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Reading up about the horse hoof fungus, I found that it lives mostly in the North of England and Scotland, and mainly on dead birch and beech trees. So whilst partaking in my walk the other day here in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire I passed the landmark of a huge dead old beech stump...

DD Hammocks have a regular draw on their Facebook page.... http://www.facebook.com/pages/D-D-Hammocks/223450745029?v=wall I just won a hammock! That's the first time I have won anything in the last 15 years or so.... a bottle of plonk in a pub raffle. Now, a DD hammock is much more useful...

This guy's YouTube channel has dozens of really good Scandinavian adventures. I could spend hours watching these. (I already have and there's lots more still to watch). Lars Monsen http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=0poi0#p/u/11/_fyDm1lWVFo Rod

Well...... good morning.... sort of. Last night I slept in my new Snugpak Antarctica Code Green Softie 18 Sleeping Bag, on the ground and on my Exped Synmat 7DLX sleeping mat. The bag is rated down to -20C degrees, and as the weather forecast was for as low as -16 degrees I thought I'd give it...

I just got back from my daily walk in the Forest of Dean today.... just a short walk of four miles in the afternoon. Looking back out of the forest to home. The white house up on the hill to the left of the large yew trees... I saw the fantastic sight of a buzzard taking a rabbit in the snow...

I am thinking of buying a Karrimor Sabre 75, but it will have to be done sight-unseen by mail order. What is the maximum length (waist size) of the waist strap? Thanks Rod

I can't seem to reach a good compromise at the moment between warmth and sweating up too much when exercising! Its not especially cold at the moment, such as today which was just under freezing point on my daily walk, although with a bit of a breeze which added a wind chill. My outer layer is a...

I am thinking of buying a large tarp (such as the DD tarp) for use on my next visit to Kenya. (I have never used a tarp and hammock). The problem there is that it rains. Every afternoon and evening there are huge thunderstorms and torrential rain. I mean real heavy downpour for a couple of...

When you fly on long haul flights, you always get a little "courtesy bag" of some type. They come in various shapes and sizes and all of them are handy little bags for camping and trekking. All of them come with a good travel toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste too. Oh yes, and earplugs are good...

I live in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, and I get out every couple of days in the forest. A few years ago some bright spark thought it would be a good idea to reintroduce a few wild boar into the forest. They bred and multiplied. Now there's a lot of them. A few people have been attacked...