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The other morning I was crossing Putney bridge and noticed there were about twenty to thirty Commorants diving for fish on the downstream side of the bridge, the fast flowing outgoing tide seemed to be bringing Flounder up from the bottom near the bridges pontoons and the birds were taking...

As a boy scout back in the early 70s I did my survival badge during our annual summer camp which that year was in Dorset, somewhere near Bridport, I had to build a shelter in the woods out of anything natural I could find, and spend the night in it, luckily it was a hot dry summer and it didn't...

I think you are probably right, I got my second one and tried to put them together as he had in the video but it wasn't quite like his, I put it down to me being indoors with an extendable mop as the centre pole and cans of food to pin out the sides, (it was raining all day Saturday), I am...

I bought one out of curiosity more than anything, it came with a few small rips and one major damaged corner which had been repaired by a blind man with shares in gaffa tape, after cleaning it up and doing some repairs myself, which are far from professional but work for now, I have ordered...

I have heard rabbits screaming at night in the woods when a vixen has caught them, sometimes she will keep them alive to teach her cubs hunting and the noise goes on for ages

Just bought the Trekker kit but haven't had time to really test it yet, boiled the kettle and it is very quick to boil once you have a fire going, I was very impressed, also the remaining water stays hot in the kettle for a lot longer than a conventional pot heated over a gas stove. The little...

I've thought about going down the GS route myself, I haven't ruled it out yet but that Tiger engine was sublime, I think I have unfinished business to take care of.

The last two bikes I had were a Triumph Tiger 955i, fantastic engine on that thing, the other was a Kawasaki KLR 650, wish I hadn't sold them. I am maybe thinking of getting another Tiger 955i, you sound like you are into bikes, do you ride ?.

Hi, I'm Ira, 60yr young lad, (in my head), living in London, photography and the outdoors are my main passions, even more so the older I get and bushcraft was something I was quite good at when I was a lot younger, so I would like to see if I remembered anything I learnt back then, learn some...