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OK, I've an idea. As well as people sending mail to the BBC you can send emails to me here with the subject 'Old Ray Mears Series', I'll send them to the people I know in the BBC and ask them to forward them to the appropriate people.
What I'll probably do is take the text out of the emails and put it into one and then as more come in send anther with a few sets of text in and so on.
What do people think of this?
What I'll probably do is take the text out of the emails and put it into one and then as more come in send anther with a few sets of text in and so on.
What do people think of this?
I think it's an excellent idea and will send you (when I'm back at my workTony said:
computer) the text of the letter I sent on Friday which I also copied to the
Woodlore team.
Shouldn't we be calling it "Ray Mears' Old Series" though ;-)
Reminds me of that 'how old Cary Grant?' joke (reply 'old Cary Grant fine,
how you?')
The British Library have recently made it possible for people to listen to
all the number one albums from the last 50 years or so, plus they've also
made it easier to access their sound archives. Wouldn't it be great if the
BBC made their entire back catalogue available (for a fee) via the internet?
My next planned letter to the BBC, assuming they didn't come back with
"oh yes, we'll release the DVDs", was to suggest that they make copies
available to the Wellcome History of Medicine Library (you can watch
videos etc. in the library) in London.
Given that the library has a large section on the historic / medicinal uses
of plants I thought they might be persuaded that some of the footage would
be useful as a secondary research resource
Library main page: http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/
Catalogue (eg. search for 'ethnobotany'): http://catalogue.wellcome.ac.uk
Well... it's worth a try
Jo
Aha...Jodie said:
http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/nsaservices.html#listening
Listening and Viewing Service
"This service provides free public access to the Sound Archive's collection
of recorded sound and video. Users can hear any item from the Archive's
extensive holdings of published and unpublished recordings of music, wildlife,
drama, literature and oral history. The service also provides access to BBC
broadcasts."
They have two recordings of Ray Mears' "World of Survival" - Siberia (Evenk
and reindeer herding) and Namibia (Ju/'hoansi people).
http://cadensa.bl.uk/cgi-bin/webcat
Ray Mears's world of survival. Siberia
Ray Mears travels to some of the most inhospitable places on earth
and observes how the native people survive
The Evenk people, nomadic reindeer herders, live in the Taiga forest
of Siberia. In temperatures ranging from -60 to +10 C, they live in
traditional teepees, on a diet of reindeer, fish and a few edible plants.
Mears joins a family group, the Brigade Gayulski, and observes their
skills in handling and herding reindeer, and their use of every part of
a carcass for food or clothing
Subject: Evenk people - Siberia Reindeer herding - Siberia
BBC recording broadcast BBC 2, 10th March 1997
V3913/2
RECORDING......... Copies.... Material....................Location
V3913/2 1:51'54"..........1.........RECORDING......... ON-PRODUCT
Ray Mears's world of survival. Namibia
Ray Mears travels to some of the most inhospitable places on earth
and observes how the native people survive
The Jo'hansi bushman live in the Kalahari bush. Though they live in
temperatures of over 40 C and the land is in drought, they are skilled
hunter-gatherers
Subject: Ju/'hoansi people - Namibia
BBC recording broadcast BBC 2, 24th March 1997
V3913/3
RECORDING......... Copies.... Material....................Location
V3913/3 2:23'57"..........1.........RECORDING......... ON-PRODUCT
It's fairly easy to get a Brit Lib reader's pass these days.
I'm delighted to see they also have a copy of "Alchemists of Sound"
which was a great programme about the BBC Radiophonic workshop...
Jo
Hi - scanned these from the leaflets I got when I sent off for them in 1994. If only I'd followed it up instead of wasting the next decade on S,D & R&R... Enjoy, and I'll buy a DVD of these, even if it were just a half-hour. Even I on minimum wage would give my money for this...
And no pictures either - you'll just have to buy the DVD when it comes out!
Programme 1 18 May 1994
RAYMOND MEARS - FUNGHI, FIRE AND FOOD
Ray Mears visited Sussex - one of the most wooded counties in Britain, to demonstrate the art of lighting a fire with two sticks; Ray put this to practical usage by whipping up a simple meal of trout stuffed with locally gathered sheep-sorrel and garnished with lady's smock, pretty pink flower with a peppery taste.
Ray used an elder stick rubbed into a clematis wood base (or paddue), the tinder was again clematis but utilises the shredded bark. Using fresh-cut (not uprooted) grass, Ray covered the embers to steam cook the trout over 45 minutes. The grass slowed the cooking process and more importantly, negated naked flame and the normal hazards of a campfire. Ray emphasised that no fire should be left unattended and dead wood should be used for the fire - again, always ask for permission to light a fire and bury the ashes before leaving.
MUSIC
Deep Forest by Deep Forest COL 9797782
Programme 2 25 May 1994
FUNGHI, FIRE & FOOD - ON THE BEACH
Ray Mears chose the beaches around Saundersfoot along the Pembrokeshire coast because of the cleanliness of the water and diversity of seashore edibles. As with all seafood thorough attention must be paid to freshness and cleaning. Obtain local expert information from an aquarium or local fishermen and do get a tidetable - it is easy to get cut off by incoming tides. Ray advises everybody to take only a little, and have regard for the preservation of our natural resources. Last tip! - wear shoes with a good grip -rocks, shells and sea urchins can be painful.
