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I've been back through Steven's posts and I can't find the one where he described his sleeping arrangements. Trouble is, I asked him on facebook and his response was buried in general replies. He was popular during his pilgrimage so there were hundreds and hundreds of responses. I know he...

Very nice work. What did you use for the varnish?

They aren't an exciting-looking bird but have a wide variety of songs and can imitate most other birds. If one is singing on a summer's day and you whistle a tune at it, quite often it will sing back the same tune.

There was a guy doing a pilgrimage wearing 'medieval' gear and camping. He did post on facebook exactly what he used. I'll try to see if I can find his posting and copy it here for you. From memory he had a heavy bit of canvas as the bottom layer, then some felted wool.

That sounds a good idea. Would stop sparks from the grinder dropping in my hair as well.

Here we go, everything is bigger in America, blah blah It is large compared to a small 6 cup filter machine.

Useful info, thanks. I only have a very crappy fixed glass mask (came free with the cheap welder), doesn't stay on my head well. Might try shading the work area if I can.

I have a reaction welding mask - it is clear until the welding flash starts then it goes dark. Was doing some welding on the weekend, it was fairly sunny with the sun shining over my head and into the mask. Several times I had the feeling the mask wasn't darkening - the flash from arc was...

TBH, once you have an injured back what you have described there sounds pretty normal. I would say sitting still for a long time is really hard for anyone with a bad back. Even just standing upright in one place. I was standing around in the cold at a rally for 40 minutes last night and after...

My brother went to the doctor, worried about his heart (he was getting palpitations). "How much coffee do you drink?" "Quite a bit" "How much is quite a bit" 30 - 36 ordinary cups a day. He had a large 12-cup filter coffee maker and was drinking three jugs full of that a day. Cut back to no...

Really like the look of those mugs and the satchel. All the work is great.

To go cycle touring/camping around scotland and the scottish isles. I just assume I'll get round to it, I have the kit, but I keep getting older, less fit and see it slipping away . . .

The horse meat scandal was a scandal not because there is anything wrong with eating horse, but because there was no control over the horses that had entered that food chain. Horses are often given drugs by vets that could make the meat unsuitable for consumption, for example.

*~don't * use the stuff from bike patch repair kits, that is actually a solvent, it will damage the lifejacket. Try what is suggested above, or shoegoo

It's a solution to the problem of general waste from people buying single-use bottles of water.

I did wonder about socialisation. It is not normal for people to grow up isolated from their peers. His statement that he had a friend his age that he saw now and then but really they were strangers was odd. I've met kids in the outback (Australia) who grew up on remote cattle stations, but...

Nothing wrong with non-locking folders - the 'lock up' on the lansky world-legal is incredibly positive, you'd have to be doing something very daft with it to have it fold on your fingers. Ditto many other quality slipjoints. For a hiking trip in the UK, a SAK is probably the best tool. Get one...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39418054 They look pretty healthy

I shouldn't worry too much about hitting your shins, I first started using one of those with nought on my feet and wearing shorts. I was doing fencing work in Australia and using the adze to square off the ends of poles. I still have all my toes. Swing through and don't jam the blade. It's...

The angle might be correct for rough work, but I wouldn't want the OP to copy the sharpening instructions in error. I believe the main thing is to avoid any convex or bevel on the outside edge; if there is one, then you can't accurately take off shavings. With these adzes, you should be able to...