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  1. redandshane

    2 season bag £20-30

    Might be worth a look in Blacks or Millets Blacks have this on sale http://www.blacks.co.uk/equipment/133689-eurohike-super-snooze-250-sleeping-bag-light-green.html#read_more I would personally look at a slightly higher budget- the old cliche stands boots and sleeping bags you are always in...
  2. redandshane

    Bear Grylls The Island series II

    I am enjoying it They obviously listened to some of that amateur armchair criticisms of the first series I liked the navigational educational aspect of it in particular Great TV
  3. redandshane

    Vanquest Fire Sale

    Looks like Survival depot in UK are dealers for them link http://www.survivaldepot.co.uk/index.aspx?pageid=474754&chainID=49837&txtQuickSearch=vanquest
  4. redandshane

    Heads up. Ton of decent silnylon tarps and shelters half price.

    I got a Silshelter on its way to me after much procrastinating Getting its first proper outing on Dartmoor very soon Thanks for the heads up
  5. redandshane

    Sharpening Opinel No.08 - advice please

    Heres a video might help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14d3UbAgSaY
  6. redandshane

    Hammock Gear - Cuben Fiber Tarp With Doors.

    Cuben fibre Mr Webster? Cant wait to see this
  7. redandshane

    BcUK Photograph of 2015 Competition March Vote

    Wow that's too difficult got to go to work will make my choice when i have appropriate time Best collection yet I reckon!
  8. redandshane

    Recommend me a hori-hori knife/ trowel

    I have one which a BCUSA member in Japan shipped to me Its a really useful miltipurpose garden and bushcratft tool They are meant as beaters/hackers so no need to have a particularly fine edge on it anyway They come with crap sheaths as they are not meant to be ornamental purely functional heres...
  9. redandshane

    My First British Blades Commission...Nightmare LOL!

    That is a nice big knife and your sheath has enhanced it greatly. Brilliant Mate PS wish me luck out on Chesil beach tomorrow night with Fraser.Recreational mind.
  10. redandshane

    Beach bushcraft

    I think the coastal aspect is an integral part of Bushcraft especially in UK terms there is even a specific Bushcraft school other schools provide courses but for Fraser its his primary focus http://coastalsurvival.com/
  11. redandshane

    Picking a camping spot

    Looks well worth spending some time finding the best pitch near that loch. Lewis you say? Bet that fish tastes better than Gugga Surprised The Laird of Lewis and much esteemed moderator on this forum Seoras hasn't piped up yet Nice pics by the way
  12. redandshane

    Tumshie

    Nice to see the perennial discussion between Scots and English about what a turnip is In Galloway we call the big ones turnips(neeps) and the smaller fellas white turnips. Both are very popular
  13. redandshane

    Wolf tracking

    Looks very like it. You are lucky; I believe the farmers in your area have been illegally shooting wolves as the population has increased following a total ban on hunting trapping poisoning of wolves.I would be on the lookout for other types of sign in that area You never know you may actually...
  14. redandshane

    Best bit of Winter kit

    I was just thinking the other day How good my Dutch Army half wool base layer tops have been They make a real difference when the temperature drops
  15. redandshane

    Leatherman Signal

    A new tool coming from Leatherman. May be of interest to some Here is a bit of a write up/preview http://toolguyd.com/leatherman-signal-multi-tool/ What do people on here think ? Personally I will stick with my Wave
  16. redandshane

    can anyone recommend a winter down sleeping bag

    No doubt about it a down bag is a good investment. Lower end of your budget take a look at the Vango down bags top end and a bit over look at Rab bags Its very individual as I dont know if you use a bivvy bag or would put a fleece liner in Both these measures greatly increase the versatility of...
  17. redandshane

    Drinking canal water

    Where there's a canal there will be another source of water I will not even canoe in The Kennet and Avon canal which is very local to me That water is contaminated in too many ways. In short don't do it
  18. redandshane

    Ebola confirmed in Glasgow, via Heathrow, Casablanca and Sierra leone

    Too many trolls and we all know who they are Ebola is not the disease here
  19. redandshane

    Ebola confirmed in Glasgow, via Heathrow, Casablanca and Sierra leone

    LOL I know We said No in the referendum but I think you will find Scottish health care is of an equal if not better standard than English health care .
  20. redandshane

    Ebola confirmed in Glasgow, via Heathrow, Casablanca and Sierra leone

    There is a lot of talk about this but what I find extraordinary is that when we do identify a case we have a policy in The UK to move that person to the far end of the country and has been said right into the heart of one of the most densely populated areas ;It is counter intuitive to say the...