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    Spamel signing off for a while!

    Dear Spamel- and there was me thinking that you left dear old Pompey for absolutely no reason, but the beer, to go to Germany:) Good luck! Hey, any news from home i'll let you know! (maybe 2007or 2008 is likely! hopefully we'll still be in the premiership but i wouldn't take any bets)
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    First Wild Shroom

    Dear Spamel- you need to come on home!! loads going on in dear old Pompey! from walnuts (that have been nicked,) rosehips a plenty, wild Quince (rather surprising!), ten ton of sweet chestnut, one pear that refuses to fall from the tree (no amount of punishment by an umbrella will release it!)...
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    rob

    A big hello from deepest, darkest Portsmouth!!! a bit of a bushcraft virgin myself but, there is always someone out there who will have the answer to the multitude of questions burning inside you! good luck! hey- any special tips on food - let me know straight away!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lmao:
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    First Wild Shroom

    Well Platypus - you have just become one of my favorite people!! :You_Rock_ . !!!!Keep going with the mushrooms - i don't suppose that you found your mushers round Anchorage Park did you? But if you like Sloes, go by Hilsea train station, there were quite a few last week! On a serious note-...
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    First Wild Shroom

    Milton Park, by the Bowling Green. But don't tell anyone!!!!! And to Spamel- i can not believe that you have given up the sunny climate of Pompey to live in Germany!!!!! But obviously they have mighty fine mushrooms- although i am going to keep with Sainsburys!!!
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    Tales from the green valley?

    I e-mailed the director a few weeks back asking if this series was coming out on DVD or a hardback book! ( i had had a few glasses of wine and thought it would be a FAB idea!- he must have thought i was a complete loon!) Apparently the DVD will be out at the end of the year, for i believe...
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    First Wild Shroom

    Congratulations! :) I only wish that i had the faith in myself to try! i have seen some rather nice looking specimens but do not have the courage! Maybe after a few homemade schnapps :rolleyes: !!!!! :D But on a good note - did pick quite a few fruits from a Strawberry Tree which my...
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    Identifying the difference between Sweet Chestnut and Horse Chestnut

    With regards to the sweet chestnuts, my partner and i have just picked a good carrier bag full but, now i am a little concerned with how to store them. :) i think i remember reading somewhere that you can freeze them. does anyone know if this is correct? or would it be better to dry them and...
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    is the water drinkable?

    i think i may just take a rain check on the drinking water!!! But many thanks to you all:)
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    is the water drinkable?

    it is in the local woods, close to a marsh area.
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    is the water drinkable?

    can anyone out there tell me how you can tell if water is safe to drink ? i know that you should always boil your water, but i have just found a place where the water appears to be bubbling up from below and i would hate to boil any goodness out of it!!! knowing my luck it is probably a hole in...