Search results

  • Hey Guest, Early bird pricing on the Summer Moot (29th July - 10th August) available until April 6th, we'd love you to come. PLEASE CLICK HERE to early bird price and get more information.
  1. Tengu

    Looking for a place that sells wool cloth near (ish) to me.

    I want some light stuff for a summer tunic for work. (Never mind she already has plenty to wear...Tengu has turned into a Fashionista...) Any places selling such cloth in Scotland? Ive looked online but I am fussy and would like to examine the cloth first.
  2. Tengu

    WANTED Dumb Phone

    I am getting more agile by the day and am planning trips. But, having had a nasty shock; I think its time I got some communication device. Alarmed by folk talking about smart phones, "Well, Maybe not choose something but see what I can find?" So have you anything? (plus charger and other...
  3. Tengu

    Tengu and the stupid end of the currency.

    Now you know why there are no £2 coins in Breadalbane... My Nesting box has a coin metre for electricity. And I suspect I am paying through the nose. (No joke about Tengu noses please). I assume that I could re-negotiate? But of course, first I need to find the provider...
  4. Tengu

    On Being made Homeless

    (Right area? I dont know) And of course now you are going to say that I have a home, -what with relatives, several, in fact. But...They are 500 miles from my job. So I need something in West Perthshire. I have already applied to the council. What do I do? I have until the end of the month.
  5. Tengu

    Placing a Static

    Friend has a field and is thinking of uses for it. I am currently in need of a nesting box. So, we are both looking into permission for just one, respectfully presented static van. So far; -Electricity and septic tank on hand -Not in village conservation zone. -She is going to stress to the...
  6. Tengu

    Tengu and the Stuckie

    I see you havent missed me...and that is a relief. I took a fall ten days back, been in hospital ever since. Im back home, just about Broke my leg and now have a pin holding it together...walking is a bit of a problem. (Rest of me is fine, notice) No stuckie. (Scotch for cast)
  7. Tengu

    Tengus New Stick

  8. Tengu

    Tengus Definitely in the Iron Age Now...

    Arrived on Saturday after a 2500 year transit. (and got lost in the Central Belt; I am assured this is inevitable...) Just been to the new Scottish Crannog Centre. I cannot tell you how totally awesome it is. Ill take pics but they wont say much. We open end of the month...
  9. Tengu

    Optimus 99 or 8R?

    Trying to plan my outdoors stuff for the summer; some of this will be sub zero... Am also trying not to take stuff I might not need... So, I have both of these...which one?
  10. Tengu

    Signed Brian Blessed `The Turquoise Mountain`

    Thought someone might like it. I would like; beeswax or leather bits or paracord (any colour) or an interesting book
  11. Tengu

    Ventile laundering.

    How is it done?
  12. Tengu

    Transporting stuff.

    I am trying to limit my Scotland kit but its too much for the car. My clothing (work) is three banana boxes! Im trying to limit my books to one box but that is hard. Is there an affordable courier that will ship boxes? What do you do?
  13. Tengu

    Tengu, the Hero of Telemark Aspirant.

    Now you are saying, "Urgh...Tengu has been let loose in the charity shops where we know she will succumb to temptation..." I found a copy of Maybees `Flora Britannica` Good thing, surely? But in the corner, a pair of skis. Exploration with my fingers determined they are crosscountry skis...
  14. Tengu

    Truffle ideas.

    Im running low on cash so now is the time to get Wild Extravagances... Truffles in Brine. Whats a good recipe?
  15. Tengu

    WANTED Proper firesteel

    Useless to me, I cant get a spark out of them. (maybe you can advise?) But I have a fire kit...without one. I have a lot to swap
  16. Tengu

    Random arrows

    If not as arrows, possibly some other use? Notice the wood ones have brass tips. I dont know what this means. Im looking for; leather, paracord (any colour) new fletchings a gas can stand What have you got?
  17. Tengu

    Carrying petrol and meths

    Still not decided on my winter stove but I now have an Optimus 99! But it needs both fuels What is the best way to carry? I have the bottle from the Swedish stove and a Sigg ripoff water bottle I can label PETROL
  18. Tengu

    Ventile smock

    Friend Admiring my Blacks and wants to get one for son to wear in NZ. Cant find it online; what company makes them? Country innovations has closed.
  19. Tengu

    The Uninitiated but keen to see the cold.

    Im off to Scotland in March. So, some bits will still be wintery and under snow. I want to have adventures in the snow! My sole experience with real snow is skiing holidays...(Oh, a pair of X countrys would be nice but no...) So, what should I be needing? Im trying to keep my kit fairly...
  20. Tengu

    A tool box

    Planning my kit for the summer. This will be tools only. I have one of those Black and Decker boxes with a bench vice on the top. But what to put in it. Generic outdoor toolage. I am starting with Hatchet Entrenching tool folding saw hammer What would you put in?