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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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    Forest Bathing... Hammock

    What with a need to give Forest bathing a go through my recent re-observation of a crafter I used to follow to empathise with, I have come to the question pertaining to hammocks and the need to obtain one at least for the practice mentioned above ( and below) , but maybe my later perhaps nearer...
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    Does anyone else not know how to ask for help?

    If it helps any, one can self refer to NHS Talking Therapies, in addition to both BACP and UKCP private therapists and if you're ex military, there is this crowd
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    Does anyone else not know how to ask for help?

    Men invariably have a problem in asking for help through being conditioned not to, to when they really need to, to through various can't find the way to, and one particularly pernicious; a variety of impostor syndrome in that they feel unworthy of asking for help through, guess what; being...
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    Vacuum cleaner recommendation?

    Check it out, there are some conversion kits that enable cordless Dysons to be run on power tool batteries which is great if you have need of a battery to run a power tool - just rob it off the vacuum cleaner
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    Vintage Rohan Clothing Care ?

    Yup my oldest is an '80's Olfio, of which in the winter I used to wear under a Survival Aids double ventile Arctic Ranger ( of which grrr, my mother threw out) I like Rohan, Rohan defines it's own fashion. Stuff that lasts isn't that good for commerce hence the need for fashion. My later '...
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    Vintage Rohan Clothing Care ?

    What would folk recommend for the washing and reproofing of Rohan garments made from the fabric: Polyamide, (Axiom, Goa, & Backpacker) one garment of which (Axiom) also sports a hydrophillic laminate of which is clamed to offer permanent water repellancy? Though not campfire proof, this stuff...
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    Help me identify an old brand

    Yup, DofE logo, I know that one well
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    What did you buy today?

    Those guys, yeah, am already a member. And yeah, the Steam Tent crowd have been an influence, and a help in a way as regards a piece of music I was searching for the name of .... Troika
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    What did you buy today?

    Well, it was having just completed the restoration of my Tilley Guardsman and having just acquired a Bushlite ( in my view better than UCO), I was casting around for ' what next '
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    What did you buy today?

    Two colourful late model Chalwyn Tropic paraffin lamps. The start of a journey
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    South West Bushcraft Show.

    If there was only one book and that was the only one, yep that would be me that had it.
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    Vacuum cleaner recommendation?

    If you're happy with reconditioned machines, I can recommend the Dyson DC04 - it's a beast and certainly better than the DC40 it replaced
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    South West Bushcraft Show.

    Well doped up on Ibruprofen Max Strength I with my support who persuaded me to go attended on the Saturday. To have a number of good conversations with various vendors for some doors I didn't know existed to appear and appear ajar. As to what I bought, I bought a book, the book ; A...
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    Copper Bracelet Wearers

    If any are after any decent thick copper wire, beating up 240-110v site transformer is a good source. Bit of a pain to unwind it from transformer core but as I say decent copper wire and well worth the effort. Approx 2mm in diameter and coated of which can be burned off if it's the raw copper...
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    He had it coming..

    I weas at a show today where there was a chap displaying his collection of axes to observe a couple of kids asking the chap about his axes to note how the questions changed from general questions to which one is the best weapon. To think who the eff is educating children to consider tools as...
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    He had it coming..

    The Beanfield stuff is horrific
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    Poop in the wilds

    When I had a dog, I trained it to back it's rear into a bush when it needed to go
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    South West Bushcraft Show.

    Well maybe not after all, depends, as have screwed up my hip - walking's fine but sitting crouching, even puts socks on = agony
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    Why a Swiss Army Knife.

    If it's tinned veg you're after, opt for the value range for not only does the product tend to be less adulterated with un-needed sugar or salt, they tend to come in cans that require the use of a good old tin opener. I have a Leatherman, the Juice Xe6 that I back in the day (2001) considered...
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    What did the Pandemic do for you ?

    I didn't download the app.