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Merino is good, but it wears very quickly. A thin and a thick Wool jumper and a waxed jacket with a hood would be my choice. A pair of 5.11 ripstop cargo trousers. Non-membrane leather boots that can be re-soled. Aussie Leather bush hat and a wool beanie

It becomes more than a little academic

The Svord Peasant *Mini* is a great knife. Mine gets a lot of use. The full size one not very much.

Synthetics are good for some things. Having damaged various pairs with crampons etc. I do prefer canvas gaiters for resilience and ease of repair though.

Wool blanket bush shirts are great. I made one myself and use it.

You don't often. LEDs consume very little power at a useful light output. Maglites with bulbs ate batteries. Petzl headtorches with filament bulbs were rubbish compared with a modern LED One.

I made one as a DIY project. I really like it for the colder months.

It comes in very handy for all kinds of things.

A mountain guide in Corsica (a bit different to mainland France and they are big on guns and shooitng road signs) carried an Opinel No.12 (with locking ring) with a nice home-made juniper handle for chopping cheese bread, bread etc. Great knives, but the sort of thing that could be awkward to be...

A great find. I'll watch the rest of it later. I vaguely recall watching a TV programme with my Dad in the 1980s that had Lofty Wiseman teaching people survival skills. There must have been a bit of a fad for "survival" in the 1970/80s. My Dad has observed that in the 1960s many middle-aged...

Different skills are required for different eras. What is a shame is that there is a tendency towards requiring "specialists" (with certificates) to do everything. There is suspicion around the motives of people. Risk is often seen to be something to be removed entirely (often at great...

I have various hats. My favourite hat for summer is a Kakadu Traders Leather Australian bush hat. Leather is great. It is well worn in and stretched to fit snugly. It stays on in a breeze. It obviously keeps the sun off. It is comfortable even in hot weather when my head is sweating. I...

I was joking.

I have various maces and clubs myself. Very useful for training with.

Surely any self-respecting bushcrafter has a fully-featured tool kit stored about their person at all times? -with a sled/trolley to cart the bigger items? Swiss Army Knife? Pah!

25Kg is big. How many swings will.you manage in a session?

We have a Focus 1.0 Ecoboost. It was always serviced at a Ford dealer until we got it. I had the wet belts changed by an independent specialist (they were in good condition) and have used the correct oil since. The 125bhp 1.0 ecoboost, if looked after, is a superb engine. It drives brilliantly...

How generous are the thighs and backside area?

I am on holiday with my family this week. My Victoinox Huntsman Swiss Army Knife has been used multiple times, for various tasks, by family members, every day. It was similar on a group holiday in Morocco earlier in the year. Nobody else had a pocket knife or tool and it was used frequently...

Having never needed a solicitor myself, I agree