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    What did you buy today?

    Box of .243 soft points and 4 boxes of no6, 12 bore, ready for tomorrow.
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    Shoe Glue

    Shoe goo, brilliant stuff and so many uses! Best place to get it, Poundland!
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    What did you buy today?

    Spool of fishing line and new box of fishing shot, to go with the new reel Santa is bringing me for Xmas I don’t know about, wink wink!
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    Bushcraft films

    On the first blood theme, Robert Morrel, who wrote first blood, wrote a book called testament about a character on the run and surviving in the wilderness, far more believable than Rambo!
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    What Three Words

    First time I used it was in Northumbria visiting friends, having been out all day returning in the dead of night, in the middle of nowhere, came across an upturned Astra in the road. The occupants were only slightly injured and none of us had a clue where we were! Called emergency services, said...
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    Haversack/Day bag

    Osprey shoulder bag is excellent, full loaded its comfortable, use mine a lot on the bike as it has a body strap to keep it on your back. Plenty of space and a padded pocket for lap top if you need to carry one, nice wide shoulder pad with a grip side to stop sliding.
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    Ferro Rods .

    Bought one off ray mears site about 20+ years ago and it was excellent so I bought 2 more (just in case) still yet to replace them, so I don’t know if quality has changed.
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    Norfolk and Norwich Group

    Things haven’t changed much, a few additions to the cow sheds, due to family no overnights this year!
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    Modern day Billhook

    Bought a bill hook at a car boot for 50p, needed a new handle, so I used a broken lump hammer handle to replace, that was almost 30 years ago, it’s the best I own and sharpest!
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    Extendable pruning saw suggestion

    I’ll have to totally agree with the wolf, used mine for years and still going strong, bought two handles, one is telescopic to 3.5 m and a 1.5m fixed and they cover both my needs and will cut 5 to 6 inch thick branch with ease and a lot safer than a chain saw and no need for a ladder! The saw...
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    Hello from the flat lands of East Anglia

    Hello n welcome from Norwich, a few active members here!
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    What did you buy today?

    Silky pocket boy, to take fishing to cut those pesky branches!
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    Naturism

    back in the seventies, whilst in the military, I was in Norway and we were bused into an army camp to get shower and hot meal, having been out on exercise for two weeks. The gym we used had a sauna and couple of us decided to use it, nice especially when a group of female Norwegian ladies came...
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    Less conventional Fruit.

    Haven’t had a medlar in a couple of years, loved picking them and boxing the up to go soft and during the winter months eating them, spooning out the middle and put it on cheddar cheese, lush!
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    Source for straps?

    I did some thing similar a few years ago for canoeing, to attach dry bags. Have a look around second hand shops, I bought a 70/80’s rucksack, external frame and removed the old sack park, cost an eye watering £3!
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    DIY Smurf Poo?

    I was shown a trick nearly fifty years ago and use to this day, a rolled up news paper or card board box, again rolled up. Cheap and disposable too, easiest way to blunt an edge, cut card board so logic, it will give you a very sharp stropped edge! Simples.
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    Take A Friend Fishing - Last weekend!

    Didn’t even know!
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    If there is one piece of kit that’s gone, you could bring back what is it ?

    Original karrimor KSB boots, had mine 20 years, so comfortable, like gloves. Wore them to Manchu pichu, Everest base camp and several other treks. These things never let me down and never a blister, the new ones, I’ll keep my comments on that to myself!!!!
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    What knife(knives) do you use bushcrafting?

    Gerber 600 multi tool, SAK soldier (re-ground serrated edge to fine), depending on what I’m doing Rory Connor custom or Mike Morris camp knife. Always a mora clipper in the rucksack!
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    Recommendations for decent pair of walking shoes or boots on a budget.

    I’ve had a pair now for over 3 years, one of the most comfy boots I’ve owned used daily for dog walking