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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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    303 BRASS - NOT AMMUNITION - no primer - no powder :o)

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7135441836 :o): :o): :o):
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    Links Directory

    Members have been asking for some time for a central place for links and I am very pleased to announce the new bushcraftUK Community Links Directory. Please add your own bushcraft links and if you've previously added links to the Resources forum, please feel free to copy them over to the...
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    Smilies

    There was a conversation in the chatroom earlier about smilies and the codes you can type in to get them (because let's face it even on broadband it takes ages for the smiley page to load in!) and we thought it would be interesting to find out which ones people use... Here's my favourites...
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    Chatrooom

    We are pleased to announce that a new and improved chatroom is now available. This software will hopefully cure a lot of the problems members have been having in accessing chat, and it also has several new features too! Easily find out who's in chat by looking at the bottom of the forum...
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    My bcUK page

    Introducing a new entrance to the bushcraft UK community ... your "My bushcraftUK" page. This personalised log-in page gives you an overview of the forum, latest blogs, calendar, latest announcements as well as your buddy list and private messages. So set your bookmarks and favourites to...
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    The Morning News

    Max (Shadowhawk) taught us that every morning we should read the morning news - walk around looking for tracks and signs of what's been happening around us in the night. This morning I found a lot of rabbit fur on the grass - something had bunny for dinner last night! I couldn't see any...
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    Camping Bushcraft style

    Has anyone camped bushcraft style eg. basha, bivvy, hammock or similar on a public campsite? If so, would you recommend it? Has anyone ever been prevented from doing so??
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    Blogs!!

    I've posted an announcement about the exciting new Bushcraft Blogging feature here. This is the first time the system has been switched on for members and it has had a lot of teething troubles in the testing phase, but (fingers crossed) it should work well. (If you have an existing...
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    Bushcraft Blogs Feature

    The Bushcraft Blogging feature is now available for members to keep their own bushcraft journal! You'll find this feature on the Navigation Bar, between 'New Posts' and 'Search'. Each member can create a bushcraft blog. Blogs should be broadly bushcraft-related. This includes travel and...
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    Survival Titanic-style

    Just watching Titanic (for the umpteenth time :wink:) and I'm wondering what you could realistically do on a ship that was going down in freezing water to help yourself float, protect yourself from the cold etc etc?
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    Bike Locks ...

    Don't know if any of the cyclists here use Kryptonite locks ... if so you might want to take a look at this: http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/kryptonite.asp :yikes:
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    Hennessy Help!

    First time in a Hennessy here. Suspended between 2 connifers ... bum about 8 inches above compost heap. Stuck. Was life in the womb like this? Pleasant wobbly rocking motion. Comfortable, but can't see how to get out... Thermarest has slid down over exit. (Question: why is the fly...
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    Meetup Note

    Bring toilet paper as it isn't supplied in the loos at Merthyr Mawr. --> Tip for the guys: remembering to pass this message on to wives and significant others will earn you lots of brownie points! :0: :smlove2: ... whereas forgetting ... :yikes: :argue: :slap: :wink:
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    Bowdrill E-book

    Here's a link to a useful ebook on Bow Drills: http://www.primitivefire.com/manuals.php :wave: (BTW interested to know if anyone has any experience of these people's products before I buy...)
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    Veteran Trees

    A very interesting and enlightening online handbook Veteran Trees Management Handbook
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    Trousis!

    Another daft question coming up ... Can anyone tell me how to get over the whole trouser noise thing when tracking/stealth walking?? I can get on great in a skirt but as soon as I put on a pair of jeans and you can hear me a mile off!!! :shock: Tips from the trouser wearing fraternity...
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    Shelter at Meetup

    Just wanted to find out what kind of shelter people are planning for the meetup... :wave:
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    Bushcraft Bloopers

    Just been practicing a little pyromania as usual in the back yard and reached into my tinder pouch for the last of my dry tinder ... only to find a huge slug :yikes: that had decided it was a nice dry place to hide... Last night my pothanger collapsed dropping a billy full of water onto...
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    Parachute

    I'm looking for a parachute/cargo chute or similiar...
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    Life is Grand

    21:58 It's a nice evening. I'm sitting in front of a nice little fire. Just had a good meal. 007 is sharpening my knife. Middle kid is whittling. Littlest is in the bushes somewhere behind me (thinking I don't know she's there!). Soldier girl is home on leave off indoors though (well...