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  • Hey Guest, Early bird pricing on the Summer Moot (29th July - 10th August) available until April 6th, we'd love you to come. PLEASE CLICK HERE to early bird price and get more information.
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    Food Preservation site

    Hi all, long time no see.... :rolleyes: Just come across this site and thought some of you may like a peek http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/
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    Happy Yule Y'all....!

    THE most exciting day of the year - Roll on summer :lmao: Have a great day everyone, festive blessing abound! j :D
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    Strewth... The man can talk!

    Ha ha, just noticed Jon Pickett has made 3000 posts! Thanks for the (mostly!) informative posts Jon! PS Can you do another 'Which Plant Is Gonna Kill You' thread......please....:lmao:
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    Rather large mackeral...

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    Rather large mackeral...

    Went fishing out of Looe on Sunday and did somewhat better than all the fellas on board :D (Dont gloat janie.....:o ) Anyways, amongst my catch was this beastly mackeral who weighed in at just over 2lbs and was 19 inches in length. Blackadder (the skipper) says its the largest mackeral...
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    One of us on Radio 2....

    Was listening to Radio 2 today and heard a familiar voice.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio2_aod.shtml?radio2/r2_vine_mon Scoot forward 1 hour 52 minutes and hear Jon Pickett talking about the Primitive Cooking Course a group of us went...
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    Gravad Max

    A good days fishing out of Looe yesterday saw me staggering home with 48 Mackeral & 6 Herring :D :D :D Some were gifted away, some were cleaned up and frozen, one or two jumped straight into the frying pan as soon as I got in the door and I was STILL left with loads!! So I decided to...
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    Canoe Training Day in Welsh Wales.....

    Finally got the chance to take John Dixon up on his kind donation to the charity auction of the days canoe training. Cheers John, we had a blast :You_Rock_ The weather was really making us work hard, to the point that by 3pm we were officially surfing rather than canoeing :rolleyes: I...
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    Making Candle Wicks

    Thought someone might find this interesting. http://www.ehow.com/how_5936_make-own-wicks.html j
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    Leather 1st Aid Pouch

    I was recently given some leather and wanted to have a go at making something, having no tools specific to the job I kinda made it up as I went along! The holes for stiching were punched through with an old school compass, I used Whipping Twine as the thread (found locally in a boating...
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    Cheers Ogri....!

    So, I'm a little ashamed to say that Ogri the Trog made me a blade last year, the longer it sat in the cupboard the more difficult starting it became... But I can happily say that it is now finished (although I certainly don't claim to have done his work justice as there are a couple of...
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    Happy Samhain!!

    So have any of you been carving anything other than spoons?? Heres my efforts......... Apologies for the camera shake, but tis almost witching hour ya know....!! j :cool:
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    Dear Santa..........

    Sorry people :rant: but its not that far off... This is a cute little gift from The Woodland Trust http://www.wt-store.com/Detail.aspx?id=25 Whats going on your santa list?? j (Sorry again :( )
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    Campsites that allow fires.......

    Quite a decent list of campsites that allow open fires. http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/articles/view.asp?id=4 Apologies if this link has been posted before.... j
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    Fungal Foray in Cornwall

    The Lost Gardens of Heligan For anyone that is interested there is a 'Fungal Foray' planned on Sun 29th October from 1.30 - 5pm. "Join expert John Gregory on a hunt for fughi and lichen throughout the Heligan Estate. Normal garden admission charges. Book via Heligan reception" j
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    Trail Cooking

    Thought someone out there may fancy this book. I contacted the seller re the postage cost, his reply; 'fast air delivery it is $13.50 or slow boat (4/6 weeks) at $8.00' here No link to seller blah blah j
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    BCUK Wild Weekend!

    Further to Falling Rains excellent thread "Wildfood Week", the 'Wild Weekend' has been born. We're having a little get together on the south Cornish coast, where we shall eat what we forage. People that have already showed an interest are; Falling Rain Ed Snufkin Jon Pickett Bloodline +...
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    Car Battery Power

    This isn't a bushcraft type of question, but I'm hoping that someone out there must know the answer. Years ago I lived in a teepee and a guy I knew ran a radio off a (disconnected) car battery for me. I was wondering if it would be possible to run a stereo or even my laptop off one? I'm...
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    Happy Bushmoot y'all!!

    Just a quickie to hope that you all have a fab time mooting! :D I'm really sad I wont be there, it would be great to put faces to names as much as anything. First thing tomorow Im heading off to the Maker Sunshine Festival which will no doubt be as wholesome & health promoting as a bucket...
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    Gas Guzzlers

    Greenpeace :You_Rock_ http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/gasguzzler/?CFID=3833284&CFTOKEN=36974924