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I for one find it thoroughly annoying finding an interesting, detailed forum thread which appears to be a great resource, only to discover that the images disappeared 12 years ago and the poster left the forum or died in the meantime.... That's two votes for postimage though, maybe I'll give it...

Unless that has the negative effect of people using other platforms like facebook or youtube which have a wider audience, and are free (or even make small amounts of money).

I'm a complete newcomer but will add my thoughts, which may or may not be useful! The most valuable thing for me would be the ability to upload photos, so I can join in a little more. I don't ave an account on a hosting site and am not going to open one- I don't want the hassle, some ofthem are...

I'll echo a previous comment that you may be overthinking things too much. From what you've told us, you have no planning permission on your land. You have around an acre of essentially unmanaged woodland, which we'll presume for now would be regarded officially as woodland rather than scrub...

I wouldn't eat farmed salmon if you paid me £75 a kilo! The Soil Association are currently considering whether to withdraw from certifying salmon as even organic production methods are an ecological horror. I run on Lidl/Aldi frozen wild caught salmon, £7.50/kg full price. Delicious and MSC...

Then I'd at least expect you to get you terminology correct "Mud"? Mud is deadly technical stuff, and plenty of regions have the wrong kind of it. Here in East Anglia there is plenty of wattle and daub and clay lump farm buildings were still winter work for labourers before the Great War. My...

Almost Cob/daub/clay lump/adobe is clay rich subsoil and straw. Dung optional. Often only present in historic mixes as clay and straw were penned in with livestock so hoof pressure did the heavy work of mixing. There needs to be sufficient clay content in the subsoil to bind the mix together...

There are plenty of new good enough quality decorative indoor candle lanterns on the market with lots of glazed area to let plenty of light out, just need to find one with a socket for proper candles rather than tealights. A bit of polished alloy or even foil could be added inside to make a...

First time I read this I saw the phrase 'for the home' and assumes you meant indoors, but re-reading I take it you're after something to use around the home. Again, no outdoor candle lanterns I've come across from history with sprung candles, a lot of the height would be in the candle holder...

You must have good eyes for lace work! I struggled enough trying my hand at Dorset buttons a few years ago. Some of the more elaborate (expensive)(upper class) lacemaking lamps used a sprung candle holder to keep the flame height constant, so it was always at the optimum position to be...

I think your stumbling point is the desire for a sprung candle in a lantern- through history almost all candle lanterns have simply had a candle shoved in the socket inside. The exceptions being those mounted to the front of carriages, bicycles and the interior walls of road and railway...

I love winter. I'm very underweight, have poor circulation and generally need to look after myself at the moment. I've lived without central heating for a decade and spend most of my time outside. If I'm working outside temperature isn't really an issue. It's evenings and workshop-type work...

I'd almost go as far as saying I can't understand why anyone would want a high power torch, as Wayland mentions above, I use moonlight mode on my headtorch nine times out of ten. There are a few situations where 'normal' torch light levels are handy though. I find low level warm white or at...

I've been avoiding this discussion as I've been a candle and lantern addict since childhood. I tend to avoid anything which may flare up my condition. But it's the best time of year for light and hard to avoid it, so here goes. I have made silicone moulds of various candles which are hard to...

Am I the only one who genuinely gets excited by socks? Good, thick, high quality wool rich socks.... Yes please, relatives!

Nothing, if you burned them in a saucer as the instructions on the box (and the cardboard cup) clearly stated.... :)

A bit like with stainless flasks- fill with hot water and allow to warm through, then replace the water and they'll last until the small hours. Brilliant things!

@British Red yes, 47kgs offer little financial saving and are a pain logistically. And 19kgs are a big saving over 13kgs, I feel sorry for people like narrowboaters with small gas lockers forced to use them!

I'm still using a rubber hot water bottle from my childhood, and will continue to until it leaks- the difference being I test the temperature of water I fill it with. If hot enough to scald, I add some cold.... No risk other than soggy bedding. I also have a collection of historic earthenware...

The farm I'm involved with planted almond trees a while back, the concept of almonds in the UK was new to me, but with current milder conditions it seems like a good plan!