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If you could find the wherewithal to sew your own, it would be far cheaper than that, have a look here 8oz wax cotton here at 1.5m width. A couple of 3m lengths sewn down the middle, round the edges, add fittings of your choice, a 3mx3m could be made for £50, or £80 if you want veg tan and...

I know it's been discussed often on here before, but for anybody unaware, both the Ramblers and Right to Roam (and no doubt other groups too) are campaigning for improvements in access rights in England, more in line with Scotland. That would certainly take the pressure off Dartmoor.

Better than a fabric sheet is a sheet of scrap ply or similar- especially if you can fix it in position properly. One hole in it for the rods to pass through, another for the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner.... No mess!

Interesting reading. I'm not sure about the reporting. I'm not sure about the science. I'm not sure about the motives behind the science. I'm not sure if humans are significantly affecting the ever-changine climate. I'm not sure what's going to happen in future. I'm expecting much colder...

Nah it comes out the clouds in great big flashes!

Cough, cough! That's the problem with the term 'Bushcraft', it's somewhat ambiguous. It covers quite a wide variety of things. For example: learning wilderness skills from pre industrial, and even pre-agricultural societies, which are truly sustainable (or at least could be if population...

It does show the value of resilience through having multiple options. It would be nice if this serves as a wake up call about vulnerability, and a permanent change in habits for some (even if only in a small way). But I imagine we'll need a lot more of it, and more severe knock on effects, to...

In fact I'd assume it's possible to affect a supply chain by hacking without getting out of bed. A far cry from having to invest in, say, a viable air force to cross the channel and bomb the butcher's delivery tricycle...

Great stuff. Not only a learning experience for when things go down, but a feast into the bargain!

That shouts 'omlette' to me!

I was spoilt, growing up on chalk hills. Commons, pyramidals, bees, butterflies, twayblades, and even one of the helleborines..

They seem to be as happy shaded in woodland as on open grassland. Orchids are an odd one. The seed can sit around for years, waiting for an exact combination of circimstances to germinate. A bit of ground disturbance is a good thing to bring them out, cows can be useful in this respect as long...

@Broch I booked on the other day, finally, after years of dithering! That'll bring the average age of the hobby down a bit...

Looks grand, it obviously likes it there.

I get you, but my point was more that 1950s dripping was more likely to be grass fed, so healthier than modern calories (inflammatory seed oils, empty refined carbs). You've nicely flagged up another of the main issues- nasties in food are permitted in 'safe' amounts, which don't cause people...

The myth of high cholesterol levels in food resulting in high cholesterol levels in blood has been blown apart nicely, there is plenty of reading on the subject available online. What is far more important is the quality of the fat- omega 3 vs omega 6 content, and the balance of both to...

The majority of US rapeseed is GM. Thankfully it's still not legal to grow it here. The concern is that it is sprayed off with glyphosate as a dessicant prior to harvest, which means it has high levels of a chemical which an enormously wealthy corporation has spent years and vast amounts of...

From previous posts about online meat suppliers you've obviously clocked what goes over the heads of many. The majority of British animal products- meat, dairy, eggs et al- are produced with a substantial percentage of imported feed. You usually need to carefully look beyond supermarkets to...

And GM food is one of the biggest scams in the UK food industry. It's currently illegal to sell GM food in the UK. But farmers can buy import GM feed, feed it to livestock, and sell the livestock. That's likely what you're eating unless you buy organic or Pasture for Life. Most of British...

Entirely doable, but for some parts of the year choice of many things is obviously going to be limited. With all the options open to us these days, online, delivery services etc, you'd still get plenty of variety at all times of the year. I have similar slight restrictions as I only eat organic...