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At the time I was worried for the tent, and was too busy extracting human and dog, but after a cupa we did have a giggle about it. I think her expectations are a bit unreal to be honest. I camped happily with a similar size dog in Ireland in an old 2 man ridge tent. My dog was much more...

Kerr Rawdon has just dropped another short video on YT about yet another challenge in the courts to stop wild camping on dartmoor. I wish I knew how to link it, but I'm sure you clever lot can find it. There is a protest planned on the moor, so those that can, get along and support the right to...

I have the DD pyramid, took it to k's and put it up in the garden. Disaster! Didn't want inner first, wants all in one pitch, dog took out the pole in first ten minutes and collapsed the whole thing on top of her, hysteria ensued as she became panicked not able to find the pole and re instate...

Friend took me to the range today, as I needed a trip out, and she was going for herself. We passed go outdoors, so I persuaded her that it would be a great idea to pop in. Got some seam sealant that I needed to perk up a cheap, leaky tent. Some lightweight pegs, a wide mouth water bottle, a...

Great tent, yes it's bomb proof, but its not budget friendly. We are looking £200 or less if possible.

Just had the monthly electric bill today. £68. So today the heating goes on low. See what that does to my pocket! I'm beginning to feel the damp and cold seeping in to my bones the last few days. It will be so nice to be warmer when I get up in the mornings. The woodstove is great, but a lot of...

Not for myself. A friend has decided that she wants to camp on lundy next spring to see the puffins. I've passed on some of my old kit to help her out, but she's not sure what tent to get. She is a novice, so something easy to pitch, preferably outer and inner put up together, and then she just...

Some great news that 15 Pine Martins have been released on Dartmoor. 8 females, and 7 males. They became extinct in the south west nearly a hundred years ago, so this is brilliant news. Next year, (2025) they hope to do a similar release on Exmoor. I'm so excited to hear this. I've never been...

Maid is the female equivalent. Boi (often pronounced Buy,) and Maid are both unmarried in its origional context.

Much further south than that. Think cider, (zyder), pasties, and cream teas, moorland, Lorna Doone, and a rough and rugged coast..below Wales. I was going to try typing that with an accent, but my phone's predictive text had a nervous breakdown! :) :)

Oi bee Wez cuntree boi, tis nart moi naatrul way of tarkin, tiz a roight lark mind ee. :)

No need, I have trees outside that I can hear rustling in the wind, owls hooting, and just above the fire, I have a huge woodland painting to stare into. Why would I need an electronic version? I prefer the real thing.

Lit the first fire of the season this afternoon. Warmed the house generably by four degrees and the living room is cosy, (21°) I'm bedded down on the sofa in front of the fire, the sweet smell of birch, perfuming the air, it's just like camping...but warmer!

It's not too bad Lots of loft insulation, fairly new double glazing all round, and front door, but the back door is still the old wooden one with glass pannels. I can feel the difference in temp coming off even the new front door glass, so I bubble wrap them and the toilet and bathroom windows...

Try two of you sleeping in an mgb gt. Stranded in a maidenhead car park. That was an experience and a half.! Spent many a night in my reliant van scrunched up on a roll mat with my lassie dog, on dartmoor. All good fun, and if I had a car today, I'd be out camping in it right now. Good on you...

I'd love to, but you might not ever get your furbaby back again! :) Samoyeds are even better, they make brilliant hot water bottles,and you can get a new wool jumper each year if you save the fluff up!

What do you do to prepare the home for winter, apart from prepping for power cuts, and getting in logs? I have been putting bubble wrap on the back door glass (yep, I know it's plastic, but it is recycled each year) The draught excluders, and heavier winter curtains have been put in place. I...

I first took mine camping at 6 months old. I have a photo somewhere of him at camp, blissfully sitting in a washing up bowl of water playing with his bath toys. It takes a bit of organisation , but its not impossible. I also took a travel cot, useful to keep little ones safe while you cook, and...

Well, I found a king size cotton duvet cover In the charity shop today, so plenty of material to make a large tarp. I was given a kilo of candle making wax last year, just need to figure out the rest of the mixture to waterproof it. Collecting walnut husks for dye. The tarp project is under way!

Hi Elizabeth, welcome, nice to see another female here.