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Decided to get out for the first camp of the year a couple of weeks ago. Ended up camping under scafell at sprinkling tarn, great to get out and experiance the snow!! not so great having the thermarest decide to pack in on frozen ground!!! We walked up the esk, over great moss, up esk hause and...

Weather forecast for the weekend gone was looking just too good so pack packed and of for a wander up Melbreak. Great day out and some fantastic views.. Was just great to get out and blow the cobwebs off!!!

Decided to do a bit on the allotment today. New compost heap built and started to dig over the beds. Got me thinking if anyone else has a veggie patch or lottie and what have you got planned this year. This year i will mostly be growing.... potatoes,french beans,broad beans, peas, chard...

Hi folks I am after a bit of help. I would like to find a supplier for a stainless steel chainmail bag. Approx size 300mm x 300mm. A drawstring type of thing. Are there any of you involved in reenactments that could point me in the right direction???? If it needs to ne custom made fair enough...

Hi folks just thought i'd share my latest exploits, walking up on the fells around ennerdale to have a look at a bit of woodland but just a good excuse to get out for the day really. Had a look at the map prior and although the terrain looked a bit hard work it was at least a direct...

Could anyone recomend me a few easy to tie salmon and sea trout single hook patterns? especially any that work:fishing::fishing: Been doing some trout flies and fancy having a go at some of these in rediness for the season. cheers.....

Just a thought... I was wondering if anyone would be up for getting together sharing a few hints and tips and generally having the craic. Dates and location can be arranged if theres a bit of interest. May even take the canoe if we end up in a spot near water. I have a spot that might be usable...

Been trying to upload a few pics and it says in the bit underneath i am not able to post attachments, i assume this is the photos. How do get this sorted or has this nothing to do with the photos and im being a bit thick... Cheers Shutz

Hi folks just got back from another cracking trip. Weather forcast was good so we loaded the car and set of to derwent but when we got to kettlewell car park the water was frozen again. (think it might be summer by the time we get on it!!) http://www.flickr.com/photos/58723252@N08/5398641410/...

Well decided not to go to derwent due to the thick frost in the garden so went wast water instead. Although there was a bit of ice on the edges thelake was like a mill pond with stunning reflections of the fells. Not really that bushcrafty but the weather was too good to put up the tarp:) Just...

Just been dusting of my fly gear and been doing a bit of reading up. I will be fishing some of the cumbrian lakes and hill tarns plus the on odd occasion venturing north to scotland for trout when the season starts. I have done a fair bit on stocked waters where the lures or buzzers worked well...

Hi folks, Not sure where to post this request, but with the cold snap over the past couple of days here on the cumbrian coast, frozen ground etc i am wondering what the conditions are like on derwent. Could any of the lads from keswick let me know if derwents frozen. I am hoping not as i'm...

Any of you folks got any recommendations for a reasonable spinning reel. Could do with getting another one and trying to make best use of the sales. Cheers.

Whilst sorting the recycling it got me thinking. Now then I know a good few of us have made woodgas stoves out of a couple of cans or maybe a little meths stove out of a pop can. What other bushcrafty items have people made out of recycled items (might even help pread the pennies out:D)...

Inlaws have just brought me back a bag of dulce from ireland cracking surprise as i love the stuff, must be the ultimate beer snack :D . Just got to make sure the little mussels are picked off..:rolleyes: Anyway what other seaweeds have you folks tried and whats worth trying. I know most are...

Just watched HFW's fishfight.... and saw him cooking up sandell (launce) and wondered if any one has tried it, how did you cook it (i presume you cook them whole like livebait) and whats it like? We get a good few runs of them up here in the summer so could be worth catching. Cheers Shutz.

Just seen this in our local paper and thought it might be of interest to some. 21st may ray mears lecture at the theatre by the lake. Its part of the keswick mountain festival. .....oh an i am not connected with it in any way just in case any one was wondering:)...

Hi there.. Just pondering over the maps and realised one of the places ive not been is haweswater. Looks like it could be a good walk from from the ullswater area. Anyway has anyone spent any time there camping and or fishing. I know it "belongs" to united utilities but i did read that to camp...

Well not that sunny..... Hi there, been looking in for a while now and finally decided to dip my toes in the water. What a cracking place not quite sure why i havent happened on it sooner. Like a good few on here im into canoeing, wild camping, foraging (v.limited apart from the obvious...