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Thanks everyone and sorry about not replying sooner I've just got back from 10 days in Snowdonia and I've missed the Salient on ebay, doooh!

Trying before buying is a definate for rucksacks as it is for footwear but the problem is there is nowhere nearby that I can try the PRI Karrimor sacks and judging by the internet there are only a couple of retailers of the Lowe Alpine military spec rucksacks in the entire country. As I said...

Brilliant pictures! :lmao: I'm so exited now I probably won't sleep tonight! :lmao: I was planning to explore the Gokyo region myself, head up the valley past the lakes returning to cross the Cho La pass. I havn't bought a guide book yet as the a new edition of the one I want is out in...

Hi Mat. I've also been considering offsetting some of my carbon emissions, in this case a flight I'm taking to Nepal in the spring. I checked out some of the companies involved and was a bit surprised at the difference in both calculated carbon used for my journey (from 1.62 tonnes to 2.07...

I'm of to Nepal in Febuary for 4 weeks and the environmental impact of my trip was foremost in my mind before deciding to go. I consider myself to be green and this is the first flight I have taken for years as I try really hard to limit my carbon footprint (pressie to myself for finishing a 5...

Many of the apple trees growing wild in the UK are what are termed 'wildling apples' which grow from the seeds of cultivated apples discarded in the countryside. Verges of roads and woodland rides are common locations to find such trees from cores thrown out of car windows and those left by...

Sorry, can't seem to link straight to the product but click: products>sleeping bags>synthetic>wallcreeper DL.

Has anyone seen these Wallcreeper sleeping bags from Exped? They are a sort of jacket/sleeping bag hybrid with a centrally located zipper, arm slots, pockets and draw cord openable base so you can get out of your hammock in the middle of the night while wearing your sleeping bag. Seems great...

Hi everyone. Sorry to bore with another thread about chosing a rucksack but I just can't find the info I need in the forum archive. Firstly I've had a trusty olive green Karrimor jaguar 75 since I first did my D. of E. at school in the 1980's and since then it's been up hill and down dale...

There are some really good descriptions of trees, including identification, biology, burning, charcoal, uses of timber and historical information on the excellent Royal Forestry Society website at: http://www.rfs.org.uk/ . Look under 'trees by species'. Hope this is of some help.

The debate over hunting in this forum is an interesting one, both in respect of killing for pleasure and for food. I have been a vegetarian since the age of 12 and have always had a great love of nature and I work in conservation. The rare times that I have consumed meat it has been when I have...