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I have the flat one on the left and the middle one, good powerbanks. The bigger one I also have the charging base for, maintains it charged and is also a higher-powered charger for other stuff. The smaller one is conveniently the same form-factor as a phone, I have a couple of Maxpedition...

I use matches every day for the woodburner or Rayburn. Usually the long cooks matches, but also have some extra-long ones. Recently bought a "zip" long refillable butane lighter in the local Tesco (other half always has butane cans about for his portable soldering iron), it is brilliant for...

Willow. The scent from a basket just woven from brown willow. The scent decreases as the basket dries but for a few days the room is scented by it. GC

I believe the list is based on how many people derive all or a significant part of their income from the craft, that's how it works for endangered baskets anyway. GC

Thank everyone for the replies, I did have a chuckle at some of them.... Looks like arborists throw bag might be worth a go, and I do have a bow or two lurking about, done a lot or archery in the past so perhaps that's worth a go.... @TeeDee : we're reasonable agile but the ground is very...

I am after some ideas for getting a thin rope over a branch of mature oak tree. The other half wants to sling an amateur radio antenna wire from a tree. He has an idea (apparently seen stuff about) using a catapult and a tennis ball.... Any thoughts on catapults and other ideas for this...

And Zider..... Apples and cider are more the traditional Somerset things. Along with willow for basketry. (The Enid Blyton stuff is more Devon I think?) There's also a reason why south Wales and Devon traditionally had dairy farms and orchards (clay soil, rain and hills = good grass and...

Yeah, I did a similar deal for the road side parts of my front hedge, it was very overgrown and the council has had complaints about the hedges encroaching on the road so best trim it. (Further down the hill, they had a contractor in to cut things back, I suspect the landowner was then given the...

Thank you for watching so I don't have to ;) GC

@captainhastings : I am also in Carmarthenshire, so once you have the frame, if you want to talk about an original bag for it, drop me a pm. If there's one I have spare that works, you are welcome to it. The frame looks like a Berghaus one (rather than Karrimor), my spare bags are Karrimor but...

If you look on a well known on-line auction site you might find a bag...... What make is it? Karrimor and Berghaus frames are both good, but you may want to do some belt mods, it's quite easy to add a decent lap belt. Also..... what part of Wales are you in? I have bag that would probably fit...

Indeed. Which is why upthread I suggested going to the local proper solid fuel merchant who in our area sells ONLY approved solid fuels and kiln-dried wood (along with other off-mains fuels such as heating oil and the big propane cylinders). But this is a rural area where quite a lot of...

Yeah, cannot argue with that. I was more thinking of the sort of local favours for favours thing. That said, certain parts of the tax system are bad. VAT for example..... when we renovated the new place, we paid the VAT in full at 20%. In theory, it had been unoccupied for long enough (2...

There's a still fair bit of barter and cash economy in UK (especially but not exclusively rural areas). Small useful things such as eggs, honey, veg, bottle of beer/wine in exchange for removing a wasps nest, splitting some wood, fixing a computer, making a basket, mending a torn garment, etc...

Hi Scruff, I'm interested in this, PM sent. GC

Salt in diet is interesting. If you follow a very low carb diet (hence will typically run with a low insulin level in the blood), you must ensure you are getting enough salt. Turns out that insulin has a effect on a lot of other hormones including those that manage salt retention by the...

Earlier this week.... a Forestmaster vertical axe (log splitting thingumybob). Install on chopping block, place wood, lift axe/weight, drop, repeat. Managing to split a bunch of old logs that were here when we moved in and which had proved resistant to my bext efforts with a "normal" axe...

Humidity/damp and exessive heat are both issues from insulation not being done properly. Gas central heating should not cause condensation inside if it's a main installation as the boiler and heaters will vent outside. However, it's entirely possible to be using a gas cooker without extraction...

If you do a building refurb under current Building Regs in UK then your new double-glazed windows will also required those vents. Along with insulation in walls (cavity plus insultation), floors and loft. If you directly insulate a roof without a ceiling space, you must put upper and lower...

@TeeDee : here's some (stock) pics of the stoves: This is the Pumpkin Pi with the oven on top, mine has a red door with wooden handles though. It sits in a large old fireplace. Then there is the Clarity double-sided (again a stock pic, they also do a single-sided version): In our case, we...