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I noted in japan they have a long history of using nature as a balm to the pressures of life; shinrin-yoku or 'forest bathing' As mentioned in quoted reply so does S.Korea, furthermore it's common in Finland too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinrin-yoku I have suffered from addiction and...

Oh the bain of my life....the public bridle path running through the woods is festooned with them, trying to pleach the shrubs for hedgerows becomes a smelly, messy, unhygienic job.... I was doing a wild camp in the Surrey hills, on NT land when one of their rangers turned up...two hammocks and...

Unfortunately Government cut backs across the whole spectrum are leaving things rather thin on the ground. Forestry England have basically turned a woodland over to a small coppicing co-operative in South Devon, officially it's so traditional coppiced crafts can be re-introduced to the woods...

Hi Des You've certainly found the right place I've found some very interesting and informative pieces, Im sure you will too.

To be fair I think it's a societal issue. If you look at places like Austria, Germany, I have visited both relatively often, in both urban and particularry rural places, I can't personally vouch for other European countries but have heard anecedotal tales of environmental respect from the Nordic...

I used to use a British army black plastic canteen then an aluminium canteen, but have now got a boundless voyage titanium canteen with cookset, a 1.2l titanium bottle and a mill bank bag and ceramic filter system ( I usually get water from springs on Dartmoor but still filter them, 'just in...

I own a small plot of woodland with a public bridle path and small river (more a stream but it's officially called a river) it's also listed as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) due to the fact it's part of the home/habitat of UK's rarest and largest bats, the Greater Horseshoe Bat. I've...

I was born in London, with the Thames literally at the bottom of my road, over the river was a green wooded walk to Barnes/Putney Common, I was always to be found mudlarking, fishing, cycling along the river and to the commons. My family were semi hippieish, and we went on camping trips, then...

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Hi VanWild I must admit all round very good points you raised especially with the acclimated point and the layers issue inside the sleeping bag, being able to have suitable layers the wick and let the expelled water from our bodies dissipate is essential. However there is one point I'd like to...

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I tend to plan my EDC around what I'm doing...though I do almost always carry my SAK..though for international travel I do of course pack it in the cargo hold..there were two occasions where having the SAK caused consternation...one in South Africa when going to visit Robbin Island, where they...

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Spark (both for tinder in bushcraft and that spark your suppose to feel on the app tinder lol)

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I notice your from Exeter.... When I'm down we stay in West Exeter.... alphington way...are you west of the exe?

Current reading; How to read water, clues and patterns from puddles to the sea by Tristan Gooley - ISBN 978-1-473-61522-9 & An Herbalists Guide to Formulary by Holly Bellebuono - ISBN 978-0-7387-5303-4 Recently finished Entagled Life...a most informative read

thank you broch...i note your very active here

Thanks TeeDee....it was a smallish investment from an inheritance....part of my mothers ashes are there, so its a special place in more ways than one

Hi Fellow BushcraftUKer's, I'm new here, I have had limited BushCraft experience but lots of outdoor hiking and camping. I'm based between London and Devon, where we have a small woodland on the edge of SE Dartmoor (fortunately with a spring for our water needs). I particularly like hammock...