Contact: Shellfish Association of Great Britain
Fishmonger's Hall
London Bridge
London EC4 9EL
Tel: 071 283 8305
NB: Only closed season is for Native (Flat) oysters - 14 May - 4 August when they are spawning and not in good condition.
- No red tide/bloom has occurred since 1984.
- All shellfish are edible all year - subject to pollution and freshness.
MUSIC
Knocking on Forbidden Doors from Rivers of Belief by Enigma DINSD 112
Programme 3 1 June 1994
RAY MEARS - WOOD EDIBLES
Ray Mears visited the open woodland of the Sussex Hampshire Borders in search of a free picnic. Starting aloft in a tree bough, he found 'Chicken of the Woods', a funghi that has the texture of the bird (but without the feathers). Ray points out its distinctive orange, yellow colour and how it resembles a blob of polystyrene foam that has seemingly oozed from the tree. The flesh should be washed thoroughly several times before cooking - Ray's preferred method is to stir fry.
Next came the common Burdock, with its broad, almond shaped leaves and a tasty white root similar in appearance to a slim turnip. Removing the outer rind is simple and as Ray demonstrated , the root can be eaten raw or sliced and cooked like potato. Next underfoot came a humble Thistle - this must be cooked to soften the prickly leaves, to be eaten like a normal 'green' - and the root is equally nutritious, prepared in the same way.
Finally, the pignut, the jewel in the crown as Ray described it. Once gathered commonly by children, this knee-high, white flowered plant, similar in appearance to the cow parsley has a distinctive and unique bulb or 'nut' at its root. If there is no 'nut' which is knobbly and brown with white flesh, then you have dug up Cow Parsley which is poisonous and not to be touched.
Gathered Pignuts should be squeezed to remove the chestnut-like soft shell and can be eaten raw in a salad or as a snack. The taste is creamy and similar to a water chestnut with a mild peppery taste. Please remember, take only enough and think of others who follow in your footsteps.
MUSIC
King Puck from King Puck by Christy Moore ATLASCD 003
Programme 4 8 June 1994
RAY MEARS - NAVIGATION
Ray Mears never leaves home unprepared - and a simple walk in the woods gives Ray the opportunity to demonstrate how not to get lost by observing directional pointers from the trees and the sun - and a mysterious long pole. With the film crew as impromptu students Ray finds true south without a compass by looking at the way trees will reach toward the sunlight, eg south, southwest and lichen preferring the cool, northerly sides of tree trunks. Surprisingly, tree stumps will have their centres nearest their bark on the south facing side.
Looking skywards, Ray points the hour hand of his watch at the sun and looks to the noon (or 1pm BST) mark to form a quadrant on the face - then by simply bisecting this angle created, one finds south. For example, with the hour hand at the seven o'clock mark pointing at the sun, south is halfway between that and 1pm (BST), so south is at the ten o'clock mark.
Next Ray places a stick vertically in the ground and marks the end of the shadow created - about 1 hour later the shadow moves into a new position which is likewise marked. The two points once connected will mark an east west line. Bisecting this line at 90 toward the sun will give true south (this technique is invaluable in remote or desert locations). Then a larger stick (or 3 metre pole in this case) is used like a giant needle to show how Scandinavian hunters keep to a straight bearing through dense thickets. The idea is simple, if you walk round an obstacle such as patches of dense undergrowth you will start to get disorientated and literally go round in circles but using a long pole as a giant needle threaded in your chosen direction will keep you on track until the obstacles are passed and clearer ground reached.
The crew thus found their van and Ray returned to the undergrowth to dig up some more amazing facts for next week's show.
MUSIC
Dance the Devil Away by Outback CD HNCD 8302
Programme 5 15 June 1994
RAY MEARS - WATER
Ray Mears taught us two methods of obtaining drinking water; first with the aid of a homemade filter and secondly by digging a small well.
For the filter you will need a plastic drink bottle which must have small drainage holes pierced into the bottom - half a dozen will suffice. The top must then be sliced off to allow the layers of filtering materials to be inserted down to the base.
THE CONTENTS:
1. Sphagnum Moss: Found in boggy areas, this moss has proven anti-septic properties.
2. Peat (from below the Moss): A sterilising aid, working in tandem with the Moss.
3. Charcoal: A Natural Filter.
Ray put a layer of moss into the bottom half of the cut bottle, pressing it down firmly. Next followed a mixture of the charcoal and peat capped off with more sphagnum moss, leaving approximately one and a half inch gap to the rim of the bottle. As Ray demonstrated, pouring muddy pond water in at the top, resulted in purified (but not necessarily crystal clear) water emerging from the pierced base within 1-2 minutes.
This filter has been scientifically tested and approved by the Swedish Army and can be re-used. Ray emphasises however that all water should be still brought to a rolling boil wherever possible before consumption.
The 'Gypsy' Well
This simple well uses the soil itself as a filter. If you are near to a contaminated or suspect water source, find an area of saturated ground nearby - preferably at least 15 feet away from the water itself.
