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At least Ray Mears is selling quality equipment. If you believe it is overpriced or not is a different matter. However Bear Grylls is simply selling branded landfill. I doubt anyone who's serious about the outdoors will go near his stuff, but my nephew (10) is obsessed with him. As I'm sure many...

Much of the 'other branded' gear on the Ray Mears shop is fairly competitive. As for his own branded kit, well I bought the laplander leather sheath because I haven't seen a better one. I can't comment on any of his other items. It's a beautiful piece of craftsmanship and, in my opinion, worth...

Just read your Science Of Water post British Red. Excellent article.

I just had a look at a filter that I have but rarely used - an MSR Miniworks. I seems that this has a charcoal stage and is effective against chemicals (how effective I'm not sure). So perhaps throwing this in the pack is the answer. Richard

Well thank you all for your thoughts. It makes for depressing but not altogether surprising reading. I certainly wouldn't try to drink anything in Holland. As mentioned, my question was more geared towards Ireland as this is where I do most of my wild camping, but unless I'm going somewhere high...

Thanks British Red. When I used the term 'runoff' I just referred to what I thought of as inevitable transfer of chemicals used on farm land finding their way to a water source. Perhaps that is simply not the case? If there are strict rules , then perhaps it's not an issue. Most of my wild...

I wonder if anyone has any thoughts about the dangers of chemicals in collected water. So there are a variety of methods to filter or neutralise bacteria in water but these don't filter out chemical contaminants. Most of my wild camping is near farmland. There is most definitely large amounts of...

Thanks guys. Nice to be a part of the community.

Just came across the board. I'm originally from the UK but now live, for most of the year, in Amsterdam. I hope I can contribute something to the forum and look forward to meeting you all. Richard

Hi all, my first post, so I hope you don't mind me jumping straight in. I just returned from the course on Sunday so can give some fairly 'fresh' advice. First of all it was an incredible experience and although very hard work, extremely rewarding. As mentioned, there are ticks in the area...