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  • Come along to the amazing Summer Moot (21st July - 2nd August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
  1. oldtimer

    Mice in Van (again)

    A follow up to all the helpful advice. I bought an ultrasonic device. I think I must have deaf mice. There was another raid and I caught one in the little nipper trap. I thien took Mary's advice and bought some mint essential oil. I thought it was expensive but has oroved to be worth every...
  2. oldtimer

    Handkerchiefs

    Being neither a crip nor a blood; green!
  3. oldtimer

    Handkerchiefs

    60something years ago when I was a Scout, the recommendation was to carry two handkerchiefs. Tissues were then unknown. Since the introduction of tissues, I carry a small supply and a bandana in my trouser pocket.
  4. oldtimer

    What is wild swimming?

    When I was young, it just meant swimming not in a swimming bath. Today, it means swimming in a mixture of sea, lake or river water and raw sewage.
  5. oldtimer

    Still lots of Covid about?

    Freudian slip there?
  6. oldtimer

    Still lots of Covid about?

    Get well soon all of you. Neither Madame nor I have had Covid but because of our age we have been rigorously vaccinated against it and normal flu every year. Not having to go to work and avoiding crowds, easier when one is retired and lives in the country, may have helped too. i have never had...
  7. oldtimer

    Recommend a YouTube Channel

    My late father-in-law 's "Time to Remember" series is now available on YouTube . The series was made in the early 1960s for ATV and are still an interesting take on the history of the late 19th and early 20th centuries told though archive film. I've been trying to get all of his films in one...
  8. oldtimer

    All Change!

    You'll need to learn how to say no! I found that the months after I finished being gainfully employed were busier than ever; everyone assumed I now had plenty of spare time and I never did get round to doing what I had planned. Thankfully, now folk assume that I'm too old to do anything. Still...
  9. oldtimer

    Bushcraft Word Association Game

    Sickle
  10. oldtimer

    Word association game

    Ego
  11. oldtimer

    Tengus New Stick

    Playground joke. What's brown and sticky? A stick.
  12. oldtimer

    Word association game

    Mutton
  13. oldtimer

    Folding handle pan

    I cut most of the handle off, leaving a bare minimum of a stub which needs to be handled with a glove or cloth. Not ideal, but the pan is the right size and shape for cooking and packing, unlike the folding handle models i already have. It made me understand what the socket was for on the...
  14. oldtimer

    Folding handle pan

    Wish I'd read this before I modded mine.
  15. oldtimer

    Word association game

    Purpose
  16. oldtimer

    Word association game

    Line
  17. oldtimer

    Word association game

    Timbers!
  18. oldtimer

    Word association game

    Bumph
  19. oldtimer

    A New Knife For My Foraging Adventures

    Nice to see a good knife being used for its intended purpose rather than being stuck in some armchair bushcrafter's drawer in anticipation of a profitable future resale.
  20. oldtimer

    Word association game

    Temptation