Using a spade or stout stick, dig a hole approximately 1' foot to 2' deep by 1' square. The hole will fill with clouded water (silt suspension etc). Bail out this first draught, taking care not to disturb the silt as you reach the bottom of the hole. The next filling will be clear and drinkable, again, bring to a rolling boil wherever possible. The 'Gypsy' well can be used over a period but should be covered to prevent contamination by local animals and birds.
MUSIC
Hunting and Forest Hymn from Deep Forest by Deep Forest
Programme 6 22 June 1994
RAY MEARS - TOYS
Ray Mears went to Winnie The Pooh's Wood in Sussex and made toys from natural sources. He made a traditional grass doll, pooh sticks, bull roarer and a willow whistle.
DOLL
Cut four good handfuls of long grass approximately 1 foot in length. (Make sure you cut the grass rather than pulling it up, to ensure regrowth).
Take two small bunches, about the thickness of your thumb and cross them at the middle (1), laying a small pine cone on the cross (2). This cone is the doll's brain. (All good dolls should have one; according to Ray!)
Fold the two bundles over the cone, to cover it and repeat with more grass to build up a good head and body thickness.
Secure with a strip round the neck and tuck in (3).
With another bundle, make a shawl by wrapping it around the back of the neck (4) and crossing it at the front (5).
Arms are made by folding a thin bunch of grass in half, twisting both the lengths to the ends and then twisting those two together to make a rope (6).
Tuck these into the shawl to hold them (7).
Now, hold all this in place with another grass bundle wound as a wide sash around the doll's middle.
Secure this by twisting the two ends together tightly at one side and then tucking the ends back into the sash (8)
Finally, trim the skirt length by cutting off the uneven ends.
The completed doll.
POOH STICKS
For those whose childhood lacked Winnie the Pooh stories, Ray demonstrated how to play Pooh's stick game. It's basically a race, using the current of a river or stream to carry sticks under a bridge, the winning stick being the one that comes into view first. Any number of players can race....
BULL ROARER
Any type of wood can be used, carved into the shape of a leaf. Drill or carve a hole at one end and tie a length of string through it firmly. The American Indians say the string should reach from your heart to your fingertips. When spun around your head, the wood will create a marvellous roar, used by shepherds to herd their sheep.
WILLOW WHISTLE
Cut a length of willow - about the thickness of your index finger and 1 foot long.
Cut one end at an angle of 40 degrees (1) for the mouth piece.
3 inches down from this tip score round the bark (2).
Tap this 3 inches gently with the handle of your knife (3) or similar, to loosen the bark.
Once loosened it will slide off, but before that :-
Cut a nick out of the stick 1% inches down (4).
This should be 'A inch deep, cutting in at 90 degrees then 40 degrees (5).
Holding the bottom section, carefully twist off the bark (6).
The whistle needs route for the air to be blown down so carve a channel from the nick upwards.
You now have a whistle (8), but there's more....
The long part of the stick has a section covered in bark and a bare part. Pare down the bare part, decreasing it's diameter by about a third so that
Then, cut right through the stick at the nick and slide the top end back into the bark casing (7).
when you put it back into the bark casing it slides easily up and down (9.). This will enable you to make a variety of notes when you blow into the whistle.
And hey presto... your Willow Whistle.
MUSIC
Winter Solstice and Haze on the Hills all from Splendor Solis by The Tea Party EMI 0777/7/8941927
Mozarts Flute Concerto CARLIN CD 004
Programme 7 29June 1994
RAY MEARS - BREAKFAST SPECIAL
Ray Mears demonstrated how to cook a BBC breakfast (Bacon, Bannock and Coffee) on a campfire, without damaging the surrounding countryside.
Making the fire
Ray will only make a fire for a good reason and will only light one on bare earth to make sure that it doesn't spread. Areas such as the Rothiemurchas Forest in the Scottish Highlands (part of the ancient Caledonian Forest) are under constant threat from fire. If the ground is peaty, a fire can spread underground and resurface weeks later with devastating effects.
First of all, Ray made a platform with dead sticks, collected from the surrounding area. To light them, he used horse's hoof fungus (Fomes fomentarius), lichen, birch bark, a flint and a piece of steel.
Horse's hoof fungus is commonly found on dead birch trees in northern Scotland. Ray struck a flint with steel to light it, and dropped it into a ball of lichen and birch bark. Once this was smouldering, he pushed the whole bundle between the sticks, and waited for them to catch light.
Cooking the breakfast
'Plank-cooked bacon' - is a method of grilling bacon, with no washing up! Warm a Hat piece of wood in the fire. Lay the bacon on it, and hold it in place with wooden pegs. Rest the wood next to the fire and wait for the bacon to cook.
Bannock is a traditional Scottish unleven bread, made from oatmeal. Hour and salt. Ray used:
1 cup of pinhead oats (or ordinary oats)
1 level teaspoon of salt (or sugar for those with a sweet tooth)
1 rounded teaspoon of cream of tartar
1 cup of self-raising flour (or plain flour and a teaspoon of baking
soda)
1 cup of powdered milk
Mix the ingredients together, and add enough water to make a doughy mixture. Make a pancake shape and cook it for a couple of minutes in a pan on the embers, or on a hot stone or gridle. (Flames of the fire will be too hot and the bannock will cook too quickly and burn). Ray recommended charring the bread a little, however, making it crisp on the outside, to ensure it is cooked properly. (Test by slicing it down the side and taking a peek at the centre to check it's cooked right through).
