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Yes I would be interested in knowing that too as we have decided to camp over and make a weekend of it this year - if it happens. And if it happens it's possible we'd have in tow some noobs of whom have shown an interest in getting into the bushcraft lark.

I would think bushcrafters might also be preppers to some degree and in preppers cognizant of what threats exist within the environment, to take precautions against, just in case.

Back in the pandemic days it came as of no problem for myself to socially distance for RSD had already firmly imprinted that need upon my psyche

I'd love a pretty knife but I need a tool I can use for more than just mere cutting for even my Frosts Laminated classic has been hammered back into shape after having been used as a pry bar to have long since concluded if I am going to keep a fixed blade and I did when I was in Sweden where I...

And as of March 2026 I am still carrying FFP3 masks, hand gel and gloves , to consider they have become part of my EDC, and anyway for many that travel to the less advanced parts of abroad. Further to because of my somewhat folk shy public demeanour I am predisposed to keeping my distance...

Given how essential access to clean potable water is I purchased another water filter, this time a Lifesaver Liberty 2 in 1 water purifier in glorious gleaming orange. Another to add to my Sawyer Squeeze as I don't believe it is sensible to rely on the availability of but one safety device, I...

If anyone is dealing with any kind of mental ill health and lets face it probably most of the UK is to some degree or other to account for the low morale, keeping away from sources of fear propagation is probably a very wise move and particularly so if one is in fact helpless in being unable to...

In honesty part of the reason I come here is to escape the 24/7 fear generating media onslaught.

One Frosts Classic with laminated blade, did have a few others and others bearing the maker's name Eriksson and in solid carbon steel but somehow they found their way to the council recycling centre. The only other ' Mora ' I have is a modified rescue Clipper. The Frosts knife comes with a...

The waiting lists are long because there is a problem with recruiting adult leaders for beyond anything else modern working practices and hours can hinder involvement.

Yes now, now the Straits of Hormuz are reported to be closed for prepper fraternity to be suggesting within a week to ten days we might start experiencing problems at the pumps, with the advice to not let one's fuel tank to fall below half tank

A current OS Explorer map of my locale for the location of natural springs...... just in case.

You're the second person I have heard from that has asked that very same question in the last 24 hours where perhaps you like them are thinking about the same. Where if I will offer you the same solution as I told that other for I in a professional setting have had to find a solution to...

My first Venture Scout unit was mixed and what we learned as young adults was how to properly conduct ourselves in the presence of the opposite sex.

From 1976 girls were allowed to join the Venture Scouts section for 16 to 20 year olds. This was expanded to all sections in the year 1991, although the admission of girls was optional and has only been compulsory since 2007. But of course things won't change unless there is a demand for...

The quality of Scouting always was in the hands of the adult leadership in that the skill and enthusiasm of the adult leaders defined the group and iirc our group was a bit of traditionalist group run by a bunch of retired pongos of whom understandably might have been keen to teach a bit of...

Yeah, same here, cubs, scouts, venture scouts and I was an ASL for a couple of years before I committed myself to six years in the armed forces. And I had my day in Windsor after having achieved the Queen's Scout Award.

Though we called it pioneering and backwoodsmanship back then, it was most definitely Scouting that alerted myself to what became Bush crafting and yeah back then we was constructing shelters from the green and kipping out in our creations and with pretty much sod all kit beyond what we were...

From just over the border, welcome

Am collecting battery powered tools in a bid to ' get down there ', latest being an 18v 5 inch angle grinder of which most definitely cannot be used in my flat, though I have used dremel sized grinders and a six inch polishing set up 'within boxes' to catch sparks and wheel debris My plan if I...