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Hey all I'm putting together some fire kits for my website, we already do natural tinder kits and others but I want to put together a simple foolproof survival fire kit and am looking for ideas. Obviously this counts out much of the natural stuff, so no birch bark, assorted fungi tinders etc...

Hey y'all I am desperately after some king alfreds cakes as cannot get them here in the North of Scotland, or at least, we can but they are very very rarely found. Only once have I found any and that was many years ago. Have plenty to trade for a good batch of them Looking for at least 20...

I am looking to get my 7 year old a mini pack full of toys (folding cup, fire striker, bird book etc) for her birthday. She is only 7 so I am not looking for anything huge but would like a good outdoors look about it as opposed to my little pony and all pink! Any recommendations for mini kids...

I picked around 2 pounds of chantrelles earlier which I have cleaned and pickled into 1 jar.... yes ONE jar.... Not even a big jar at that. Pickled in vinegar which was a first for me as normally i would do oil for mushrooms so not to impart the acidity into them. It took me about 3 hours to...

Hardly used and came with faulty leather sheath. Looking to trade for a wildlife hatchet of same make.

No good photos i'm afraid but had my first successful mushroom foray of the year. Things start slowly up here in the north of scotland but the prize of the day had to be a nice clump of Slippery Jacks. Nearby we also found some lovely Dryads Saddle, the eyelash cup fungi, pigs ear cup fungi...

I bought a pair of Jack Pyke hunter trousers some time ago which I forgot to return. They are in a large size and simply too big for me. http://www.ronniesunshines.com/jack-pyke-hunter-trousers-olive-green-1.html They come in small, medium, large, extra large. Usually I find medium is too...

I just received my new DD Basha Tarp, 3m by 3m and am a bit confused by the loops on it as they are only on two sides. On the 2 sides without loops there is black material the same as the loops but without the actual loop on them if you know what i mean. In place of the loops there is simply a...

Seen my first pine martin a few days ago much to my surprise. Having just built a den in the woods I was sitting having a rest when out he popped with a mouse in his mouth, he stopped and looked around before trotting on past me within 6 feet. I was very tempted to say BOO. Off he went...

Tried one of these out today by mixing up a complete eggy cheese mushroom and onion mix and pouring into a zip lock bag and cooking in my vargo. Think I got the idea from this forum somewhere a while back. And all I can say is.... YUK! It was edible, I am sure the birds will like it if the...

I have been considering purchasing a small woodlands for a while now (all of 4 days!) Around the 8 acre mark you can get them up here for decent prices. However finding information on what you are allowed to do with them with regards to tipis, yurts, huts, management, business etc is not easy...

Have failed twice today so far on the mock tests. Some of the questions are absolutely baffling. For example why do I need to know how old I should be before taking a provisional license holder out in my car? Do I need to know this before I can drive?!! Neither am I about to tow any trailers...

After an excellent weekend wild camping and fishing over at Loch Lochy where I ate loads of trout :D I am trying to find out what other lochs in Scotland are available for free fishing, there seems to be a lot of debate on what "Free fishing" is but regardless of that there certainly seem to be...

One cold weekend away camping on Loch Lochy and we caught 4 brown trout and cooked it several ways ona open fire/coals :-D 1. Boiled - Skin comes away, it's soggy and horrible so best discarded. The bones come out in one though so just free meat after you have lifted the spine out. 2...

Shellfish and seaweed I am very fond of, but actual plants around the seashore I am needing to brush up on this year which is a big aim of mine. Last year I wanted to ID at least 10 new edible mushrooms which I exceeded, as well as plants like sweet cicely, but mainly offshore ID. So, rural...

I am after a nice new shiny lighter :-) Having bought 3 butane jet flame ones in the past I have been sorely disappointed in them but I spotted this one today which is VERY pricey but ticks all the boxes for shiny new kit syndrome...

I woke up on the beach last weekend to find my firepit FULL of around several thousand sandhoppers. Some toasted and some just nicely cooked through. I tasted a couple and they seemed OK. Not my ideal breakfast but assuming they are edible then certainly a food source. The next night I dug a...

I don't have pictures but a promising start to the new year shroomy season. I did 22 miles and along the gorse tracks there were some small brown unidentifiables. The largest being 3cm across which for this time of year is nay three bad. Alongaside them were several (2) other mushies. We...

I have read some good and bad about this sleeping bag, however it is tempting me, OK, it WAS tempting me, I have just bought it for 70 bucks which is pretty decent. The good - It is light, 900 grams. Packsize, 16 by 16 cm. (I bet i can get it smaller) Temp rating, down to 0 - one review...

http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/OCTA-VERSIPACK-p433.htm#details I'm after one of these, I need something grabable to go onto my maxy vulture 2 which is lacking in pockets. However the US dollar price seems fair, but the UK price is NOT. 70 dollars, or 60 pounds if bought in the UK. This...