean? It should be as the days get longer and the sun gets higher though? We had just over 200W of solar on the roof which provided a fairly large proportion of the leccy with diesel heating...
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    The best lights for power cuts!

    My pics above are of these GITD sheets, big enough to rest small things on so you can see their silhouette in the dark. I couldn't remember where they came from yesterday :( https://jacobitesolutions.co.uk/product/gitd-slate-cards/
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    The best lights for power cuts!

    We have one of those little plug in torches too, or similar anyway. When the power goes off they light themselves up so quite handy on landings for instance. I also have two small sheets of glow in the dark plastic from an online shop selling tiny survivally things like compass, bobby pins...
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    Any good Wind Up solar radios.

    The Degen DE13 I massively linked to above is now £27.48. No connection etc.
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    Solid fuel price warning

    When the herring industry was in full swing with exports from Stornoway to Russia, topsoil was used as ballast on the return at very little cost. Today that topsoil supports really quite an impressive woodland in the Lews castle grounds free to access for all. Almost zero cost, immense value at...
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    Recommend me a 75mm sleep mat

    Exped Megamat!!!! We did have cheapos but didn't last that long. Without these vast expanses of luxury I'd be camping by myself :) Still cheaper than a hotel. Just ;)
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    Best chicken coop ever?

    What sort of business model today works on "built to last"? Maybe Nestera won't last long without a cunning built in design flaw ;) I'll soon find out though.
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    Best chicken coop ever?

    I can see you have very posh chickens, but the Isle of Lewis is a bit far removed from a viable market like that I think :) Your pics are exactly the answer I was looking for. I owe you a beer or two :)
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    Best chicken coop ever?

    Awesome thank you :) Selling chooks round here I would think wouldn't work as quite a few folks have too many and give aways are common. So twenty for the freezer in total, needing 2-3 clutches then maybe? Each broody needing her own coop how big? You say a large Nestera for that in your vid...
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    Best chicken coop ever?

    Hiya how long have I got to make a purchase before your code runs out!?! Also, you have mentioned the meat eating aspect of too many cockerels, I can't see anything on aiming to do that on your channel? Would you consider a video on doing that? So from nothing, setting up for a family supply...
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    Any good Wind Up solar radios.

    The price of this one varies a bit, I only paid £26 earlier this year but it has SW too...