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I don’t remember ever sleeping in a shell scrape, I seem to remember they were around the perimeter of the Harbour Area, with 3 slight more forward as Sentry points, during the night. We only used them during ‘stand to” or if there was an attack. The Basha was further back and that is where...

I think it is a combination of things: Unless you know where to shop there are aren’t a lot of places that sell fixed blade knives. For food prep etc then the scout group will provide the knives, so the scout doesn’t need to own their own. Parental concern, with all of the publicity around knife...

When I talk to the Scouts about expedition/activity clothing, I will normally have the discussion around price, value and usefulness. One of the big things can be the technical t-shirts that wick moisture away. We look at what they might already have. Football and rugby shirts are most common...

I have some serious technical kit that I wear for activities, but for sitting round a fire it gets put away and the Norgy jumper and a pair of chefs trousers or jeans works for me. Sent using Tapatalk

The pointy tip is useful when using it to pierce the lid of tin cans, you can then open them. I had to have the tip point reground on mine, I handed it to the chap, saying, “be careful it’s sharp” He replied, “it will be when I ow” [emoji849] Sent using Tapatalk

I recommend the Opinal knife to my Scouts, the fact that it can be locked shut and then locked open, is in my mind, an important safety feature. I have had them since I was a Scout, and find it just a useful as a SAK, with the blade strong enough to open cans and still remaining sharp enough to...

I have a bottom entry Hennessy and when I bought it you could swap out the tarp for the Hexagonal one at no cost so I did. I bought the bubble mat insulation pad too, which does work, if you are using a sleeping bag. A few summers back I bought the DD underblanket, which is similar to the...

My wife has a Coleman bed, with an inflatable mattress, it’s quite a nice bit of kit and I wish I had bought one at the same time so we could sleep on the same level. We use a Vango 5 person, as that is the only one that the bed would fit in, without touching the sides/ends and we would be...

I have some rip repair stuff that I bought from DD, I used it as a stop gap for my kayaking trousers, it worked. But is essentially a tape that you cut to size. Sent using Tapatalk

I’ve just bought an OEX Rapide 24, but I wanted it more for day hikes and to use as hand luggage on planes. It was reduced to £25, because it was Marine colour, blue ones were £44.95. Sent using Tapatalk

Bought an OEX Rapide 24 from GoOutdoors, wanted a daysack that could double as Hand Luggage on aircraft. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There is always DDHammocks too, we use the basic one for the scouts and a couple have gone on to buy the bigger and better ones. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I bought a Freeloader back in 2011 to take to the Scout Jamboree in Sweden, I bought the one with the extra external panel, it worked really well in Britain, so well that I bought the bigger version too. But for some reason in Sweden they were rubbish, wouldn’t take a charge or wouldn’t charge...

Quite a few of the big SAK in particular the Ranger, have a part serrated edge, or you could get a Petzl, although the new one looks to have a smooth blade. Sent using Tapatalk

In the UK, you can either pay Water Rates, which is a fixed charge, regardless of how much you use or you can have a water meter fitted then pay based on what you use. I think there are standing charges, included in that. Following the fitting of a meter you can ask, within 2 years, to go back...

I tried clipping to the tarp ridge line but it was then too tight, so I now tie it to the side rings, there are one on each side to pull the hammock out into the correct shape. I don’t know when I’ll be setting it up next, but I’ll take a photo. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

First time in years I haven’t wanted something, my son does, but he’s learning about priorities [emoji23]. Sent using Tapatalk

I use a DD underquilt, attach it to the hammock at each end. Push the under quilt to one side to get in and out and it goes back easily. Sent using Tapatalk

When we adopted an ex stray, we could never let him out of the house off the lead as he would be gone. He was fine off the lead on a walk. When he did get away, we spent several hours searching for him and eventually we saw him coming out of a house further up the street. They had found him...

Quick check on Google and there is an Newspaper article announcing that the Prison Service were to be issued with them in 2006, so I’m making the massive assumption that 25 years ago, when my brother asked me to swap, the Police weren’t issued anything and the MoD knife which is easy to open and...