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This may be of interest to those who live or bushcraft in the area... Scottish and Southern Energy plc ("SSE") has been granted planning permission by The Highland Council to develop a 40MW wind farm at Fairburn in Ross-shire. The wind farm will have 20 turbines and, subject to a...

I am looking at taking a trip to Northern Sweden next year - up into Ammarnäs which is at the heart of the Vindelfjäll Mountains - centering around Bjorkfjäll mountain. I can do the trip any time between early June and late August and was looking for recommendations of what weather and/or...

A Russian biologist has been trying to recreate a fully fledged Ice Age eco-system in a remote corner of Siberia, complete, if possible, with woolly mammoths. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6246926.stm I wonder if he'll eventually look for Hunter Gatherers to populate the place too...

I followed a link someone posted recently and wanted to give you all a heads up. Usual disclaimer: They're nothing to do with me just a satisfied etc. etc.... http://www.trekdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Pocket_Cooker.html Trek Direct are selling the brilliant Pocket Cooker made by Amgazit in...

A few things i've come across on the new site. They are fairly minor really and I don't expect anyone to lose sleep over them but I thought feedback might be appreciated. When I select NEW POSTS and the list of posts since my last visit is displayed I used to be able to hit the GO TO NEW POST...

Just back from Shadowhawk's India expedition and thought i'd share some photos and do a bit of a write-up. The expedition was led by Max from Shadowhawk and a small group of us went for a week to Kahna National Park in Central India. Accommodation was luxurious by bushcraft standards – we...

Hope you have a great one mate. :beerchug: :D

I thought some people may find this interesting and/or worrying! It has been reported in the journal Current Biology that Chimps in Senegal have been observed manufacturing spears and using them to hunt. Chimpanzees have of course been observed all over the world using tools - in a total of...

Thought this might be of interest. Apparently it's been in the wind for a while. When Brian May put his weight behind it I guess it was inevitable :rolleyes: Scottish national Heritage has decided to suspend the Western Isles cull...

I'm in a bit of a mood to give stuff away today :) So here's a competition for you all. Open to everyone no matter which country you live in (Except Lichenstein...Oh..go on then. Them too. :rolleyes: ) Many of you may know these K&M Matchcases. Made by Keith Lunder and brought to us by...

I've got a trangia sitting in my place that I never use. So who'd like to win one :) Simple question. First one to post the correct answer wins it. I'm happy to cover the postage anywhere in the UK, but would rather not post it to Sweden as you must be able to buy them over there for...

BCUK'ers are probably the ideal lot to be keeping an eye out for this - especially our Scottish brethren http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6317367.stm Further information about how you can help here.. http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/Faculties/HMSAS/NGAS/Research/saltmarsh.htm :)

I got delayed by leaves on the road as I crossed central London at lunch time today. They got really bad under Waterloo bridge - Darn London Plane all over the place in front of me :eek: This guy wasn't quick enough (I believe he's OK though) Fortunately all of us on Motorbikes...

For the last few nights my female cats have been acting very nervous. The site I live on has 12 cats in all that are resident, and despite the normal cat politics they all get on well, or at least manage to haughtily ignore each other. For the last two nights though my girls have refused to...

As many people have been discussing these recently I thought you might like to see a review of the Kelly Kettle done by our slightly backward cousins over on Outdoor Idiots. In their own inimitable style as always :rolleyes...

Tonight - Johnny Kingdom off to meet the Sami - in his own inimitable style no doubt. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programmes.shtml?day=today&service_id=4224&filename=20061229/20061229_2000_4224_11128_60 Sounds interesting :)