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  1. Lacijag1

    river danube trip

    had a 2 days camping trip with my daughter and a mate in hungary by the river danube. the location was a pretty beautiful area https://goo.gl/maps/f4npefPMNy42 in northern hungary not far from the capital where the river turns southways among the mountains. the weather was hot and dry. we...
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    Newbie in Bristol - any groups/meets?

    New in Bristol (actually south of Bristol) just moved here few weeks ago. Looking to meet up like minded people for day hikes or campings in the area.
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    Wool blanket or synthetic fleece blanket

    I had tried both fleece and wool as well. For me the fleece just works 100 times better than the wool. Mainly because the fleece is lighter and takes less space in the rucksack than the wool blanket. I never was interested in sitting out in the rain with the wool blanket on me, so it really does...
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    Is Karrimor still a Good Option

    I have bought several karrimor products in the past 5 years and i was quiet happy with them. One of the best boots for the money was my karrimor orkney boots was. Lasted me for 3 years! Which is a lot for a £50 boot, and i did put lots of miles in to that boot. Bought 2 karrimor weathertite...
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    Sourcing logs for carving?

    I buy logs sometimes from ebay, just search for birch logs and u will have few options to chose from. Good luck for the kuksa carving!
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    Can we cut branches off of trees?

    what i do is probably not allowed by law but ok by nature. if i find a freshly fallen tree, usually after storms i cut a branch off from it. but that is just me when i am lucky. i often buy fire logs, from diy stores or order some from ebay when i find a good deal...
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    Feather sticks.

    I don't mind them either, i use birch bark all the time. What i meant was some of those feather stick experts couldn't start a fire with their feather sticks without a help of other kindling material.
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    Feather sticks.

    is it prepared mind 101? the feather sticks that i see often on yt videos are usually not thin enough to catch a spark from a fire steel, they need hep with a birch bark or a cotton ball.
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    Recommended Campsites

    for londoners this is a great place debden house camp site in the epping forest http://www.debdenhouse.com/index.html camp site has 7 fields each for different users, for families for young people, camper vans etc. prices are reasonable. facilities good and clean. tents, tarps hammocks and...
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    martiini or mora

    hi i am after a marttiini or a mora carving knives from martiini the black lumberjack or the lynx lumberjack carbon i am after from mora the 120 with 6 cm blade they can be used as long as they are functional and not damaged in return i have a condor bushlore knife...
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    Going off-grid - tips and advice welcome

    my advice to u, don't do it! if u want to live long term off-grid is hard, u may not realize it but it means NON STOP working. my grand parents lived semi off-grid on a farm up in the mountains in hungary. water from the well, wood from the forest, food from the animals they kept and...
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    2 nights camping in cold and mud

    Robson Valley hi, that spam was soo good, i loved it:) i got the idea from a scottish guy:) it was the first time i tried it.
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    2 nights camping in cold and mud

    we went for an other wild camping trip to wales, same place actually where we were last year. the weather changed a lot and very quickly. from the morning cold to the afternoon mild to the freezing night we had more like an autumn type of weather than a winter one. but the nights were still...
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    Groundsheet

    could it be this one that clear plastic sheeting? those cheap tarpaulins work just fine for groundsheet, ebay is full of them...
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    Pen Y Fan

    no not this time, it was too cold for them:) but saw i guy. when i arrived in the morning he was packing his tent away. had a little chat with him. he spent a night there and was going to hike and camp for 2 more days in the beacons, he chose the best weather for it:)
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    Pen Y Fan

    On the 3rd of jan. couple of us friends went to climb the Pen Y Fan mountain in Wales. It was a start a new year with something cool thing and seemed to be a good idea. It was a cold day and snow on the ground. The trail was covered with ice from halfway to the top. We climbed next to the...
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    winter weekend in wales hammock vs tarp in -6 C

    i did look at the prices of underquilts and decided to stick with with the mat in the hammock method:) but when i can i rather sleep on the ground. and i just found the perfect solution:) bought a sleeping pod (basically an extra wide sleeping bag) and made a liner from a fleece blanket which...
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    winter weekend in wales hammock vs tarp in -6 C

    Hi Yeah it was a cool weekend, that farm is a great place. U can do whatever u want and it is soo cheap. They charged us £5 / night!
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    winter weekend in wales hammock vs tarp in -6 C

    this is an older trip from january 2016 my friend Andrew and me went for a weekend wild camping trip to wales. we did find a farm (glyn-y-mul farm) which had a camp site for caravans and camper and it also had a forest for wild campers. we went to the forest. we were the only crazy ones...
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    Leather boots without a waterproof liner

    http://www.military-shop.hu/termek/2545-mh-85-m-ejtoernyos-bakancs--uj-9089cba3.html I had these boots for few years, got it as used from my dad. He got it when he was in the army. It served him and me for long long years. Thick single layer leather boot. Price wise they go from £20-£50...