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Usually when people say 'wild camping' they mean camping without permission, not on a licensed campsite. So commonly out in the countryside, but the uk also has licensed campsites that are in the countryside. The French say 'camping sauvage' and mean campsites without facilities. That might...

I used to be self employed and used quickbooks. Tips I can remember from way back then; be clear that you are working on a 'cash accounting basis'. That means that your accounts are run on the basis of when money actually enters/leaves the bank, not when invoices/bills are issued. Whenever you...

You got that right. It wasn't even cold weather and my fingers were numb by the time I'd got my tent up. We are planning a repeat event in December. Or maybe February. I think it is an excuse for people to rock out the spiked tyres (they are damn hard work though).

It's not exactly bushcrafting, but a bunch of us met up at the Tan Hill pub, cycling from various locations (and distances). Most staying in a bunkhouse in the pub, but some camped: There is flat ground for about 6-8 small tents. It is windswept, but firm ground (pegs don't go in far so make...

I wouldn't use polystyrene in a working shed, it gives off terrible fumes if it smoulders. The silver bubble-wrap insulation is cheap as chips and easy to place, you can place this over the the inside of the shed and then line with thin ply. If it is a metal shed then lining out isn't as easy...

I can't see guy rope attachment points in that picture. What stops the poles from falling in?

Yurts were not traditionally covered with animal hide, they used felted 'wools' from sheep and goats. So they have to be considered as a type of breathable tent. Quite different to the tipi of North America, which has a sophisticated ventilation system. The usual trick to avoid rotting in damp...

Perfect description, daveO. It's the constant RH that is the issue here in the UK, particularly in the north. We get weeks on end where the RH doesn't drop below 90%. The other day I opened the bathroom window; when the outside (cool) air reached the bathroom fan, it triggered the rising RH...

Not really. It just isn't the full system. You have to consider what it is dealing with and what it is good at dealing with and that is damp. Lots of damp. When you have a high relative humidity environment and cool temperatures, there is a dew point at which condensation forms. In a good...

We have 'self build' schemes where people do much of the building work themselves. People can also buy plots of land with planning permission and build their own house; my cousin has just done this while living in a caravan. It is just rare because it is actually difficult to get the planning...

You've answered it yourself; no plumbing. Everyone I know who has lived in a yurt has built a composting toilet system some distance from their dwelling (over a hundred yards away in one case - the yurt(s) got moved around but you don't easily move a toilet system). Plumbing? what plumbing...

Add building regs to that. I'm all for stricter enforcement of planning rules and building regs. Without those, building firms throw up flimsy crap on unsuitable land (floodplains for example) with dangerous wiring, inadequate insulation etc.

The problem with leaving a large enough gap is that some twerp pulls into it. So you are trying to do the correct, safe thing, and you end up jammed behind someone who you already know isn't a sensible driver . . .

That article on the chinese wheelbarrow was written by someone who has never done a serious amount of grifting What a load of twaddle. When you load up a european wheelbarrow, you put the heavy load over the wheel; the 'man' doesn't take half the load. Any labourer knows this. The art of...

That looks to be a really classy saw. The big clearing teeth at either end of the main section make sense, but I can't quite sort out why the tip has smaller simple teeth. Maybe a saw expert can explain why.

Epoxy to fill the holes would work fine I would have thought. You'd be very very lucky to find bolts that were a perfect fit for holes anyway.

They do look awful. No stability, all the weight on one attachment point, too thin with no padding.

All experienced landy drivers develop the 'landy steering' hold; 1pm and 7pm. In summer you stick an elbow out of the window. I was being serious about saying it was a 'design feature'. The Landy's width is chosen so it can fit down the narrowest of rural roads in the UK and (originally)...

It is narrow for a reason, Janne. That isn't a defect, it is a design feature.

An acquaintance of mine did 20 years in UK armed forces. He's a very calm, steady person. We've worked together on a few things. He talked about struggling for quite a few years when he came out of the forces. His feeling was that while in the forces, you are directed, you are part of a...