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Get yourself a Zylis mug and you’ve got a cafetière (French press) and a cup in one. All you need is coffee and hot water. I have a screw top airtight jar for pre-ground coffee. I’m looking for a smaller one that fits into the mug. NB. It’s very well insulated so while it looks like a mug...

You’ve very probably seen this but I’d hate you to miss it. It’sa beautifully bright light at the end Of your rabbit hole. Very best of luck. Scroll back to the start - it’s not your post - it’s another 111b

If it’s got “Truth”, “Democracy”, “Honest” or “Unbiased” in its title ………

Hi, Welcome. (You’ll never find your gear again if you organise it!)

No one knows why the BBC presentation was treated in this way. I’m certainly not going to attempt to anticipate any forthcoming judgement that shall be much better informed than am I. Even in the most damming of cases, I am unlikely to let an incident like this to wholly undermine a lifetime of...

May I ask how have you made this assessment? Not challenging you. Seeking information. How would you recognise an unbiased report without another verified source? How would you assess that one? Are the biased sources showing a consistent bias or do their leanings differ with the subject...

This is one of those irregular verbs. I make balanced judgements. You are biased. They are uninformed, prejudiced fanatics.

BBC and Reuters. Aljezeera for contrast. Before you can judge a source to be biased you have to select your own (partisan?) stance from which to make the assessment. @TeeDee Really? Yes. See this post above.

Not really news. Just made my morning. He’s beating the carp out of his reflection in my window two feet away. Macho little bugger.

That is how my Great Grandfather earned his living. He started out with wet plates and graduated pre-prepared glass plates. He took views of Dublin for Lawrence’s Toy Shop to be published as post cards. He turned one of the windows in his house into a wet plate and mounted a lens. He exposed...

No way! One of the early (and ongoing) attempts to encourage Red Kites was at Llangurig??? It was on the A44 by there. Buzzards and kites were perfectly happy, flying and feeding together

Red Kites are a Positive News Story in themselves. A fantastic come back!

Seems you’ve got yourself a challenge. I’m not sure that you are getting much help but you can count on the advice.

Take a look at the Chillington range of hoes. I have a straight edge blade and the three tined tool. They don’t all fit in the same handle but the flat blades are interchangeable. The handle is tough and approx 1.2 metres. You can get a very satisfying swing and thunk. For the really bad...

Clog size is very little to do with load capacity. The smallest one will probably hold you easily. The size of the clog is to fit the variously available clefts. They are all designed to do the same job: to catch a falling climber (with luck). A cam will fit a wider range of crevices but...

This ^^^^^^^^ Have a look at some jams and clogs (chock stones.). @nigelp Beat me to it!!! Edited to add: It is possible to do the same thing with a wire or textile loop placed around a natural stone that jams into a crack. A loop from your hammock could work if the cleft lines up ok. Be...

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You’ve probably worked out that NVR is Non Return Valve. I believe that It’s at the bottom of the pump. I know nothing but I’ve seen that changing the NVR pip looks pretty routine. @Spiritburner owns the CCS site and also owns The Fettlebox. They sell pips. Be careful, these stoves and...

Get your bum over to Classic Camp Stoves. They are a very friendly lot and will give you all the help that you need. You won’t have access to the deeper archive without membership but look for John, screen name @Presscall. He’s a great bloke and really knows his stuff. He converted a Coleman...

Wooden board A cheese (Singular) Lancashire. Caerphilly Campozola?? (can’t remember). Or Shropshire Blue = high probability.. No fruit No weeds No inclusions: chilli, ‘erbs, pineapple etc. And definitely no crumbling cardboard squares, circles etc. I’m rather fond of cheese.