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Thanks everyone for the replies. Much appreciated.

Hi Folks, I've seen temperature ratings on sleeping bags along the lines of Comfort +6, Limit 0, Extreme -4. Which I think I understand. What I'd like to know is, under what conditions are these ratings assessed? For example, are they calculated for someone sleeping outdoors without any other...

Thanks for that, Red, and for going to the trouble of writing it all out. I've save it under the title 'British Red Chilli' and later I'll print it out and put a copy in our kitchen folder which I'm sure will generate a bit of interest! Cheers. Mike.

Hi British Red, I'm all for good-tasting peasant food simply cooked using good ingredients. So ideally, fresh ingredients rather than out of a packet (but of course I do have to improvise from time to time and use dried herbs etc....). I don't mind trying something a little fancy if it makes a...

Thanks for the recipes folks, I'll make a brew and have a read.

Hi All, Hope you are all well and that you didn't lose any slates in the winds overnight :) I'm looking for advice about making chilli con carne, 'medium hotness' so definitely not mild but not chokingly hot either. I know there are people on here who grow chilli's so I'm sure someone knows...

I have two Opinel knives which I love for their reliability, simplicity and value-for-money but my trusty old Victorinox is probably the most useful knife I own and it's certainly my favourite. I can't remember exactly when I bought it, I initially thought it was late 70's but perhaps it was...

That advert has me a bit puzzled. There are two attached documents, one says the asking price is 'Offers over £35,000", the other says it's "Offers over £125,000". I'm probably missing something (it's late and I've had a glass of wine ....:)

That looks lovely. Nice work.

Reading Huckleberry Finn, The Swiss Family Robinson, Robinson Crusoe were a big influence on me as a child. Then when we moved to live in the country (I was age 6) we were outdoors all the time no matter what the weather. We could collect blackberries and make jam and pies (even as small kids we...

I'm also fairly new to bushcraft. If I had £90 to spend on a knife (or knives) I'd buy a Mora and a Swiss Army Knife and the means to sharpen both. In fact that's what I have :) a Mora with a dayglo orange handle and sheath so I can find it easily; an old Victorinox folder with a blade, saw...

Beautiful. The recipients will be pleased with those as presents. Well done!

Hi Lori, If you look on the Swanndri website, right down at the bottom of their home-page, click on 'Stockists' and they list places in the UK that stock their products. Once you've decided exactly what you want, it would be a good idea to phone the shop first to ensure they have that item in...

That brought back a long-forgotten memory. In the territorials, when I joined and was issued with my first pair of boots, we were told to pee in the boots and wear pee-soaked socks to help mould the boots to our feet and to prevent blisters. Never had trouble with athlete's foot back then, but...

I used to get Athlete's foot quite badly (my missus used to say it was the only athletic thing I did :). Prevention is most certainly better than cure. My regime is: wash feet well in the morning before getting dressed, coat toes and surrounding area with Savlon before donning a clean pair of...

Hi All, I spotted this property this evening whilst doing a search for something entirely different. http://lhaidcottage.weebly.com I don't know how long the adverts been up, or if it's still for sale. The land looks kind of soggy but it is beautiful countryside judging from the...

The axe is actually used in foraging wild food, and normally comes with a matching hammer. The convoluted side blade is used for chopping down wild basil plants and the curved end blade is used like a mezzaluna for finely chopping the leaves to make pesto. The hammer is used for crushing pine...

I'm not as experienced in these matters as most on here, but I bought a Mora knife with a part-orange handle and an orange scabbard and a Fiskars axe in similar colours for the simple reason that they will be easier to find if I put them down somewhere in the grass or woods than if they had...

I'm late with this comment but here goes. If a light sediment has settled in the bottle of the demijohn, the best way to get the clear wine out is by siphoning it out carefully. You can get a siphon tube with a little gadget attachment that you lower to the bottom of the demijohn and this helps...

Thanks Robbi. Actually I learned a lesson doing that. I thinned out the handle before I had finished hollowing out the bowl. Then, as I was hollowing the bowl, I was worried I was going to snap the thin handle. If I was doing it again, I'd leave the handle fairly thick until I was just about...