'Backwoods coffee' - this is filter coffee without the filter. Ray used one cup of water per person and one 'for the pot', and one spoon of coffee for each cup of water. Boil the water and coffee together until the coffee grounds sink to the bottom of the pan. Once they've sunk, it's ready.
Putting out a fire
Ray always pours water onto the embers of a lire to put it out. He then, picks up the sopping embers with his hands to make sure they are properly wet and extinguished and scatters them thinly around the area. He leaves no trace lie has been there.
Rays motto is 'take only memories and leave only footprints', although he doesn't even like to leave them!
Ray cooked his campfire breakfast in Rothiemurchas Forest, Highland. Contact Rothiemurchas Visitors Centre on 0479 810858 for further information.
MUSIC
Colsich a Ruin and Dr Mac Phails Reel from Delerium by Capercaillie 2K75113
Programme 8 6 July 1994
RAY MEARS - ROPE
July in the Cairngorms - yet it was snowing and Ray's rucksack had broken! He had two choices - wrap everything in his lent and use it as a sack, or stop and make a new one. Carrying the rucksack contents like this is tiring and dangerous on rocky terrain, so Ray made a new rucksack frame out of natural materials and strapped contents on, wrapped in the tent material . He used willow wood and willow bark for the frame, pine roots for the straps, and nettle string to hold everything in place.
frame
The frame was made from three willow branches, with the bark as the 'string' to bind it together. When cutting from the tree, willow branches have to be bent slightly to stretch them and cut cleanly across the base, to ensure that they grow back.
Ray scraped off the outer green layer of bark, peeled off the layer underneath in one piece and cut that layer into strips to make the binding string.
He then cut the clean branches to the right length, and tied them together to make a triangular 'A' frame - the rucksack base. He measured the two longer pieces to the length of his arm, and the cross-piece to the length between his elbow and his fingertips, and lashed them together. (Any form of lashing that works will do!).
The straps
Thin pine tree roots which spread out from each tree, just underneath the forest floor are perfect for the rucksack straps. They are brittle when fresh however, so when digging them out with a stick, follow each one along and don't just pull. No more than three roots should ever he taken from one tree and stamp the earth hack down to leave no trace of having been there.
Ray plaited twelve two metre roots together, making a loop at the bottom of each strap so that it could be looped over the bottom of the A-frame to hold them on. He used more of the strong pine root to hind the straps to the top of the frame hut because the root is bulky and difficult to tie tightly, he overbound with the more flexible willow bark.
So, a rucksack frame but how do you make the sack?
Attaching the camping gear
Ray wrapped all his gear into his tent, to make a package, but to tie it on to the frame he made string from another plant - nettles...
Firstly, nettles won't sting you if the leaves and the stinging elements are removed boldly - grasping the nettle. So, holding the bottom of the stem in one hand, Ray pulled off the leaves and stings with the other, in a swift upward movement and showed his un-stung hands to prove his theory (but gloves will work too!) He then flattened the stem between his fingers, opening it out and removed the pithy fibres inside by running his thumb nail up the stem. The stringy outer casing is left and this makes the string....
Holding one end of the string stein casing roll the rest away from you, (Ray did it between palm and thigh). Once firmly rolled, he bent the strip almost in half and then rolled again, so the two strands roll together. This make the string. Continue adding and rolling to make a long length.
Ray then tied his gear to the A-frame and walked off into the sunset...
Ray was hiking in the Rothiemurchas Forest. Contact the Rothiemurchas Visitors Centre for further information on 0479 810858.
MUSIC
Night on a Bare Mountain by Mussourgski
Guitar Jive and Hill Pickin from Guitar Music CHAP 153
Programme 9 13 July 1994
RAY MEARS - HYGIENE
Out in the Cornish woodland and meadows Ray Mears showed how mother nature can be a source of emergency first-aid in the form of several useful plants.
Yarrow
Yarrow has been used by soldiers since the time of Achilles in Ancient Greece as a poultice on wounds. Crushing the leaves provides juice which can be used as an effective insect repellent and chewing the root can temporarily numb a toothache. Yarrow should not be taken by pregnant women.
Greater Plantain
This can also be used as poultice - simply wrap a cleaned leaf directly round the cut.
Meadowsweet
Meadowsweet contains some of the ingredients found in aspirin and the pink root can be chewed to cure a headache. (Alternatively the leaves and flowers can be made into a tea).
Dock Leaves
Crushing the leaves and squeezing tiie juice onto nettle stings is the correct way of using this most commonly-known plant. (Simply rubbing the leaf on can aggravate the skin.)
Horse Chestnut
Crushing the leaves in water makes a good soap substitute which also has mildly antiseptic properties - it will even help clean sooty campfire pans (horse chestnut contains saponin which is used in making soap). Alternatively, the juice from the leaves can be used as a sunscreen, in an emergency but if an allergic reaction occurs stop using it. (Naturally, this applies to any of the featured plants).
