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Hi, Some friends and I got back from a three night excursion to the Brecon Beacons recently. We stayed in the forest where all those beautiful waterfalls are on the south side. I think it's called Coed y Rhaeadr. A really nice area. Quite rugid in places, some good river crossings, clean...

Hi, I'm in the market for a tarp and have seen that Mr Mears recommends an Australian Hootchie. I saw one of these recently go for £56 off eBay. My question is, what make these tarps so special? Are they really worth that money? There's a fox basha on eBay at present for £33. Surely...

Hi, I'm in the market for some new pans as my aluminum billie cans are so warped now and the lids don't fit. I may buy a trangia set (27-6 poss) or maybe some Zebra Billy cans. :bluThinki A friend has however said he's sure he heard that I shouldn't be using Aluminum on an open fire as...

Hi there, What do you guys do to purify your water? I'm talking about potential dirty water in a forest as opposed to the clean stuff you get up mountains etc Ray Mears Essential Bushcraft page 71 says:- “When purchasing a pump-action water-treatment device, be sure to establish...

Hi, I've not done too much camping out in the wilderness and so an not that experiened at campfire cooking. I'm looking for recipes/suggestions for vegetarian food that is easy to cook on a campfire and doesn't weigh too much although that's not really too much of an issue. I'm thinking...

Hi, I seem to be going around in circles trying to decide what rucksack to buy. :banghead: I've come to the conclusion that I need to try them on. That said I need to find a shop which has in stock all/some of these:- Berghaus Vulcan Cyclops Berghaus Atlas Cyclops Highlander 88...

Hi, I'm in a market for a new 100 ltr Rucksack and one thing I want is a waist strap which fits properly i.e. around the hips, to properly distribute the weight. Some bergens attach around belly height to enable belt webbing to be used which is bad for your back and I want to aviod this...

Hi, Sorry to get technical here, but I'm trying to post some photo's here and am struggling. When I press the 'insert image' button, which is next to the 'insert hyperlink' button I get a small window appear which says:- Explorer user prompt Script Prompt Enter the text to be formatted...

Hi, The bergen I've been given stinks! :eek: It's got a reasonably unpleasenet damp sort of musk aroma. :( It there anything I can do about this, or do I just have to accept it reeks and be happy. I don't want to obviously reduce it's 'waterproofness' in the process. Very Kind GDB

Hi there, I've been given one of these massive 120 ltr bergens with the detachable side pockets from as ex soldier. The metal frame can be removed and consists of three flat aloy bars linked at the top by another alloy bar. I'm thinking I need to bend these to fit my back. Is that...

Hi, I was wondering what the general consenus was on sleeping mats was. I need to buy one and as they're aren't cheap obviously want to spend wisely. It will be for use in my 2 man tent. I want it to be lightweight, but the most important thing is comfort. I'm not sure about these self...

Hello, I need a small tent, that's lightweight and easy to put up. What do you guys use / recommend ? Thanks GDB :cool:

I've got some good advice here and just purchased a Nanok -10. Now I need some advice on Rucksacks. Basically I'm planning on going into the wilderness, probably the brecon Beacons, for three nights and need to take all my kit with me. I'll be walking a fair bit so need something...

Hi Guys, I'm new to all this bushcraft stuff, but know I need a fairly decent sleeping bag. There are so may available, it's baffling. I intend to use it with a Bivi if needed, or maybe on a hammock under a tarp. Ideally I'd like to use it between say End of April through to End of...

Evening, I saw an episode of Ray Mears once where he'd caught half a dozen or so crayfish and was cooking them on sticks around a fire. I know that the british Crayfish are protected, but apparently you can non-british one's which inhabit our rivers. Have any of you caught Crayfish large...

Hi, I'm new to all this so bear with me. Me and a couple of friends want to set off into the wilderness somewhere with enough food to last us three days. We want to walk maybe 5-10 miles per day and settle down at say 5:00pm to build a camp with a fire. I'm a bit worried about getting...