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....is brought to you by this mornings power cut. Merry Christmas everyone! :D

Recently spent a long weekend in the Scottish Borders with friends. After driving up early Friday morning we hiked out to our first nights stay in Spithope bothy. Gathering fallen wood from nearby and prepping it for the woodstove. After collecting loads of fuel and filling the wood store we...

Can anyone recommend a good beginners book on spinning and weaving wool? Thanks.

Just caught one of my drybags on something whilst pulling it out of the car. Anyone got any tips on how to repair small rips in these?

Spent a couple of days up in Greenfield lately. Thought Id share some photographs. This week we went for a walk above Dovestones reservoir. Last week we went out cutting some willow to be used in the spring for construction. Bundles of cut willow tied to the land rover roof...

Spent the day out up Snowden a couple of weeks ago. Initially it looked like an interesting day weather-wise but it cleared up nicely. As we left the car park at the start of the day we were told that the railway line and the cafe were closed due to bad weather. Luckily these were reopened...

Just nipped outside to put the bins out and look! Winter is coming :D

I've bought a surplus camelbak thermobak and am now trying to take it apart to give it a really good clean. The problem Im having is that I can't work out how one end of the tube unclips from the main bladder. The "button" on the connector seems to be slightly different from all the...

Mums come home with some berries and is convinced they're sloes. They don't look like sloes to me, far too small. Anyone have any idea what they might be?

Someone asked for the recipe for the flapjack I took to Middlewood, so here it is. 250g oats. 125g demerara sugar. 200g unsalted butter. 4 tablespoons honey. Teaspoon of ginger. Teaspoon of cinnamon. Pinch of salt. Use a small cube of butter to grease a baking tray. Cut the butter...

During one of the breaks in the rain yesterday I went for a short walk. Nothing very exciting, just exploring some of the local area I don't know. Following a country lane I came across an old mill I didn't know was there. It's a huge place but hidden in woodland. Further on I passed...

Had a quick overnighter in the garden last night to test out some new kit. The kit: The tarp: Chilling out with some light: Just before I fell asleep there was some light rain which resulted in these visitors: Once I fell asleep I was out like a light till morning, surprisingly...

Just spent the morning testing out my new tarp in the garden. Straight forward ridge tent using a hiking pole Anyone spot the deliberate mistake? The view inside Then something a bit different Things I've learned: making a hiking pole stand up straight without falling over...

Im currently sat in the garden with an ice cream because its sunny and a bowl of porridge because its not very warm. Anyone else got some classic British summertime weather?

As part of a recent volunteer day near Dovestones reservoir I went on a walk around a local plantation. Some views from the plantation: Inside the plantation itself: Some of the local wildlife:

My jervenbag came with a sort of dry bag which just about holds the liner but it seems impossible to put the liner and the windproof outer into this when they are connected. Looking on the forum the "pillowcase" looks like a much better way of carrying the whole thing. Does anyone have a...

I have just put a fairly deep cut into the knuckle on my hand. Not with one of the big sharp bushcrafting knives I own, oh no! I did it with the bright yellow safety knife at work :confused:

Found this and thought some of you might be interested, http://sa-kuva.fi/ The Finnish Defence Forces wartime archive published online.

More baking from me. Not particularly bushcrafty but very tasty. A nice loaf of bread made from rye flour, plain flour and honey. A couple of tablespoons of honey mixed with warm water. Then dried yeast added. This was left for about 10 minutes until it went all frothy. The...

Inspired by Skaukrafts recipe for Lompers on the recent Norway thread, I have been baking. Very very easy to make and very very tasty! Just a matter of mixing mashed potatoes with flour until it seems right then throwing it onto a hot pan.