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Finally Ray showed how a toothbrush can be fashioned from an alder twig, by chewing one end to form a brush and then brushing in the usual manner. It does not taste as pleasant as a conventional toothbrush and toothpaste so Ray promises once you've tried it you'll never forget your own brush again. Don't chew it too much either -alder acts as a laxative!
MUSIC
Hurry Up Boogie from Moods AVF 113CD
Tin Foil Valley from Tin Foil Valley by Angel Pie GASP D12/MCA
Programme 10 20 July 1994
RAY MEARS - BIVVY BOAT
The Fowey estuary near St Austell in Cornwall was the setting for the inaugural voyage of a twig and tarpaulin boat conjured from Ray's rucksack.
The tarpaulin is one of the most useful pieces of equipment available for people who spend their leisure time in the countryside. It is light, and takes up only a small space in the rucksack.
Tracks' wilderness expert, Ray Mears, demonstrated three uses of the tarpaulin, or tarp as he likes to call it. The green weatherproofed piece of material can be bought in any camping or outdoor pursuits shop.
The most common use is a temporary shelter in wet weather. Ray stretched his tarp between trees at head height, using string to secure each corner to a suitable branch. The shelter is effective for a short period during an unexpected shower. The second use is to collect drinking water from rainfall when walking some distance from a water supply. Ray fixed his tarp to some low branches so it covered as wide an area as possible and then pinned the middle of one side down, 6" from the floor to make a channel. He also added a thin piece of cord hanging almost to the ground. This channelled the water into a collecting vessel which could be a tin or bottle.
Ray also demonstrated a third use for his tarp: the construction of a small boat. The tarp was used to make the outer skin or hull. The first step was make the gunwale of the boat, using fresh wood cut from the countryside. Ray cut twenty lengths of wood which were about two feet long and as thick as a broomstick. He put his tarp on the ground, marking each corner in the soft earth. The frame of the boat must be about 50 cms smaller than the maximum dimensions of the tarp. He pushed the twenty bits of wood vertically into the ground in two concentric rings which looked like the inner and outer rings of a doughnut, with a hole in the middle.
This provided a 'mould' or structure in which to form the gunwale, bending long hazel lengths complete with leaves into the doughnut shape until the hazel filled the space between the two circles of uprights and about lit in depth. It's important that this 'doughnut' is oval - the boat is easier lo steer that way and the bow and stern have whole hazel lengths bent round to make them strong.
He secured the hazel wood together by winding nylon tent cord around it.
The gunwale having been made, Ray lifted it from the upright 'mould' and cut more lengths of wood and pushed them through the gunwale in a lattice pattern. This wood formed the deck of the boat. He finally laid the tarpaulin on top of the lattice deck, securing it to the frame with more tent cord (make sure there is a layer of leaves to protect the tarp from the deck). The tarp formed the skin of the boat - two layers are best for maximum impermeability. He turned it upside down and he'd made a boat. Ray paddled himself off into the sunset in his watertight, maneoverable dinghy, wearing a lifejacket. The boat is best for shallow inland, non-tidal water unless you are well practicised in boat building or tides.
MUSIC
Happy by Steven John CHAP 153
Excerpt from The Vikings Soundtrack HA-T 2118
And no pictures either - you'll just have to buy the DVD when it comes out!
Programme 1 18 May 1994
RAYMOND MEARS - FUNGHI, FIRE AND FOOD
Ray Mears visited Sussex - one of the most wooded counties in Britain, to demonstrate the art of lighting a fire with two sticks; Ray put this to practical usage by whipping up a simple meal of trout stuffed with locally gathered sheep-sorrel and garnished with lady's smock, pretty pink flower with a peppery taste.
Ray used an elder stick rubbed into a clematis wood base (or paddue), the tinder was again clematis but utilises the shredded bark. Using fresh-cut (not uprooted) grass, Ray covered the embers to steam cook the trout over 45 minutes. The grass slowed the cooking process and more importantly, negated naked flame and the normal hazards of a campfire. Ray emphasised that no fire should be left unattended and dead wood should be used for the fire - again, always ask for permission to light a fire and bury the ashes before leaving.
MUSIC
Deep Forest by Deep Forest COL 9797782
Programme 2 25 May 1994
FUNGHI, FIRE & FOOD - ON THE BEACH
Ray Mears chose the beaches around Saundersfoot along the Pembrokeshire coast because of the cleanliness of the water and diversity of seashore edibles. As with all seafood thorough attention must be paid to freshness and cleaning. Obtain local expert information from an aquarium or local fishermen and do get a tidetable - it is easy to get cut off by incoming tides. Ray advises everybody to take only a little, and have regard for the preservation of our natural resources. Last tip! - wear shoes with a good grip -rocks, shells and sea urchins can be painful.
Contact: Shellfish Association of Great Britain
Fishmonger's Hall
London Bridge
London EC4 9EL
Tel: 071 283 8305
NB: Only closed season is for Native (Flat) oysters - 14 May - 4 August when they are spawning and not in good condition.
- No red tide/bloom has occurred since 1984.
- All shellfish are edible all year - subject to pollution and freshness.
