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Hi, I knew some people who used to go mountain biking there,from what I was told is they have plenty of casual trails there and they have some of the big downhill courses with bike lift to the top...So I think you need to avoid those areas.

I have unfortunately hit several over the years in my car, they can cause a lot of damage :eek: one occasion i swerved quite violently to avoid one but unknown to me it had a friend following up behind :o Had to take my car to get a new track rod though after :eek: I saw a programme on...

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I've known a badger to get aggressive, we've had them kill our chickens twice in the last few years, There population round where i live are in nuisance proportions. Anyway the one occasion a badger got into our chickens was after it forced its way under heavy chain link fence and then under...

My Grandad and Dad had one similar, about the same size and blades about the same too only difference that the ones they had the size pieces on the main body of the knife made from bone or more probably a man made material to look like bone. I'd be interested to know what the style of knife is...

Hi Patrick, some really nice utensils theres! The kuksa really caught my eye what wood was used for it? Brian

I did think about it being an old nest that had fallen out or maybe a squirrel drey but seemed too big to me? Also,it's not easy to spot in the picture, there is what seems to be an entrance into the "nest" on the left hand side Brian

Can anyone come up with any ideas on what bird would make a nest like this on the ground? I spotted it amongst a small stand of Norway spuce that was in a smallish unused grazing paddock. I couldn't say for sure whether it was still in use or not. I don't know whether its relevant or not but...

Well done :) :You_Rock_ I'm just starting along the frustrating road of bow drill fire lighting, I'm determined to crack it though Brian.

I voted hard too :banghead: I've only had 2 attempts so far, My first attempt I could get smoke n lots of dark brown dust after a few strokes but I couldn't sustain it as my drill keep flying out. I think 10 strokes was my record! My second attempt was with a different drill, same wood from...

Also might be to do with the farmers realising Buzzards weren't as big a problem as they thought so now they aren't being persecuted like I heard they were at one time?

Close to where I live I would guess there are 4 maybe 5 pairs of Buzzards, all within a couple of miles. Has anyone else noticed an increase of the Buzzard population nationally or could it be just a local thing? Brian

I don't live that far from Baschurch, only about 5 miles from where I work. I can almost guarentee you'll see more badgers than you can shake a stick at ;) Can't think of any camp sites nearby off the top of my head, only caravan parks sorry... oh and I think if I remember right there is...

Thanks guys, I'm just on the look out for suitable looking materials at the moment. I haven't tried fire by friction by any method yet :bluThinki I still need to practise my ember to flame technique. I don't want to try something 'til i'm confident i'm gonna get an end result, else my hand...

Found a piece of Bramble this evening, its quite straight and about 30 inches long and a bit bigger than finger thick. So could i use this as a hand drill? Thanks Brian

I've recently started experimenting with lighting fire by firesteel and I found the same, can't go wrong with that combination i think ;)

I do some sea fishing and I know there is a type of hook available called "Circle hooks". As the name suggests they are more of a rounded shape an increases the chances of lip hooking a fish and lessens the chance of the fish swallowing the hook down I think they were first used by longliners...

I was gonna put a tenner on silver birch but lent out my laptop for a few hours before the race so I didn't get chance to get online and place the bet!! :cussing: :togo: :rant: :censored: :aargh4: :banghead: ok rant over now :lol:

Thanks for the advice guys :You_Rock_ I've got a frosts clipper and a laplander at the moment which should do most things for me. Since being on this forum though I've started to develop an obsession for shiney pointy things! :lmao:

Had a quick go at using the individual nettle fibres from the old dead stems still around...and I was impressed, the short length I made was surprisingly strong for the diameter :35: