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Your best bet is to buy either "Canal Boat" or "Waterways world" from the newsagents. The waterways world annual magazine is out at the moment. Theres lots of information for first time buyers in there. I saw a copy in WHsmiths. I havnt found much on the net, it seems that its one area that...

If you buy a new one at £50,000 maybe. But if you shop around you can get an older boat that needs tidying for substantualy less. If you get a cruising licence for the waterways and dont mind moving about you dont need a mooring and the associated costs. In my younger days I used to work at...

Have you thought about a narrow boat? Slough isnt that far from the Thames or canal network. The slough arm runs off the grand union from Cowley. Everything you want has already been done in a boat and you would have more room. Gordon

Keep an eye on the craghoppers web site as well as they have sales and promotions. I took part in one of there surveys and got £5.00 off, handy as I wanted to try one of there shirts. Gordon

I met him In coombe martin last time we camped down there. He is genuine and a very nice bloke. It was just before he went to poland. They had been filming during the day and were going back to do some more in the evenening. He offered to let us in to the park after hours as we had not had a...

Sorry, not trying to hijack the thread. If anyone else is interested in Tika and Utonagans, either pm me or Ill start a thread off topic. Edilspiff, There is some risk of hip dysplasia but as there are still so few all Ute breeders have to have them scored before they can be bred. So far its...

Tika is a Utonagan, Its a british breed, bred to look like a north american grey wolf. No wolf content as wolf blood is illegal in the UK. They originaly took German Shepard, Siberian Husky and Alaskan Malumute to get the rough idea then bred to get closer to the wolfie look. Hes about 5th...

Thanks for the tip on moving the pack forward. Now hes bigger it fits better and is further forward. The straps were a bit long when he was younger. Gordon

This isnt very buschcrafty but sometimes you want a bit more comfort and technology on some trips. You can get 12 volt to laptop adaptors for pretty much any laptop you want. So you can run it from the car 12 volt source. How about one of the jump/leasure battery packs. Not much use if you...

Its a great idea your pack looks good. My Tika has a pack and is happy to carry his own supplies when we are walking any distance. The only problems I have is making sure it all stays balanced as we use up water, by far the heaviest item in his bags. So I use a couple of water bladders and try...

I watched Daktari when I was a kid so I always wanted to paint zebra stripes on my old white 110.

It was a very warm day on Friday and I had to explain to my kids what the couple were doing on the blanket behind the tree. My dog was much more curious and had to go and poke his nose in, literaly. Gordon

Thats bit of a wait? I got mine within a couple of days from amazon. There were several listings, some out of stock other editions in stock. I think I must have got mine through one of the associated traders on amazon. Maybe you could cancel your existing order and switch to one of the...

Try this link. http://65.108.204.95/

Guy Grieve - Call of the wild I cant remember who recomended this book as a good read, But thanks all the same. I got it on Tuesday and havnt been able to put it down since. Just finished it. I realy enjoyed it. Can anyone recomend any similar books based on real adventures in Europe...

We have some in the Croydon area. The local park ranger for the woods behind us says the main problem is they are taking over nesting sites from woodpeckers around here.

Ill second ketchup, It works on fox poo for dog coats. Not sure what exactly in the ketchup does the job but it will work. Rub it in and leave it for a little while then wash out. Maybe it will work on the collar. As for stopping them rolling in it in the first place. My Tika has a...

Its a shame you cant camp on some of the Scout and Guides sites. Ive visited a few now as my wife is GSL for our local scouts. They are generaly nice bits of land with mixed wood and fields. But I cant take the dog along as well, when they are runnig a camp, so Ill not be staying over to help...

I would think a geiger counter might be useful in some areas. I understand they wernt too careful in the past or worried about the after effects of testing.

Have a look here for the official usage notes http://www.ashdownforest.org/forest_use.html Are you sure you didnt camp at the Blacklands site that is by Ashdowne forest? Its used by Scouts, guides and other groups. http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=1920