MUSIC
Knocking on Forbidden Doors from Rivers of Belief by Enigma DINSD 112
Programme 3 1 June 1994
RAY MEARS - WOOD EDIBLES
Ray Mears visited the open woodland of the Sussex Hampshire Borders in search of a free picnic. Starting aloft in a tree bough, he found 'Chicken of the Woods', a funghi that has the texture of the bird (but without the feathers). Ray points out its distinctive orange, yellow colour and how it resembles a blob of polystyrene foam that has seemingly oozed from the tree. The flesh should be washed thoroughly several times before cooking - Ray's preferred method is to stir fry.
Next came the common Burdock, with its broad, almond shaped leaves and a tasty white root similar in appearance to a slim turnip. Removing the outer rind is simple and as Ray demonstrated , the root can be eaten raw or sliced and cooked like potato. Next underfoot came a humble Thistle - this must be cooked to soften the prickly leaves, to be eaten like a normal 'green' - and the root is equally nutritious, prepared in the same way.
Finally, the pignut, the jewel in the crown as Ray described it. Once gathered commonly by children, this knee-high, white flowered plant, similar in appearance to the cow parsley has a distinctive and unique bulb or 'nut' at its root. If there is no 'nut' which is knobbly and brown with white flesh, then you have dug up Cow Parsley which is poisonous and not to be touched.
Gathered Pignuts should be squeezed to remove the chestnut-like soft shell and can be eaten raw in a salad or as a snack. The taste is creamy and similar to a water chestnut with a mild peppery taste. Please remember, take only enough and think of others who follow in your footsteps.
MUSIC
King Puck from King Puck by Christy Moore ATLASCD 003
Programme 4 8 June 1994
RAY MEARS - NAVIGATION
Ray Mears never leaves home unprepared - and a simple walk in the woods gives Ray the opportunity to demonstrate how not to get lost by observing directional pointers from the trees and the sun - and a mysterious long pole. With the film crew as impromptu students Ray finds true south without a compass by looking at the way trees will reach toward the sunlight, eg south, southwest and lichen preferring the cool, northerly sides of tree trunks. Surprisingly, tree stumps will have their centres nearest their bark on the south facing side.
Looking skywards, Ray points the hour hand of his watch at the sun and looks to the noon (or 1pm BST) mark to form a quadrant on the face - then by simply bisecting this angle created, one finds south. For example, with the hour hand at the seven o'clock mark pointing at the sun, south is halfway between that and 1pm (BST), so south is at the ten o'clock mark.
Next Ray places a stick vertically in the ground and marks the end of the shadow created - about 1 hour later the shadow moves into a new position which is likewise marked. The two points once connected will mark an east west line. Bisecting this line at 90 toward the sun will give true south (this technique is invaluable in remote or desert locations). Then a larger stick (or 3 metre pole in this case) is used like a giant needle to show how Scandinavian hunters keep to a straight bearing through dense thickets. The idea is simple, if you walk round an obstacle such as patches of dense undergrowth you will start to get disorientated and literally go round in circles but using a long pole as a giant needle threaded in your chosen direction will keep you on track until the obstacles are passed and clearer ground reached.
The crew thus found their van and Ray returned to the undergrowth to dig up some more amazing facts for next week's show.
MUSIC
Dance the Devil Away by Outback CD HNCD 8302
Programme 5 15 June 1994
RAY MEARS - WATER
Ray Mears taught us two methods of obtaining drinking water; first with the aid of a homemade filter and secondly by digging a small well.
For the filter you will need a plastic drink bottle which must have small drainage holes pierced into the bottom - half a dozen will suffice. The top must then be sliced off to allow the layers of filtering materials to be inserted down to the base.
THE CONTENTS:
1. Sphagnum Moss: Found in boggy areas, this moss has proven anti-septic properties.
2. Peat (from below the Moss): A sterilising aid, working in tandem with the Moss.
3. Charcoal: A Natural Filter.
Ray put a layer of moss into the bottom half of the cut bottle, pressing it down firmly. Next followed a mixture of the charcoal and peat capped off with more sphagnum moss, leaving approximately one and a half inch gap to the rim of the bottle. As Ray demonstrated, pouring muddy pond water in at the top, resulted in purified (but not necessarily crystal clear) water emerging from the pierced base within 1-2 minutes.
This filter has been scientifically tested and approved by the Swedish Army and can be re-used. Ray emphasises however that all water should be still brought to a rolling boil wherever possible before consumption.
The 'Gypsy' Well
This simple well uses the soil itself as a filter. If you are near to a contaminated or suspect water source, find an area of saturated ground nearby - preferably at least 15 feet away from the water itself.
Using a spade or stout stick, dig a hole approximately 1' foot to 2' deep by 1' square. The hole will fill with clouded water (silt suspension etc). Bail out this first draught, taking care not to disturb the silt as you reach the bottom of the hole. The next filling will be clear and drinkable, again, bring to a rolling boil wherever possible. The 'Gypsy' well can be used over a period but should be covered to prevent contamination by local animals and birds.
MUSIC
Hunting and Forest Hymn from Deep Forest by Deep Forest
Programme 6 22 June 1994
RAY MEARS - TOYS
Ray Mears went to Winnie The Pooh's Wood in Sussex and made toys from natural sources. He made a traditional grass doll, pooh sticks, bull roarer and a willow whistle.
