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A productive weekend spent putting this little forge together using a design from the Essential Craftsman on Youtube. Still a top plate to drill and put on, angle iron cut ends to tidy up and the burner to fit once it arrives from ebay but a very handy design. That soft firebrick at the front...

Is it just me or is Britishblades totally AWOL at the moment?

Title says it all really, with 3 kids in tow I could do with one of the extesions Vango used to make for the Mk V Force 10, Ideally orange to match the tent but if you have a green one you want to get rid of that'll do just fine as well. Cheers David

If I try to log in to the website from home it says my account is blocked but it seems I am still logged in to the forum from work as it is letting me post this! Any idea what is going on?

I got all inspired to make a different sort of bow for a change by the reflex deflex article. I've got all bits to make it and was all ready to mark out my stave and start at it last night. Can I find the mag? you guessed it, spet all yesterday evening searching huigh and low without any sign of...

Getting a database error when I try to open British Blades, looks like the hackers might have got at them again!

Is it just me or is Britishblades down? Cheers David

Hugh FW has done a reprint of cook on the wildside at last! http://www.rivercottage.net/rcv2/shop/books.jsp?shop%3dbookRc&filter%3dhugh#492 Just ordered my copy!

Got a brace of Mallard at the weekend, we intended to keep them out of the sight of one and a bit year old, quack quack, duck mad Chloe in case she got bothered by inert ducks that didn't quack. Well best laid plans and all that, she pottered into the kitchen just as we started plucking them...

Now I know things like blackberrys have been ripening earlier but this really is odd. There is a strawberry planter on our front yard filled with early fruiting strawbery plants, exposed to all upland Derbyshire weather can throw at it. Today, 1st Dec, one plant has 2 large Strawberries on it...

Just wondering if anyone knows the price of those boots that were up for grabs in the expedition comp. Oops edited to remove dyslexic nonsense that made the whole post nonsense!

My Avatar (one of the standard set) seems to have vanished, the user CP decided I hadn't got one set, trying to reset it dosn't bring it back either. Any bright ideas how to fix this? Thanks David

Hi all, Does anyone have pitching instructions for a vango hurricane alpha they can let me have a copy of. Picked one up for nothing in a stores clearout at work, I'm sure I can pitch it but looking at it guess there may be some tricks to getting the best resuts! Cheers David

Picked and ate my first of the year yesterday, a week earlier than last year and a good month before it should be! The climate is definatly changing David

Plenty around at the moment so here are my fave 2 recipies for elderflower Cordial 12 Elderflower heads 2lb Sugar 750ml boiling water 35g citric acid zest of a lemon Cut the flowers off the stalks (a bit of stalk dosn't matter just get rid of most of it) Mix the whole lot up in a big...

Hi all, Managed to collect nine and a bit pounds of sweet chestnuts in a bit of opportunistic forraging today. Some will be roasted (very soon :wink:), some will go to make HFW's sweet chestnun puree. Any suggestions for the rest? Cheers David

Hi all, One of the BB things I like and think would be good here is somewhere to discuss pics in the gallery, either a way of posting comments linked straight to the pic or a specific gallery discussion forum. Just trying o improve on a site that is nigh on perfect you understand! Cheers David

Well, I've just posted a piccie of what I gathered on a couple of short walks today. Enough blackberrys to make a nice crumble for pud tonight even though they are nearly over and my small helpers (9 and 4) probably are more in the field than we got back home. A pound and a bit of really good...

Lowe Alpine 45 Mountain Contour Rucksac. Some signs of use but still 95%+ of it's life left in it. Good comfy sack with the added advantage that the compression straps take the size right down so its still good and stable for just a day trip with just your lunch and waterproof in it...

Hi all, I guess this belongs as much here as it does in the books section. The new book by Clarissa and the Countryman 'The Game Cookbook' is brill. Officially it isn't out till the glorious 12th but Amazon delivered my copy at the begining of the month and I've now loads of ways to use up...