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Ray Mears presented a corporate safety/project management video for my employer. It wasn't particularly interesting.

M65 Jackets are good, but they could do with a better hood. I proofed mine with Nikwax and it is still beading water a year on, alhtough I've not worn it in a down-pour. If I did it again, I'd have used Fabsil on the shoulders for better proofing before using the Nikwax for the whole jacket.

I'd have one of those if I didn't already more jackets than you could shake a stick at...

What does the toe-cap area look like on the Brashers after a lot of use? Does sharp rock/scree take lumps out of it? Heavier duty boots and a lot of the canvas/suede one have reinforcement at that point.

It was the same just down the road in Altrincham this morning. I wore my Nikwaxed black M65 replica (presentable enough for the office) and it kept the moderate rain off nicely. I just wish that the poly-cotton was a Slightly tighter weave and that the hood was better -although that what my...

Having found that 'cordura, suede & goretex' boots are just not tough enough for the sort of walking I like (scree, rocks & scrambling) I'm interested in replacing them with a leather pair. I already have a pair of Scarpa Manta for winter walking and a pair of Scarpa Vega from my ice...

If any of you have been to New England in the US, you'll know that there are a lot of broad-leaved trees. I was told that in New Hampshire, much of the trees were second growth after the settlers cleared much if the area in the past. They have beaver there and you can see quite a few trees...

The Eastern Front does look to have been a bit cold: I've bought a (old 1960s) large wool blanket and intend to do some back-garden bivvying to experiment sleeping in it as an alternative to a sleeping bag. I'll probably keep it in the car for emergencies or car bivvying. As has been pointed...

I thought so too. There is a policy to make it 'wild'

good point. On a similar note, when did almost every road in the UK become surfaced with tarmac? Was there a big push at some point? I think that every other country I've ever been to appears to have a lot more 'un-metalled' road.

Certainly in West Lancs, near my parents, there a lot of place called 'xxxx Moss', which are now fertile arable land.

How large were the inland expanses of bog/marsh/swamp? Did they have tree cover or were they areas of shallow water and surrounded by spongey ground as per Blakemere Moss that has been re-flooded in Delamere Forest? There were presumably areas of slightly higher ground that people travelled...

There are some great images of the forest on the www:

Interesting. I once took the Train between Moscow and Tallin -that was a very large area of forest and was only a small part of it.... There were some great-looking wooden houses and about as far from a Moscow tower block as I could imagine.

Which 2010 area of the world would most closely resemble northern England 200/500/1000 years ago?

So is it correct that the Lakeland fells would have been covered in trees back in the day? What about Snowdonia and the Scottish Highlands? When I did history I heard that a lot of the trees went on Iron production and ship building (~2000 Oak trees for a galleon!)

Having been to the Lakes last week and into North Wales this week, it struck me how relatively few trees there are in this country. Obviously, I was aware of this before, and have been to New England in the past where there are *a lot* of trees. If we had not cleared the land for farming...

Fantastic. My motorbike jacket needs a new pocket zip and the cxosts of leather repairs is astronomical. I'll check out Zlideon.

Those heavy Austrian army jumpers appear to be difficult to find in my size (40"). If I do find one, are they comfortable of is the wool scratchy? Are there any other surplus (but equally as not obviously military-looking) jumpers of similar warmth out there?

This is what people associate with Land Rovers: This is what people associate with Toyota: Which is more effective?............