DOLL
Cut four good handfuls of long grass approximately 1 foot in length. (Make sure you cut the grass rather than pulling it up, to ensure regrowth).
Take two small bunches, about the thickness of your thumb and cross them at the middle (1), laying a small pine cone on the cross (2). This cone is the doll's brain. (All good dolls should have one; according to Ray!)
Fold the two bundles over the cone, to cover it and repeat with more grass to build up a good head and body thickness.
Secure with a strip round the neck and tuck in (3).
With another bundle, make a shawl by wrapping it around the back of the neck (4) and crossing it at the front (5).
Arms are made by folding a thin bunch of grass in half, twisting both the lengths to the ends and then twisting those two together to make a rope (6).
Tuck these into the shawl to hold them (7).
Now, hold all this in place with another grass bundle wound as a wide sash around the doll's middle.
Secure this by twisting the two ends together tightly at one side and then tucking the ends back into the sash (8)
Finally, trim the skirt length by cutting off the uneven ends.
The completed doll.
POOH STICKS
For those whose childhood lacked Winnie the Pooh stories, Ray demonstrated how to play Pooh's stick game. It's basically a race, using the current of a river or stream to carry sticks under a bridge, the winning stick being the one that comes into view first. Any number of players can race....
BULL ROARER
Any type of wood can be used, carved into the shape of a leaf. Drill or carve a hole at one end and tie a length of string through it firmly. The American Indians say the string should reach from your heart to your fingertips. When spun around your head, the wood will create a marvellous roar, used by shepherds to herd their sheep.
WILLOW WHISTLE
Cut a length of willow - about the thickness of your index finger and 1 foot long.
Cut one end at an angle of 40 degrees (1) for the mouth piece.
3 inches down from this tip score round the bark (2).
Tap this 3 inches gently with the handle of your knife (3) or similar, to loosen the bark.
Once loosened it will slide off, but before that :-
Cut a nick out of the stick 1% inches down (4).
This should be 'A inch deep, cutting in at 90 degrees then 40 degrees (5).
Holding the bottom section, carefully twist off the bark (6).
The whistle needs route for the air to be blown down so carve a channel from the nick upwards.
You now have a whistle (8), but there's more....
The long part of the stick has a section covered in bark and a bare part. Pare down the bare part, decreasing it's diameter by about a third so that
Then, cut right through the stick at the nick and slide the top end back into the bark casing (7).
when you put it back into the bark casing it slides easily up and down (9.). This will enable you to make a variety of notes when you blow into the whistle.
And hey presto... your Willow Whistle.
MUSIC
Winter Solstice and Haze on the Hills all from Splendor Solis by The Tea Party EMI 0777/7/8941927
Mozarts Flute Concerto CARLIN CD 004
Programme 7 29June 1994
RAY MEARS - BREAKFAST SPECIAL
Ray Mears demonstrated how to cook a BBC breakfast (Bacon, Bannock and Coffee) on a campfire, without damaging the surrounding countryside.
Making the fire
Ray will only make a fire for a good reason and will only light one on bare earth to make sure that it doesn't spread. Areas such as the Rothiemurchas Forest in the Scottish Highlands (part of the ancient Caledonian Forest) are under constant threat from fire. If the ground is peaty, a fire can spread underground and resurface weeks later with devastating effects.
First of all, Ray made a platform with dead sticks, collected from the surrounding area. To light them, he used horse's hoof fungus (Fomes fomentarius), lichen, birch bark, a flint and a piece of steel.
Horse's hoof fungus is commonly found on dead birch trees in northern Scotland. Ray struck a flint with steel to light it, and dropped it into a ball of lichen and birch bark. Once this was smouldering, he pushed the whole bundle between the sticks, and waited for them to catch light.
Cooking the breakfast
'Plank-cooked bacon' - is a method of grilling bacon, with no washing up! Warm a Hat piece of wood in the fire. Lay the bacon on it, and hold it in place with wooden pegs. Rest the wood next to the fire and wait for the bacon to cook.
Bannock is a traditional Scottish unleven bread, made from oatmeal. Hour and salt. Ray used:
1 cup of pinhead oats (or ordinary oats)
1 level teaspoon of salt (or sugar for those with a sweet tooth)
1 rounded teaspoon of cream of tartar
1 cup of self-raising flour (or plain flour and a teaspoon of baking
soda)
1 cup of powdered milk
Mix the ingredients together, and add enough water to make a doughy mixture. Make a pancake shape and cook it for a couple of minutes in a pan on the embers, or on a hot stone or gridle. (Flames of the fire will be too hot and the bannock will cook too quickly and burn). Ray recommended charring the bread a little, however, making it crisp on the outside, to ensure it is cooked properly. (Test by slicing it down the side and taking a peek at the centre to check it's cooked right through).
'Backwoods coffee' - this is filter coffee without the filter. Ray used one cup of water per person and one 'for the pot', and one spoon of coffee for each cup of water. Boil the water and coffee together until the coffee grounds sink to the bottom of the pan. Once they've sunk, it's ready.
Putting out a fire
Ray always pours water onto the embers of a lire to put it out. He then, picks up the sopping embers with his hands to make sure they are properly wet and extinguished and scatters them thinly around the area. He leaves no trace lie has been there.
