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I won't make it this year, but if it's on next .....:) I'd love to hear what those of you who do go think of it ? not just the knives, but the rest of the crafts too, the range of things and people, and info on parking, someplace to sit and have a coffee/water, loos, etc.,

Yes, cook it right, don't just give it a sunburn.

Old fashioned campfire cooking makes delicious food though. It's not about a fire as hot as you can make it, it's about managing the fire to best suit what you're cooking. If you pull embers and cook on them beside the bed of the fire, it's often a more stable heat. Simmer pots (even home made...

I wear a UV40+ one of those too. Nothing expensive, pretty sure it's Korean though, and those folks really do do their sunblock stuff. They look whiter than we do, they don't even have the freckles :)

I worked outdoors in all weathers all year round. I am fair skinned, lightly freckled, green eyes, fair bit of red in my hair. I do tan, but it takes time. I have a scar on my left cheek. It's neat, tidy, cleanly done, but it's over two inches long and I am self conscious about it. It was...

@Broch Every word of that is true round here too. We joke about the Taps Aff thing the minute there's a gleam of sunshine, but honestly, scarlet and peeling is such a truly bad thing to do to our skin. I hate seeing sunburnt children. They're running around in shorts and ....not being racist or...

No, it creates a through draught if you do it right. Look up Dog Trot house.

If you open the front (back ? ) door, and open the loft hatch, and the door closes, then it might well be worth opening the hatch and just leaving windows a bit ajar on that side. I reckon Falstaff has the right of it on the tiles.....our loft would bake bread just now.

I don't close the windows and doors, I get a cross breeze going by opening one front and back. Works at night too, bedroom windows and bathroom window are at opposite sides of the house and it creates a cool draught. I don't do well in the heat, I'm much more comfortable in the cold, but I do...

Honestly, it depends. There are some things that are set hard and fast. Do not pollute waterways. Do not leave evidence at all beyond a disturbed turf and maybe washed off ashes. Folks used to use leaves. .....for deposit and cleaning.....and then just burnt them. That fire is called 'foul'...

My son travels to and from work by train, he brings me in the Metro. There's an article on an enormous hillside fire caused by a flare. A salutary lesson methinks. https://metro.co.uk/2026/05/22/a-stranded-sailors-flare-gun-sparked-a-wildfire-burned-a-quarter-island-28450902/

That they're asking about Brucellosis is interesting though; fifty years ago my Boss (I had a Saturday job as a young teenager in the Dairy) went down with something that wrecked him. Turned out it was Brucellosis, and our Scout Leader couped when kayaking on the rapids bit of our local river...

I am overly sensitive to organophosphates, so I do understand your concerns. I am also really aware that my husband comes home and has to remove ticks on a fairly regular basis, and I have friends whose lives have been utterly wrecked with Lyme disease. I'd rather use this stuff, which...

I'm still trying to get my head round the price of that wee axe these days :rolleyes2: There are a lot of things that just because we can doesn't mean we should. Not sure whether a titanium axe fills that bill or not. Somewhat off topic but sort of relevant...I've just disposed of four ceramic...

I hope your recovery goes well, and you find enough stuff to make to keep brain and hands suitably contented :) Beautiful bit of the world you're in too....pretty good for rambling around ? The only weeds growing here just now are dandelions, and well, that's subjective. I nip out the flowers...

I think it's a solution looking for a problem. I do have a SFA, well I did, I recently gave it to Son1 who has a new house with a woodburner, but I mostly use a wee Estwing. For all it's small and fairly light, it fair packs a punch. If I want to take down a tree I'll find a saw. To my...

I think that that is a very very valid point, especially in our island. We don't have vast no-go areas, we have a fairly decent road network, folks pretty much get everywhere. If you have to, or choose to, live 'off grid' take heed of the neighbours. Be a good neighbour. I firmly believe that...

You could do with a friend who keeps ferrets and likes to take them out on trips.

Add in seasonality and tourism, and it's often a nightmare for local young folks who do want to live where they grew up and rear families there......and for older people who need access to social resources but half empty villages don't have enough resident population to have those.

I wish it were nearer. @bobnewboy Thank you for sharing :) places like that, that come with happy personal reviews, are gold :)