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Hello and welcome to BCUK! I think we all prefer fair weather, but it's in short supply at the moment. :( I think I might nip out and do some sausages under a tarp later. The dogs will like that, anyway. :)

Not sure exactly but I think you'll need to have a minimum number of posts before you can upload things. I think it's ten but welcome correction on that. Oh - and well done!

Welcome to BCUK. :) Why not pop along to one of the meets?

Why not just go for it? You'll soon start finding out what you're short of. You'd manage with what you've got already plus almost any LED torch - a head torch is always my first choice, and then a few backups, one of which will always be another head torch. An ex-issue bivvy bag is thirty...

What's your budget? You can get a hammok for twenty quid or you can spend hundreds. There are loads of hammocks mentioned on this site, and I believe there are whole Websites dedicated to hammocking. Try a few Google searches to start you on your journey - and believe me, it IS a journey. :)...

It's called a "tin of beans" because it's in a "tin can" which is usually a steel can coated with tin, ot "tinned". You can "tin" things with solder, and they used to do that originally, but people started to get lead poisoning because the solder was something like half lead and half tin and...

Zinc burns off pretty quickly at a high enough temperature, on galvanized stuff it's only a thin layer. Once it's gone it's gone. You'll see a powdery whiteish zinc oxide coating and usually some yellowish crud looking like sulphur which will all brush off easily. Most cans will be steel...

It's no secret. :) I was quite happy with my Nokia 8210 for about 12 years, but one day the display started playing Space Invaders or something and it became unusable. The dealer couldn't mend it and couldn't replace it, so the new 'phone was just what they had to offer instead. I could have...

Oh, I see. Thanks. Yes, I have a smart phone but I try not to use it if at all possible so that lets me out. When I got it I removed everything from it that it came with that didn't involve either calling people (which I do rarely) or sending text messages (which is the only reason I have it).

I think the tin cans are really tinned steel. I just meant that they're thin steel, they're not stainless, and they will eventually rust through. If you're going to use this as a semi-permanent fixture in your shed you probably won't want to be messing with it all the time, especially in winter...

What's a WhatsApp group and why would I want one?

I think the tin cans are probably just about big enough in diameter for that size of stove - I'm thinking it's about three inches? But it needs to be clear all the way through and the neck of the jerry can is an obvious constriction. Probably better if you can keep the flue as straight as...

Four posts in four years?! This is going to take a while. :) I can see where you're coming from with a combination of bungee and cord. Most of the time like you I'm in a bivvy bag on the ground under a tarp, and yes paracord tends to sag in the morning. I just live with it. The tarp is...

Welcome to BCUK! :campfire: For tips on "a bag for the UK countryside" you should probably start a thread in "Kit Chatter" or possibly "Camp and Carry" and it would be helpful to know who's going, experience, fitness, how long you're expecting to be there, how you plan to get there etc...

Make sure there's plenty of ventilation in the shed when you eventually use it in there. We don't want you to be another CO statistic. The flue needs to be bigger in diameter, clear of all obstructions and a lot taller. The way you have it now, it will tend to burn up too quickly if the flue...

What size is it?

Well you have my commiserations, FWIW. My other half was hit by a car while out cycling and she didn't get damaged nearly as badly as you seem to have been, but it still took a good year for her to get more or less back in shape. I'd say you're going to have to be a patient patient, and by the...

Safe places: Look around you! You'd probably spot if your tent was on a railway line. But it might be in a dry river bed, and rain might be forecast. The trees around you have probably been there longer than you've lived, so most of the time they'll be safe, but as mick91 mentioned strong winds...

Oh, wow, good luck with that! :)

Bear in mind that their service is based on magnetic field readings, so it won't give you much, if any, advance warning. In nearly ten years of being subscribed to their list I've never seen anything based on its warnings. Still hoping for clear skies tonight. :)