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  1. tom.moran

    Gloves for the harsher tasks

    Hi all. I'm in need of a pair of gloves for collecting wood, sawing and dealing with brambles etc. Being waterproof would be a bonus but not essential. Budget isn't massive, maybe £20 ish. I've got some nice warm gloves for sleeping in etc already. I had a pair of mechanix gloves that were OK...
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    UQ Sleeping bag care

    Hi all, it's been quite a while since I posted, I've got a question for you knowledgeable people. I've got a dd jura2 sleeping bag and a snugpak UQ, both of them are synthetic filling and I have been storing them in the Compression sacks for ages. I got them out and noticed they weren't as...
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    End of Feb 3 day location advice

    Planning a trip for the end of Feb for 2 nights and we're coming from Bristol direction, Somewhere with a pine forest would be nice and that we can do a bit of exploring. wonder where the quickest but reasonably out the way place to camp is. We don't want to spend a day travelling each way as...
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    Scotland, a couple of hours from glasgow, when its snowy

    so i want to do a 4-5 day camp in scotland, location will be a couple of hours from glasgow ariport as we will be flying up from bristol and have some transport arranged. so wheres good? any advice on what to take? im pretty good with wiltshire cold weather camping, usual make an effort to get...
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    help! coleman lamp 'pulsing'

    so im trying to light my newly acquired lamp, the twin mantle dual fuel jobbie. i followed the destructions, burnt in the mantles with a match, filled it up with about 500ml of fuel, 30 pumps on the pump, turn to full and put match to mantles, it then lights and goes out, if i hold the match in...
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    tapatalk

    my tapatalk stopped working a few days ago, its say of it persists contact forum admin....... im still getting thread updates just cant view the forum
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    Rain water, how do you collect yours?

    So the final piece to my water puzzle Is rain water collection, I use a xl dd tarp usually and was hoping to use it to collect rain water while it's up, I'm looking for compact/lightweight ideas to collect 3+ litres of water per day/night. What do you guys do?
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    one nighter with the taffinch

    After my unplanned night out in Bristol on Friday, I came back and took matt up on his offer of some trees to hang in for the evening. I must apologise to him though as the night before took its toll and I soon nodded off :) Anyway, I only took a couple if pictures and here they are Thanks...
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    saw these on amazon

    what do you lot think? seems too cheap not to try really http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vktech-Stainless-Keychain-Outdoor-Hiking/dp/B00D1MDY98/ref=pd_rhf_ee_s_cp_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=11845M8DMX2CJV48KVNJ
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    fatwood group buy interest?

    ive been wanting to get some more fatwood for ages but buying ti in small quantities is usually quite expensive. how many people would be interested in a group buy? i was thinking of getting the 13kg box from here http://www.orvis.co.uk/store/product.aspx?pf_id=643a and splitting it into 1kg...
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    Aldi heads up for thursday

    im sure someone said these were quite good https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thursday-5th-june/product-detail/ps/p/2-piece-mini-multi-tool-1/
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    best value whetstones?

    i currently have a lanksy 4 rod turnbox and while it gives a good edge it doesnt give a particularly long lasting edge and i have a few dinks in my mora that i want to work out of it. Ive decided to get hold of a set of whetstones but dont know what to go for first or where to get them from...
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    I fancy a camp out Friday - Saturday 25th/26th April

    anyone up for it? ive got no location in mind really
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    Homemade woodgas stove, flatbread and coffee

    thought i put up a few pictures of what ive been doing lately. first off i made a stove, im pretty please with it, it works well. its a little rough but as a first attempt im happy. its a costa coffee tin (of which i have 3 that were given to me full and sealed as they were 3 days out of date...
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    is this axe any good?

    i want a SFA but slightly bigger but also cant really afford more than about £30 on an axe at the moment, anybody know if these are any good? http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004ZFEYGW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1ABJ1GVJD1P5V&coliid=I2AYY7VD32NMWS
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    little wander around the tree 'catalogue'

    id forgotten about this place till i remembered it the other day so i took my daughter up there for a little picnic and and wander around, this si the location for anyone who wants a birds eye view 51.402224,-1.683575 its a large collection of different types of trees in groups of 2-4 with...
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    The weekends fun!

    well, with the beautiful weather we have had here, ive spent as much time in the woods as i can. went to savernake forest for a walk with my little girl friday after noon and we stopped and had some food. its the first time i have been up since the storms and there were a fair few large trees...
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    Amadou processing

    im going to be making my own amadou and have been reading about ways to process it. i just wondered what you guys have done, what you found worked, didnt work, was a waste of time etc
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    wanted swap Fomes fomentarius/horses hoof fungus

    ok so i cant find any near me and i want to process some into amadou for my fire kits. if anyone can get me a fairly large one or a couple of smaller ones id happily find something they cant get in their area. there seems to be an awful lot of cramp balls around here, not sure what else is local...
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    made some char cloth tonight

    so i took an old t shirt cut it into strips, rolled them up then popped them into a altoids tin, popped a hole in the top(i dont think this was needed as the hinges are holes on the tin) then stuck it on top of my web tex warrior stove. i did it first on a low heat for about 4 mins then stuck it...