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I've had decent enough results just snapping off twig ends and stuffing the twigs into the neck of a bottle, secured to the branch higher up with a piece of string.

I remember being told on a guided tour of a submarine, that submarine control rooms were lit in red, because if any light leaked through the periscope, red would be the colour least likely to be observed by a surface ship. Presumably this is due to it having a longer wavelength than other...

Ive not used a silva global. However the other week I bought a silva expedition 4 (to replace a Suunto as I'm not keen on the romer scale layout) and worryingly, the index pointer on the housing wasn't correctly aligned with direction of travel arrow. It was a couple of degrees out. Something to...

I have this bag. It's very hard wearing and comfortable. However, for its volume it is heavy. I've added a molle pouch to the side which takes a water bottle. I find that I tend to take a lighter bag for general day walks. If out with the family on longer hikes I tend to take something bigger...

I'm sure this is often the case too. I agree.

Why does no one ever mention the oil industry in all this?

This to me is a real and serious issue. We cannot be experts in everything. The reality is that in life, we sometimes have to place trust in others. Like you say, where do you draw the line? For me, authority is corrupted by two things; ideology and the prospect of gaining money. Both of these...

COVID vaccines are in 'phase 4' trials which is effectively the real-world monitoring that takes place for medicines and vaccines post market. ONS published reports on this for the UK, and I think the world health organisation collated and published ongoing trial data to help with strategic...

I would love to. Unfortunately east Anglia has not been blessed with snow, and it's a fair old trek to the hills.

This is my field and I remember these concerns. I looked into this at the time, gave benefit of the doubt to what people claimed, as I wondered, 'what if what people say is true?' Without exception I found the concerns to be based on misunderstandings or misinterpretations of the process of...

I respect the point that you're making. But Hitler was an individual who was a master orator, influencer and a master of disinformation. He created an infrastructure that was bent to his own will. The great thing about the present day scientific community is that it self regulates, self...

Climate change since the industrial revolution is overwhelmingly caused by human emissions, not by natural climate chnage. Period. Scientific consensus on this is near unanimous and I think it's worth stating this clearly; this isn't my opinion, it's the conclusion of almost all climate...

I'd love to have a go making flint tools. There's tonnes of the stuff in my area and when I have the time I'll find a course and give it a go. I was also struck by the differences in skills between the folk that lived pre-ice age, on the tundra, and those later inhabiting a woodland...

I've been revisiting History of Ancient Britain by Neil Oliver, currently three episodes in. I watched it a long time ago but for some reason it's really hit home this time round. I don't think I fully appreciated two things: The first is just how few people were around in the Mesolithic eras...

I planted tomatoes and beans a while ago. Inexplicably, what has sprouted in their place is something completely different. I believe one is figleaved goosefoot and the other is another sort of orache or goosefoot. Not easy plants to identify on an individual basis, but my understanding is that...

Do you reckon the root is more effective than the leaves?

There's some figwort in our area. Not so much meadowsweet, unless I take to the canoe. I do actually have wood avens in the garden though. Ive been cultivating the useful 'weeds' over the last few years. This isn't proving popular in my household but I find it highly satisfying :) Well, I tried...

Thanks all, that's brilliant. I've never heard of using onion like that. I'll be giving that a go!

I've got two plants in my garden which according to my notes, may help with sore throat: self-heal (prunella vulgaris) and ribwort plantain (plantago lanceolate). I imagine these are taken as teas (leaves and or flowers) or gargles of the tea. Does anyone use these or have more info on their...

Whole thing sounds like a deficit of common sense and decency on both sides.