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point me in the direction of some interesting tents! I'm looking for a good quality thing for taking friends camping in - and maybe friends who aren't outdoorsy and have different boundaries around things like 'rain' and 'bugs' to the rest of us ;) Fun to be in - big windows or a window on...

Does anyone have a rec for a tipi or pyramid style tent that's on the cheap side? Weight no issue, it's to put up (and leave up) in the garden for a bit of fun, although decent waterproofing would be good because: Wales. I did see one in a store last year and. didn't note down the brand, like a...

Any recommendations for how to set up a tarp to keep the warm in, but also allow you to be social around a fire? Normally I'd just go for a lean to in case of rain

A friend new to wild camping mentioned by chance that she wanted to see more meteors, so we raced out to see the Quadrantids over y Bannau Brycheniog. Braved ice on the roads and got to my secret sleeping spot, of which I shall not speak. The sky was hazy, and meteors were few. The ground...

Following on from the discussion of regenerative agriculture and farming, my area is post-industrial and I'm not sure id want to eat anything out of the soil here. But i could knock up some large crates and pots. What grows well without contact with the actual soil? I tried carrots once and...

Slow day at home so I'm going to post some finished projects. Soft leather tinderbag, with hand-rolled jute cord drawstring. As easy as it looks to make - I used the TA Outdoors video to get the dimensions right, and the leather was from a family member decluttering an attic - it's thin and...

Ive got some nice soft stuff but id have to double it over for a sturdy project I have in mind, which seems obviously wasteful. Is the stiffness merely about thickness, or are there different ways leather has been treated to get a sturdy finish? I want to make a sort of 'box pouch' so it...

Does anyone have advice or a resource on how to DIY your own clamps in a bush situation? I often find myself doing little sawing jobs in the wood or in my kitchen when I can't get to a tootlbox quickly, and I've been daydreaming about counter-weighted systems and strapping things down with cord...

I have successfully spent a night out and cooked two meals and a coffee for the first time ^_^ ( Mechanically minded chapx, do you think it would be possible to make like. A rubber nozzle for the kettle. I've always thought the one feature it does not have is the ability to carry that first...

Does anyone know how to improve the waterproofing of a tent without spraying it with microplastics...? I keep finding abandoned tents and daydreaming about doing them up to gift on, so they don't go to landfill. But I suspect the big issue with them is low-quality fabric that's not waterproof...

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...

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...

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

I'm tinkering about with a design for a backpack which is just straps and a frame, I think popping all my bedrolls onto an external frame and then covering it with something is going to be a lot faster and more efficient for the kind of stealth camping I do (esp when I break camp in the rain...

What are the must have things for you to get - not just an adequate or safe sleep out of doors, but a really refreshing one? I've been feeling weird all moot, I've slept so poorly, which is odd because I've slept out entire summers before and liked it much better than inside. I remembered when...

I have boldly come to the moot alone, with a bivvy bag and a bell tent, but I'm not sure one-man bell tent erection is going to go well. Is anyone about and feeling skilled and social to help put it up? If so, propose a meeting location that's easy to identify on the campsite, and come over...