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Stig, I'm sorry if your experience of homelessness has led you to believe it is a choice. My other half did not choose, at the age of 17, to lose his fiance, become estranged from his family, lose his job, lose his college course and then lose the pokey little flat he called home. He had not...

I'm pleased to say that recent developments are indicating this isnt going quite how the government had hoped... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthcomment/geoffrey-lean/8097935/Dont-sell-our-woodland-walks.html

This was a great read; I've always wanted to learn more about tanning. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you!

Rumi, your work sounds like it takes an approach that would be fantastically beneficial for people in vulnerable situations. I agree, the way in which we learn and approach BC in general could greatly benefit people with mental health issues. Being able to feel useful, and feeling a sense of...

When my other half was still homeless he was fortunate to be donated a very good sleeping bag- good for extremely low temperatures and could squeeze 2 people in if you didn't mind a forced cuddle all night. We still have it and don't want it to go to waste, but it got a fair bit, shall we say...

Ordinary sugar isn't enough. Jams only set if the fruit used in htme has enough pectin, and I'm pretty sure most eating apples these days don't have enough. You can get adde3d-pectin sugar, and also pectin as an additive in a bottle as well, if you can't find the right fruits.

Mmmm... wasabi peas. The only problem is they are far too moreish

In case anyone wants it, here's my code; 7B17HTZ

I used to get these for the office; a great way of avoiding the mound of cakes and biscuits people bring in all the time... although I still can't resist the homemade quiche one very kind member of the office sometimes makes for us! The only reason I stopped getting them is because of cost; but...

Didn't I read somewhere recently that some archaeologists have found evidence that snails may have been the earliest "farmed" food animal?

I can't comment on personal experience, but over in the village my parents live in in Spain, a hard rain is generally followed by large groups of locals out hunting for the baby snails, which they pop whole into paellas etc. To be fair, I can't vouch for this being for taste, or if it is just...

Well, damn. I guess he got bloody lucky he never got caught with that, then!

Now that, I totally see your point with. I guess I would see bushcraft as an alternative for those times when there are no other options; when there is no room at the shelter that night and it's Winter, and you need something hot. Knives are definite;y not good to carry around, but I know my...

Awesome! I have to say, some of the website recipes sounded great; it also really surprised me how MUCH stuff there is out there to forage!

Yeah, because all the police in the world are just lovely people, and foster care is always perfect. Seriously, half the people I know who are homeless have been on the receiving end of abuse from both police and social care. It doesn't always work out the way it should.

Yeah... "lifestyle choice". Like one friend, who was put into care as a child for various reasons only to be sexually assaulted and raped by his foster father. Then moved into a temporary situation with other young lads who, being traumatised similarly themselves, but being bigger and older...

I think I may have just found my next charity to start donating to.

Anyone know how this is done? I've heard of setting up a fire pit with stakes and a stretched leather over the top to take water etc, but has anyone actually done it?

Now that is just needlessly mean. I remember when I used to work part-time at a supermarket. The amount of perfectly edible food we threw away, especially from things like the rotisserie and bakery. And that with a shelter just 20 min down the road. It always seemed stupid that we didn't...