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Wild swimming by definition is any swimming in places other than a pool, lido or designated bathing area. Some swimming is wilder than others, particularly if you have to climb half way up a mountain to do it.

I will have to go wild paddling in my local river as it isn't deep enough to swim in, notwithstanding the Council have decided in their wisdom to post no swimming notices when there is clearly not enough water to even get your ankles wet in high summer. Dirty rivers are not a new thing however I...

My SAK once drawn cannot be folded without raising a glass of schnapps to Felix Immler.

It is all about perceptions again, Hunting = brutish and bad, Survival = fighting zombies and is double plus ungood, Machetes = Mexican drug cartels, Billhooks = morris dancing and quaint country pursuits. If somebody makes a movie called "Swiss army ninja assasin" we will be well and truly stuffed.

Boiled linseed oil for me too.

Local Council have just started charging for taking garden refuse. Can't say I blame them, they can barely afford to keep the street lights on the way things are going. I do wonder why some of the folk who complain have not discovered composting yet.

This is true, it uses a lot of water in the production. The problem really is not the production but the population, we use too much water. I do think that products that you grow are better than products that come from oil and coal though, they may not be perfect but they have a better...

I have not bought a new pair of boots in a very long time, I just hunt around the charity shops and if necessary get them resoled.

Plastic is insidious, it gets everywhere. It might be the buttons on your wool coat, the lenses of your spectacles, the washer on the top of your steel bottle. I guess when it comes to groundsheets and sleeping mats I give in. You could have the old rubberized mackintosh groundsheet, and a straw...

Handkerchief or at least a pack of tissues.

What is this thing you call an Iron? Surely you stick em under the mattress to get a crease :)

I went into a certain army surplus store in Kidderminster today as I was passing through, hoping to pick up a pair of British Army barrack dress trousers as I find them very good in this weather. None to be found, at least not in my size, the only pair in stock had ridiculously short legs...

I suppose eventually the supply will dry up. Best thing to do is either use up what you have, or keep a couple of blocks for a dire emergency. How long before Fire Dragon is banned because some folks are using it to make squeeze?

I discovered these at Joe Brown's in Capel Curig some time ago, they do for me. https://www.robens.de/en-gb/shop/outdoor-accessories/guyline-alloy-adjuster

From what I can see, laying down the dimensions of a puuko is like trying to define a billhook, there are so many variants but you know one when you see one.

I have any number of sticks in my hallway, because you have to keep them somewhere, however the reality is there is no room to swing a cat in there, let alone a baseball bat. I did once need to forcibly expel an intruder who tried to push his way through the gap in the open door, all it took was...

Yes I have few pieces of antler lying around. I guess it makes sense to make the hole first before you thin it down.

I was that boy.

I never worry about carrying an SAK or if not that a small traditional gentleman's pocket knife, these are easily recognisable by most of the population. I would be very wary of carrying a tactical looking knife even if it were designed to be technically within the law simply because it sends...

I have a big brass Chinese knock off of a tactical pen. I doubt I could actually break any windows with it, but it is big and bulky so I am not likely to lose it or break it.