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I have just been for a walk through our local woods to a protected limestone grass meadow called "The Stewardship field" It's a fantastic spot; its full of all manner of grassland plants, flowers and butterflys. At the moment it is host to hundreds of Orchids, absolutely beautiful flowers...

Hi, I'm planning on doing some carving with my explorers and am going to buy some Mora's. I just wondered if anyone knows where I may be able to buy them buy the box/cheapest place as I will need around 15/20 of them? cheers,

Hey, Im looking to get a new bivvy bag and like the look of the new 2011 Rab Ascent eVent Bivi; does anyone have one? is it any good? and if you have some pics of it in-use that would be great as I can't picture how it works with the midge net. cheers, Matt.

Hey, I just wanted to give some recognition to facewest.co.uk I bought a new waterproof jacket online yesterday at around 2pm it arrived this morning before 10am by Special delivery (free p&p). I have used them before and always recieved excellent service. they also do a reward...

Hey Guys, This weekend our District Explorer scouts are having their annual "Cold camp" which is basically a bushcraft weekend where we will be building & sleeping in shelters, cooking over fires etc and it it will be some of the explorers first experience of this kind. how it is going to...

Oooo this is my first post for a long time :-D With the winter hitting us hard already and with last year to go by; making roads unpassable and forcing many to sleep in cars or at work do you carry any supplies/equipment in your car should you or someone else become stranded or have...

Hey, In a few weeks I am going to be moving down to Torquay to start a new Job and was wondering if anyone was nearby? Cheers.

Not quite sure where to put this so Mod's feel free to move..... The Current Magnetic variation for the UK (Sheffield at least) is 3 Degrees 11min(3 11/60 degrees) West of grid North. (as of July 2009 British Geological Survey) So it's 3 Degrees as far as we need navigation wise. so...

This guy has popped up in my back garden last week, I mowed the grass around him and let him grow into a big boy (resisting the urge to eat him) to see how it developed. Next to a standard pint glass for scale. You can see the spores around the rim of the cap dripping off as a black slime -...

This weekend & next week I'll be doing the Woodsmoke Autumn Harvest followed by the Aboriginal course and was just wondering if anyone else is doing either? Cheers,

I have just set off a batch of Elderberry wine and would now like to make some beer.... with the nettles now old and woody what else can be used for making beer? anyone have any recipes? Cheers, Matt.

I want to have a go at making my own boil in the bag meals and wanted to run it by you to see if you think it would work ;) I have bought some special catering bags made to boil food in (https://www.culinaryinnovations.co.uk/osb/showitem.cfm/Category/53/) I have have bought a heat sealer to...

Driving around today I noticed that the leaves on most trees are starting to turn already up here and the mornings have that cold autumn misty chill; so much for a long hot summer eh? has anyone else seen the changes Matt

I had a couple of hours spare before going to work so I went for a short walk into the local woods with the dog. I took a few pics :)(They are abit small, wrong upload setting on photobucket) Heading down to the woods Rose-bay Willow herb further down the path- Himalayan...

I can't remember exactly what it is called, I think it is something like a "Maurika" its like a frying pan with legs that stands over the fire as in the pic below. does anyone know where I can get one? cheers.

Hey, I'm looking for some flat ground steel to make a knife with, most of the suppliers on-line seem to have delivery charges greater than the cost of the steel. I'm looking for 500 x 40 x 3 or 4mm. anyone know any good places?

I've have just been given a copy of Collins Nature Guides "Herbs and Healing Plants" as a gift but I already have a copy so I thought I would give it away to some who is just starting and lacking gear. So I thought I would do a little competition, basically its going to be a plant quiz...

Ive being seeing alot of Bee's lately that seen the have been born with heavily under developed wings and unable to fly, they just seem to sit there and wait to be eaten., just wondered if anyone else has noticed this? are these some special member of the hive and meant to be like this...

I'm currently growing and nice patch of strawberries which are producing lots of fruit my only problem is that the are being munched on by slugs before they are fully ripe and ready to pick :aargh4: are there any natural deterrents? I don't want to put commercial slug pellets down as they...

Hey, I'm looking into buying a new 4 season mountain expedition tent, I'm looking for something under 4KG (preferable around 3kg) and upto around £350 I'm currently liking the look of the Terra Nova Ultra Quasar at around £350 does anyone else have any other recommendations...