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Not used the Solent plastics stuff but will take a look, next time I need something like that. IME, the RUBs are OK for domestic use and for occasional expeditioning but like you, I have found them a bit too fragile for long term use but TBH, I’d probably take them over the wolf boxes which are...

A very moving, well written and inspirational read - thank you for sharing. Very sad but it must have been a privilege to know Kate - definitely a life well lived despite the hardships and heartbreak. :emoji_sunrise_over_mountains: :emoji_milky_way:

Peekaboo! Despite losing one older leveret a few weeks ago, we have at least two younger ones which we see most days :)

I managed to get a snaps of a hummingbird hawk moth and a comma butterfly this afternoon. When the sun was out the buddlea was full of butterflies - not to say there shouldn't be more of them though. Didn’t have much time today but will have another go when the sunshine’s and start trying to...

A bit far for me to travel - I hope to get to the meet in Somerset next year. Scything is one of those rural skills which is making a comeback although the scythe of choice now is the “Austrian scythe”, which is much lighter and with a finer blade. Skill is more important than brute force...

May be of interest to those north of Hadrian’s Wall. :) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scottish-scything-festival-2019-tickets-58949487504?ref=elink&fbclid=IwAR0lmLPiB6yZP8M6M-nvupa0THTISQOH8hjRqWCGGADCuT4Qi2iUbqyuepo

Quite a few beech nuts on one of our trees too.

This may be of interest to forumites on the north side of Hadrian’s Wall keen to combine foraging with other traditional culinary crafts - deep fried, battered elderflowers! ;) :poke: :mosquitos:I’ll get my coat.......

Famous last words! :( https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/hoofed-and-dangerous-britains-killer-cows-1776775.html https://www.countryfile.com/go-outdoors/walks/how-dangerous-are-cows-to-walkers/...

Thank you for posting - really good to have reports from people getting out and doing stuff! :) Here is some bumf from the ramblers and others on the dangers of cattle in U.K. and Ireland...

https://nearlywildcamping.org/

Wow - that is like taking off the bergan a young fit squaddie has to carry! Certainly going to ease the pressure on your joints! :) PS congratulations! :) PPS Just has an email from Tac Tree with news of sale on 5.11 trousers https://tactree.co.uk/511-shop/511-trousers

LOL (as I believe the yoof of today used to say before their parents started doing so as well! ;)) - I was beginning to suspect that all records of the Fuller Figured Fenna Fella had been surreptitiously expunged from the forum records! :) FWIW I have a couple of pairs of 5.11 trousers (don't...

Matthew 7.7! ;) https://bushcraftuk.com/review-5-11-stonecutter-pants-trousers/

The @mazon link I posted has changed - they did have L and XL in both green and civil defence blue (long and short sleeve). I bought a job lot a while back from MM when they were dirt cheap and wear them most days during the summer as workwear if I want to keep my arms covered from sun...

I did once have the entire Renault Alpine owners club membership lined up behind me trying to overtake on a beautiful road over the Applecross peninsula on the Scottish west coast! ;)

Looks like a wonderful trip and baby blue is a great colour for and old VW. I really miss my old Kombi and get a twinge of jealousy every time I pass one on the road and have to stop myself waving or flashing headlights. I don’t miss long motorway drives being buffeted by a head or sidewind but...

Is this what you are after? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Swedish-defence-two-button-shirts-Sleeve/dp/B00CGH1644/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Swedish%2Barmy%2Bshirt&qid=1561824768&s=gateway&sr=8-1&th=1&psc=1

Not for the squeamish! :)

IMHO 4x4 is an expensive and generally unnecessary complication for most people which narrows down the choice of vehicles. These guys were the inspiration for my overlanding travels and although I eventually swapped my VW Kombi for a Defender 110, this shows what can be doe with 2WD and a decent...