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I've been revisiting History of Ancient Britain by Neil Oliver, currently three episodes in. I watched it a long time ago but for some reason it's really hit home this time round. I don't think I fully appreciated two things: The first is just how few people were around in the Mesolithic eras...

I've got two plants in my garden which according to my notes, may help with sore throat: self-heal (prunella vulgaris) and ribwort plantain (plantago lanceolate). I imagine these are taken as teas (leaves and or flowers) or gargles of the tea. Does anyone use these or have more info on their...

Had a brief stroll through a Caledonian forest in the Cairngorms yesterday. I was absolutely blown away by it. Seemed to be mostly spruce, larch, Scott's pine, with an understory containing plenty of bilberry among other things. I found penny buns and chanterelle withing minutes of being there...

I thought I'd share this little setup, for the stove tinkerers among you. It's a toaks titanium siphon paired with a cheap mini wood stove. I've inverted the wood stove, with the toaks siphon resting on the floor. My 750 mL lixada pot then nestles happily on the inverted base, offering...

A question for the canoeists among you. I'm looking to upgrade our three-piece aluminium paddles at 1140g, and cheap kids rubber dinghy paddles. We are two adults, two kids, who are both getting to the point of needing proper, feathered paddles rather than the plastic single bladed dinghy...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68942123 Incredible. This inspires me to revisit medicinal plants.

I never have as much time to post on the forum as I'd like, however, I thought this was worth sharing. I've accumulated a fair number of artifacts that have sat in my family over the years. I've rescued them from oblivion really; I attach more value to old and interesting objects than other...

Hello forum. If anyone, like me, was thinking of buying the Motorola defy satellite link for sos purposes then beware. The company (bullit) that runs the satellite service it uses gas gone bust. This is a shame as it was significantly cheaper than the Garmin in reach which seems to be the...

Pretty excited to have discovered this: http://liteway.equipment/a-frame-connector Connects (and extends) two trekking poles to form an A frame structure. I intend to use this with my luxe hexpeak v4a. Wasn't cheap with postage, but it's from the Ukraine so no problems there. Might possibly...

It has taken me three days to identify this, with only moderate certainty. No particular odour, no colour change on bruising. Faint tinge of blue to stalk. Brown droplets / stains to gills. Not a russula. Very slimy cap. I think it's a poisonpie, Hebeloma crustuliniforme. Ive spent three days...

I've just about recovered from a hard, long weekend in the Rhinogs. There were highs and lows - both geographically and emotionally. My trip started off damp and drizzly in the early afternoon as I trudged up toward the pass that lies between the mountains of rhinog fach and rhinog fawr. The...

I have a Berghaus paclite jacket which has done me brilliantly for over ten years. But now the tape has started to pull away from the seams. I have some seam grip + sil for tent sealing. I also have some glue that came with an inflatable mattress for sticking on patches. Will either of those do...

No photo unfortunately as I was out running. But I came across a tall (4 foot?) plant which I had figured was a willowherb, and chalky moderately dry ground. Similar structure and appearance to rosebay willowherb and lanceolate leaves. But today it has flowered; a big spray of yellow flowers...

I'm looking to replace my Vango Nevis with something lighter and as such I am waiting for the luxe hexpeak v4a fly-only to become available. I plan to pair it with a lanshan 1, 4 season inner (t door) from AliExpress. Should make a weather proof, comfortable shelter for around 1 kg. I tend to...

Fell down a rabbithole of knot nerdery this evening. I'm sure many of us use prussiks for securing tarps to ridgelines and various other uses. And I'm sure many of us use tautline hitches for making adjustable guy lines. Tautline hitch is a rolling hitch tied to its own standing end, and is very...

I'm stuck on this one. Looks like nettle but isn't. Slightly, softly hairy round stems (not lamiaceae), with purple tinge. It's a big plant, a good four feet tall. Just can't figure it out. https://postimg.cc/Z9HkDTb2 Also, thought I'd post this. I reckon it is hedge mustard, Sisymbriun...

Wandering the moors of the peak district at the weekend gave me a chance to refresh ID of some Ericaceae species. Good to see them in flower in spring, which I'm not so used to. These were intermingled. Here we have what I call bilberry, Vacxinium myrtillus, not to be confused with blueberry...

Hi all. Just came across this pack on my internet travels and thought it looked interesting. It struck me as similar in form and function to some of the essl packs that Erbswurst has recommended previously. Although I would prefer a floating lid to a roll top closure. I don't know what the build...

I found treasure! A patch of few flowered leak Allium paradoxum not far away. Would have preferred wild garlic, but I'll settle for this. Not much Allium around me.

I'd like to get into carving. I have limited tools (a couple of knives, a cheap 'smallish' axe from homebase and a fiskars splitting axe), even less knowledge and zero skill. Nor do I have much space. But I have great ambitions. So I need a small carving axe. What would people here recommend...