101 Top Tips

[clcuckow]

A yard/metre of muslin,

It has many, many, fine uses as packs quite small. Here are just a few:

Use it as a filter.
Cooking in it e.g. tie your veg or meet in it and boil or steam or use it to make paneer.
Carry stuff in it.
Melt snow in it.
Its a sling.
Its a bandage.
Its a scarf.
Its a shemagh.
Its socks (Russain wrap around type)
Its a towel/handkerchief etc.
etc
etc
etc
O' Its dirt cheap. When it get to dirty or to many catches turn it into charcloth and buy another yard

 

[jdlenton]

always have pen pencil and paper in you map case

 

[Burt]

Avoid picking spots/scabs & the like with your fingers.....impetigo spreads everywhere. I should know. :yikes:

 

[stuart f]

When making debris shelters never skimp on roofing materials to keep you dry, cutting corners will only serve to get you wet when you least expect it.

The same goes for browse beds, the more effort you put in first time will pay back ten fold when you get a good nights sleep.

 

[British Red]

When cutting Bracken for bedding, cut as much as you think you need...then double it

 

[Infragreen]

1. If carrying a mili-style waterbottle fitting into a mug, pull a baggie over the mug, opening down. If you need a baggie, you have one.
And until then, your mug stays clean.

2. Repel pests with vitamin B complex tablets. Eat, don't try to hit them!
Fresh garlic works even better, but is a pest to eat end repels unpests just as well. Goes down fine with apples, tho.

3. Keep your hands clean. They're great for picking up just about everything.
Plus, if you have to pick your nose and your brain falls out, you won't get it dirty putting it back in.
(Seriously... In fact, you SHOULD really wash your hands before picking your nose. Great way to catch a cold or flu or whatever)

4. Learn to make do with what you have around you. Can you substitute anything in the vicinity for that much-needed piece of kit?

5. Read the pages in this forum.

May your bog rolls never run out!

 

[Kirruth]

Never creep up on a horse. For everything else, use your discretion.

 

[Nemisis]

I got a couple of extra side pouches to use inside my rucksack to keep things tidy. 1 for all dried and bagged food the other toilitries and all small stuff and my knives untill at my destination also the harness to turn them into a day pack for side trips and wanders during the day.
Dave

 

[Ex Member lyndon]

well i know little of bushcraft but its such a good post i just have to be involved
so here goes for what its worth

1, never tie up to or sleep under the biggest tree in the area.

2, likewise never trust a tree with fresh looking dirt at the base (the insects have usually shoveled it out of the rotten interior)

3, never cut any tree thicker than your arm in bushcraft there is seldom a need and its dangerous as hell, i once did one and a half summersaults with a 65cc chainsaw in one hand ,entertaining but dodgy

4 ash trees grow under imense tension and are probably resposible for more fatallitys and injuries to professional tree surgeons than any other trees in the uk. at least(the back can split out as you make the felling cut ,right where your face is :yikes: )
not brain surgery but i hope it may add somthing cheers guys

 

[shadow57]

1. Always have some elastoplasts on your person.

2. Aspirins as well.

3. Never argue with women


John

 

[g4ghb]

I make that 79! we're almost there!

 

[British Red]

Hmm,

Standing dead wood is drier than fallen wood

Wood thats wet on the outside is usually dry inside if split

Cut the turves before starting a fire (assuming you are allowed to where you are). Cover the fire with damp turves at night (like a charcoal burner) and it'll be alight in the morning

Red

 

[Biddlesby]

You can't have your King Alfred's Cake and eat it.

Use the leftover fire dogs from last night and your firesteel to relight the fire in the morning!

 

[Nemisis]

I just posted part of this in another thread but thought it would fit in here too.When using the PLCE side pouches as a daysack I've threaded a 1 metre length of 4 mm shock-cord crossed between the four outside loops on each pouch secured with a cordlock to carry wet gear away from kit in the bag,also two smaller loops approx 4 inches each with a cordlock as walking pole carriers.
Dave.

 

[Spacemonkey]

Never eat anything bigger than your head.

Tie all kit to a piece of string, that way, if you can't find anything, you just move along the string until you do!

Never have curry if you are sharing a tent/shelter with someone.

Create the effect of being abducted by aliens by drinking two bottles of vodka. You'll invariably wake up in a strange place the following morning, having had your memory mysteriously 'erased'.

Don't waste money buying expensive binoculars. Simply stand closer to the object you wish to view.

Vegetarians coming to camp dinner? Simply serve them a nice bit of steak or veal. Since they`re always going on about how tofu, Quorn, meat substitute etc `tastes exactly like the real thing`, they won`t know any difference.

Invited by vegetarians for camp dinner? Point out that since you`d no doubt be made aware of their special dietary requirements, tell them about yours, and ask for a nice steak.

Camp hygiene a problem? Wrap yourself in masking tape and remove the dirt by simply peeling it off.

Avoid cutting yourself while chopping wood by getting someone else to hold the log while you chop away.

 

[risby]

1, never tie up to or sleep under the biggest tree in the area.

What's this about then?

 

[bikething]

What's this about then?

Lightning? :umbrella:

 

[British Red]

Never eat anything bigger than your head.

Tie all kit to a piece of string, that way, if you can't find anything, you just move along the string until you do!

Never have curry if you are sharing a tent/shelter with someone.

Create the effect of being abducted by aliens by drinking two bottles of vodka. You'll invariably wake up in a strange place the following morning, having had your memory mysteriously 'erased'.

Don't waste money buying expensive binoculars. Simply stand closer to the object you wish to view.

Vegetarians coming to camp dinner? Simply serve them a nice bit of steak or veal. Since they`re always going on about how tofu, Quorn, meat substitute etc `tastes exactly like the real thing`, they won`t know any difference.

Invited by vegetarians for camp dinner? Point out that since you`d no doubt be made aware of their special dietary requirements, tell them about yours, and ask for a nice steak.

Camp hygiene a problem? Wrap yourself in masking tape and remove the dirt by simply peeling it off.

Avoid cutting yourself while chopping wood by getting someone else to hold the log while you chop away.

Hmmm Viz fan?

 

[Spacemonkey]

D'accord!!

 

[British Red]

D'accord!!

Loved the profile - "I see dead people"

Oww there goes a rib

Red