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Nice video. Good creative camera work too. That rabbit looked tasty!

I don't know much about slow worms except to say I have found them in the crevice between the planks that surround my veggie plot and the adjacent lawn, as well as in the compost heap. Relocating them to the back garden sounds like a plan ...

Lovely work. The leather patch looks great. May I ask, what sort of sewing machine do you use?

Have you considered making one yourself? Might be worth thinking about, probably the cheapest way of getting exactly what you want right now ...

In 2012 I used to regularly get a lift with someone who owned a Dacia Sandero (not the Stepway model, the basic one). They are very popular in France since Dacia is owned by Renault. We'd have 5 in the car going up a fairly steep incline to our hill-top workers canteen. It was comfortable...

That was the first thing I thought of. I'd probably pack some sort of 'plate' to put under each leg to stop it sinking in the soft ground (pushing the tent ground sheet down in the bog). One (slightly off-topic) question, I don't know much about fishing - the caption on the photo of the salmon...

The thing that jumps out of that exchange is his intolerance of your view-point or the fact that people might wish to spend extra to get better equipment - as people who take their activities seriously do - be it photography, woodwork, bushcraft, fishing or whatever. As an aside, besides my...

Yes you're right mate, this is a great forum. That swine on the bike was a toe-rag and helping each other out is a good way of showing that ordinary decent people out-number the toe-rags. Offer stands if you want it. Good to hear the cops are (at last) taking it seriously ...

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll have a look out for those and I'll read Wayland's write up. :)

That's true about the night time fire, nobody notices the smoke :campfire:. As it happens, I have a few unwanted ash saplings growing up in my road-side hawthorn hedge so I'll be harvesting those later in the year (we don't have a woodburner so last year when I cut them back I threw them out...

Tom, I can feel the warmth just looking at that photo!

Sorry to hear about your stuff being stolen. Very annoying that the police don't want to get involved. As others have said, the scumbag might be local so a card in shop windows might help. Perhaps not just listing the gear stolen, but with a description of the guy and his bike (if you got a good...

Just found this POEM (!) about logs: Logs to burn Logs to burn, logs to burn, Logs to save the coal a turn Here’s a word to make you wise, When you hear the woodman’s cries. Never heed his usual tale, That he has good logs for sale, But read these lines and really learn the...

Thanks for the replies folks. I think I'll build up a stash of hardwood and cover it so it can air-dry. Once the weather picks up, I spend quite a bit of time in the garden (as you do) working on the veggie plot etc. and I can't think of anything nicer than stopping at midday to do a bit of...

Hi Folks, In most (all) the places I go walking I am not allowed to light a wood fire so I tend to bring a Coleman's F1 gas burner with me, or even a thermos if the gas is frowned upon. However, at the bottom of my garden I have a spot that would be ideal for messing about practicing...

Mixed up the airports, broke a window and then almost missed your flight ... sounds more like Frank Spencer than Roy 'Chubby' Brown ;)

This post surprises me and depresses me in equal proportion. I've flown into/out of Cork Airport many times and I don't think it could be described as "two converted prefab wriggly tin cowsheds" and the condescending description of "Maureen 'da customs orificer'" sounds like a line from a...

Hot hard-boiled egg sliced onto thick slices of freshly buttered bread with pinch of salt is hard to beat (no pun intended) ...:)

I like it!

The same thing happened to my son. He had about twenty 5-star reviews and one 1-star review from someone he'd never heard of. He posted a very polite reply along the lines of "Hi John. I can't understand why you have posted this review as I have never worked with you , in fact I don't know who...