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Just back from a fantastic weekend in Midhurst area doing another Track and Sign Evaluation with John at https://www.woodcraftschool.co.uk/ 56 track and sign to identify scored from 1-3 points depending on complexity, and my first ever set of Mink tracks. As always the evaluation questions are...

I just completed a Cyber Tracker trailing evaluation. Very different from the track and sign evaluation because you don’t get any feedback back until the debrief at the very end, when they give you your score, and the certificate. Each candidate finds a trail and continues it until it ends, runs...

A wolf killed the EU president's precious pony - then the fight to catch the predator began Interesting article about wolves in Europe, their population numbers and how they coexist with human populations. I’m not sure the size of British Countryside would suit wolves being reintroduced but I...

Festive Track and sign quiz - part one The answers will be posted on 28th December - please do not post the answers until then. I am very confident I know the answer to each but after the quiz it will be fun to discuss them and see if everyone agrees (or I am actually correct). They are all my...

Festive cheer without the beer - or without any alcohol! As a non drinker of a few years I sometimes enjoy a strong ginger cordial with ice as an evening drink if I fancy something to swill around in a glass. In the early days of weaning myself off alcohol I worked my way through the selection...

This is a brand new, unopened Prolite Apex Sleeping mat. 5cm thick and great R value. 720g all in with tags and stuff sack. Around 620g for just the mat. £85 delivered to UK Blurb.... Apex brings packable performance and legendary Therm-a-Rest support. The self-inflating foam measures 2...

Nigor Wickiup 3 super bundle Selling the whole set up as one. Price includes the following listed below (NO PEGS or sleeping mat are included) Wickiup 3 outer - silnylon with mid section guying out points and mid panel lower elastic guying points (I added and will leave on). Very good...

I posted my bionoculars to the service centre because the right eye piece broke away - it is a plastic piece that the ‘eye relief’ cup fits into. Not sure if I knocked them or anything but I completed the form from the website and sent them off Wednesday by special delivery. Expected to get an...

Wild Country Zephyros 2 lite tent. Price £65 and includes any PayPal and postage/ courier charges to UK. I used it for wild camping and had been used for approximately 6/8 nights only. Great condition and ready to go. Selling as: Tent outer and inner Pole and pole bag NO PEGS! - they were...

Hilleberg Akto £185 Tent - (plus spare pole section) - no pegs. Pole bag and tent bag included. Unknown year - I bought it second hand at least 8 years ago and used it for a few winter trips and leant to a friend. All in good condition - ground sheet is fine but can get damp underneath if it...

Saw this vegetarian (and vegan) black pudding in ASDA. Not as dark and salty as the blood equivalent but acceptable - tried it on a pizza and it was good.

This looks like a great project. They are also looking at an Isle of Wight release later this year. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-64263240

Budget belly busters - good, filling food on a budget. I will start with homemade Dal and Chickpeas Dal can be made many ways but I use a medium onion, spices, ginger and garlic 1.2 litres of water added so it makes a large pan full. I then add two tins of chickpeas just at the end of cooking...

A simple camp table/kitchen box for base, car and canoe camping. Stove, fuel and bits live inside the grey box - also doubles up as a another cooking surface. I may give it a coat of paint if I get time before heading up to Wales Thursday first thing.

I spent and enjoyable day one to one day with Karl Lee - https://www.primitive-technology.co.uk It was good chance to build on some some of the techniques learnt on a group course. After warming up with a scraper we moved onto a hand axe. This was a made using a combination of red deer antler...

Last bimble of 2021 - a day trip to the Isle of Wight to drop some water and supplies to a camp ‘spot’ and have a a good day walk. The Lymington ferry was very quiet and after a visit to Graces bakery to stock up on supplies (£4.50 meals deal that included a massive Belgium bun) I headed off...

Spent a very enjoyable day at Berrycrost Hub on a flint napping courses. The course was run by Karl Lee from Primitive Technology. Good introduction to techniques without it being overwhelming. We had a go at making a scraper, flaking ‘tools’ of a core and shaping arrow heads. Great tuition and...

Trailing course with John Rhyder - Woodcraft School Last week I had a fantastic two days on a trailing course with John Rhyder - Woodcraftschool. A small group of use meet at Midhurst and travelled down to trailing venue (woodland area) a few miles away. John started things off with an...

Guided tour through the exhibition 'Doggerland' at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden Curator Luc Amkreutz guides you through the exhibition ‘Doggerland – Lost World in the North Sea' at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (Leiden, the Netherlands). He takes you on a trip through time of a million...

Really enjoying this series ‘Lolo’s Pembrokeshire’ on BBC/ iPlayer. I enjoy his easy going presentation style and enthusiasm. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xqr1