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A musical instrument is a great idea! (ideal place to practice away from longsuffering next door neighbours!)

I think for a month in the wilderness, the real things I'd struggle with would be boredom and isolation. A solar powered battery pack for my phone of some kind, above and beyond what you'd need for emergencies, allowing me to chat with people - I think it'd make a big difference. Equally, some...

That's such a wonderful photo. Today I saw some tiny (3cm tall) mushrooms which were pale lavender, a couple of tiny ones inside a hole in an oak which seemed to be glowing in the dark, and probably a beefstake mushroom on the same tree, about 20cm in diameter. No idea what the other ones...

I really enjoyed the Ray Mears book about trees - which turned out to be a lot about ancient Britain, which order trees evolved in, how he imagined them living alongside trees based on the skills he knows. I loved how very humanising his vision of ancient people was, it made them seem very close...

My take on the converted van campers - take it with a grain of salt as I've never actually used one - is I'm surprised when people put in like an entire fitted kitchen. It's a very small space and you're camping, so my instinct would be to keep the space as multi-purpose as possible with...

That's a great question! It's like, forestry and coppicing with some woodwork, so plenty of moving your arms about plus some walking

Here we go! One swirly whirler & I attempted a bit of carving to look like rope on the handle. I see the value of all those carabiners, for points at which you clip & unclip rope - I'll have to think about what I've got I can use. safety pins or even a clever knot. I also had a go with an...

I'm not loving my Salamanda - I'm more of a camper than a hiker, I want a shelter with a touch more wiggle room, maybe the ability to comfortably read a book & have fun hanging out in. I know I don't like this one, so I'd like to try something else and see how that goes. I'm open to trade for...

Been sent here by my husband - he's about to start an outdoorsy job & wants to invest in a serious waterproof jacket & waterproof trousers, at a max budget of £600 for the pair. We're in Wales, so the rain slaps you about and comes down in miserable waves, & he says he's not worried about warm...

I;m procrastinating on buying some smurf poo (blue substance you put on a leather strop for knife sharpening) and that's got me thinking: what did people in history use for this substance? Can you DIY it from natural materials in a survival situation? Can I put something viable together in my...

Aurora watch UK - notifies you if the aurora might be visible Weather - on your Internet browser, go to your favourite weather page and bookmark it. Then go to your bookmarks and select the page (possibly by long-pressing it instead of tapping it quickly), and you might be able to put a link...

Adding on to this: You use wood board if your knife is uh a Scandi grind or kinda flat, and you use the carpet underlay foam if your knife is shaped like uh the prow of a canoe ie whether the knife needs to echo the rigid shape or whether it needs to echo a curved shape

For sure :) they're not demands or complaints, more like feedback to help - it's possible that some of these are big barriers & if no one feeds back, the team might not be aware they're issues.

Sorry I can't remember names, but did anyone get a photo or can draw me a sketch of the thingy from the Moot. It was two sticks and you swung it about like a football rattle to wind cord, being demonstrated on the family day? I tried to show some kids bramble corsage yesterday and it's clearly...

I've been thinking of making a sampler - not sure what the finished object will look like - demonstrating as many different cord-making techniques as I can find. I thought it'd make a fun game thread! Here are the rules: name & describe a technique to make some string rope, cord, or anything...

It's a good thought, & it'd be important that people in those industries also had the opportunity for more free time. and it's probably right to create a norm of at least one day a week which everyone has off, so you know when your family and friends will be free. But that could be nice? It...

Another really good use of a tarp: we can't afford to run heating in the winter, it gets very cold in our cottage, but you can string a tarp over/around a bed - with lashed branches or to the bed itself depending on the design - and hey presto, it's a tent, and your body warmth seeps out and...

No one has said this yet so I'll add it: it's a pleasurable bushcraft skill to master. It's an excuse to learn, do and practice knots & handle/collect rope; and the art of learning, designing, pitching and situating a tarp is a survival skillset which some people find inherently interesting. I...

Just some feedback: I'm not enjoying the shopping experience on the events website, it's a clumsy user interface in a lot of ways to use - can't navigate my way to wintermoot tickets - link on the home page to Wintermoot links back to home page, not to information - Clicking tickets leads to a...

I'll be at Lavuu this weekend with people from my local bushcraft community - anyone else going along? Sounds like there will be a lot of vendors, a main stage, tutorials, kayaking on a lake, and I expect a lot of relaxing by the fire