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  • BushMoot: Come along to the amazing Summer Moot 31st July - 5th August (extended Moot : 27th July - 8th August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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    Greetings from South Wales

    Good evening! I'm from South Wales, & I like nature but find hiking quite dull, so I've got into bushcraft as like...hiking hundreds-and-thousands, the colourful lil bits which make the muffin lovely. I really like knots, sewing, handicrafts, and living in environmentally-friendly ways (so...
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    Banned dogs - thoughts

    Actually, yes! I read a really interesting essay about it, comparing previous 'dangerous dogs' news cycles to other 'moral panics'. Apparently the dangerous dog panic comes around every decade or so, and plays the same role in public discourse as fears of satanists and the like. I wish I'd...
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    What are the worst-case-scenario hiking situations?

    Not negative at all :) It's really helpful - I don't know what I don't know, if that makes sense, I'm just trying to Imagine The Scenarios - so if the scenario is, he probably can't self-administer serious wound care, that is useful to know (for example, it means probably I need to learn the...
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    What are the worst-case-scenario hiking situations?

    Yes, but not reliably - acceptable but patchy. He's never tried calling me and it hasn't got through, but it can sound crackly; and the internet comes and goes.
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    What are the worst-case-scenario hiking situations?

    I'm trying to put together a first aid kit for my husband, who goes up the mountain twice a day with the dog over winter. I've tried this before & haven't had success at making him take it, but also I feel like any problem small enough to be solved with a little box of plasters he can walk...