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Its has been taken now I have one full size paraglider, that is about 50' of prime quality ripstop nylon + straps etc to give away to a good home, you pay postage or collect. The colour of the glider is red, dark blue and dayglow yellow. Would make a good series of extremely strong tents...

Hi All, I'm having a go making a poor mans hootchie/fly sheet and have no idea how to make a good waterproof seam, I usually use "seamproof" which is a sort of clear glue. However, I've found that repreated stretching causes the seam to eventually leak and cannot think of any other way to do...

Hi all, Expedition a-sym hennesy hammock for sale, repaired ridge line but other than that, in excellent condition, it has only been used a few times: £60 +p&p ono. SOLD Cheers Greg

Was wondering if anyone has experience with silk. I have been toying with the idea of making a hammock from it, aka Neil's Thai hammock as I know it is strong and light. Does anyone know if silk has some property that will make it completely unsuitable?

For those that make their own kit, www.ventile.co.uk can supply small quantities (i.e. less than 10m) for £13.91 a metre of their medium weight (L24) ventile. Width is 150cm.

I've got fed up with ticks and other things crawling into my sleeping bag, and being quite impressed with the posts and experiences of others who use hammocks thought I might give it a go. I stumbled on the following website: http://www.directhammocks.com/ who appear to make similar hammocks to...

I was wandering in Newton wood near Exeter yesterday and came across a number nests ants (about 1cm long, redish black colour), they were in the open and made a mass about maybe 4-6 ants thick and about 30-60cm in diameter. Anyone know what they were doing ? They had not been disturbed as they...

Hi All Does anyone know how to preserve/restore old cracked leather? I have an ancient bag that has leather straps and I don't really want to have to replace them as they are riveted on. Or am I flogging a dead horse? Greg

Just wondered what the response to writing a book would be? I had to move from Torquay to Exeter this weekend (with a :rant: :rant: :***: :***: :banghead: :rant: cold) and am fed up of all the really useful bits of paper (that weigh a ton and are hard to carry around) I have, I am...

I have been toying with the idea of getting one of these bushlite candle lamps, has anyone had any experience with them ? are they robust? Link is here here and a similar type is here Greg

I was just reading about the scout association selling their stores to Blacks thread and people mentioned buying most of their kit online or from independant stores, I just wondered if that spilled over to weekly shopping? I do not want to start a diatribe on politics or the evils of whatever...

I've got a old battered USA boy scouts canteen kit consisting of a water bottle (think this has just about had it although with a little tlc...), frying pan (in good condition), small pot (good condition), cup (good condition), and plate (okay condition), all made from Aluminium. I do not have a...

Can I have a show of hands for all those who might be interested in a meet up for an hour or two in Exeter one afternoon (preferably afternoon), might be nice to put faces to names. Greg

I've seen lots of info about beef jerky, but I think if you have never tried biltong you havent lived! WHAT YOU NEED: 1 kg meat-many different meats can be used vinegar slightly less than a table spoon of course salt 1/4 cup of brown sugar 1/2 cup of coriander (whole) 1/2 teaspoon...

Just thought I'd share this with you. I cant really afford a new sleeping bag so I decided to make a homemade version, I took a very cheap second hand sleeping bag (cost £7.55 inc postage) off ebay, bought a double duvet (£12) from Woolworths, carefully unstitched the bag and refilled it...

Does anyone know if there are any manufacturers that produce the old style rucksac, (was very popular everywhere from the 1930s to about 1960) probably noone here knows what I am talking about but it had one main compartment with a series of large pockets around the outside, sort of looked like...

Hi All I was in the UK survival list for ages, moved to Devon so I had to leave that and have signed up to you lot as you seem to be a little closer to my interests, (I hope). Originally from Zimbabwe, I first got interested in what is now called bushcraft through the boy scouts, we used...