Rays motto is 'take only memories and leave only footprints', although he doesn't even like to leave them!
Ray cooked his campfire breakfast in Rothiemurchas Forest, Highland. Contact Rothiemurchas Visitors Centre on 0479 810858 for further information.
MUSIC
Colsich a Ruin and Dr Mac Phails Reel from Delerium by Capercaillie 2K75113
Programme 8 6 July 1994
RAY MEARS - ROPE
July in the Cairngorms - yet it was snowing and Ray's rucksack had broken! He had two choices - wrap everything in his lent and use it as a sack, or stop and make a new one. Carrying the rucksack contents like this is tiring and dangerous on rocky terrain, so Ray made a new rucksack frame out of natural materials and strapped contents on, wrapped in the tent material . He used willow wood and willow bark for the frame, pine roots for the straps, and nettle string to hold everything in place.
frame
The frame was made from three willow branches, with the bark as the 'string' to bind it together. When cutting from the tree, willow branches have to be bent slightly to stretch them and cut cleanly across the base, to ensure that they grow back.
Ray scraped off the outer green layer of bark, peeled off the layer underneath in one piece and cut that layer into strips to make the binding string.
He then cut the clean branches to the right length, and tied them together to make a triangular 'A' frame - the rucksack base. He measured the two longer pieces to the length of his arm, and the cross-piece to the length between his elbow and his fingertips, and lashed them together. (Any form of lashing that works will do!).
The straps
Thin pine tree roots which spread out from each tree, just underneath the forest floor are perfect for the rucksack straps. They are brittle when fresh however, so when digging them out with a stick, follow each one along and don't just pull. No more than three roots should ever he taken from one tree and stamp the earth hack down to leave no trace of having been there.
Ray plaited twelve two metre roots together, making a loop at the bottom of each strap so that it could be looped over the bottom of the A-frame to hold them on. He used more of the strong pine root to hind the straps to the top of the frame hut because the root is bulky and difficult to tie tightly, he overbound with the more flexible willow bark.
So, a rucksack frame but how do you make the sack?
Attaching the camping gear
Ray wrapped all his gear into his tent, to make a package, but to tie it on to the frame he made string from another plant - nettles...
Firstly, nettles won't sting you if the leaves and the stinging elements are removed boldly - grasping the nettle. So, holding the bottom of the stem in one hand, Ray pulled off the leaves and stings with the other, in a swift upward movement and showed his un-stung hands to prove his theory (but gloves will work too!) He then flattened the stem between his fingers, opening it out and removed the pithy fibres inside by running his thumb nail up the stem. The stringy outer casing is left and this makes the string....
Holding one end of the string stein casing roll the rest away from you, (Ray did it between palm and thigh). Once firmly rolled, he bent the strip almost in half and then rolled again, so the two strands roll together. This make the string. Continue adding and rolling to make a long length.
Ray then tied his gear to the A-frame and walked off into the sunset...
Ray was hiking in the Rothiemurchas Forest. Contact the Rothiemurchas Visitors Centre for further information on 0479 810858.
MUSIC
Night on a Bare Mountain by Mussourgski
Guitar Jive and Hill Pickin from Guitar Music CHAP 153
Programme 9 13 July 1994
RAY MEARS - HYGIENE
Out in the Cornish woodland and meadows Ray Mears showed how mother nature can be a source of emergency first-aid in the form of several useful plants.
Yarrow
Yarrow has been used by soldiers since the time of Achilles in Ancient Greece as a poultice on wounds. Crushing the leaves provides juice which can be used as an effective insect repellent and chewing the root can temporarily numb a toothache. Yarrow should not be taken by pregnant women.
Greater Plantain
This can also be used as poultice - simply wrap a cleaned leaf directly round the cut.
Meadowsweet
Meadowsweet contains some of the ingredients found in aspirin and the pink root can be chewed to cure a headache. (Alternatively the leaves and flowers can be made into a tea).
Dock Leaves
Crushing the leaves and squeezing tiie juice onto nettle stings is the correct way of using this most commonly-known plant. (Simply rubbing the leaf on can aggravate the skin.)
Horse Chestnut
Crushing the leaves in water makes a good soap substitute which also has mildly antiseptic properties - it will even help clean sooty campfire pans (horse chestnut contains saponin which is used in making soap). Alternatively, the juice from the leaves can be used as a sunscreen, in an emergency but if an allergic reaction occurs stop using it. (Naturally, this applies to any of the featured plants).
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Finally Ray showed how a toothbrush can be fashioned from an alder twig, by chewing one end to form a brush and then brushing in the usual manner. It does not taste as pleasant as a conventional toothbrush and toothpaste so Ray promises once you've tried it you'll never forget your own brush again. Don't chew it too much either -alder acts as a laxative!
MUSIC
Hurry Up Boogie from Moods AVF 113CD
Tin Foil Valley from Tin Foil Valley by Angel Pie GASP D12/MCA
Programme 10 20 July 1994
RAY MEARS - BIVVY BOAT
The Fowey estuary near St Austell in Cornwall was the setting for the inaugural voyage of a twig and tarpaulin boat conjured from Ray's rucksack.
The tarpaulin is one of the most useful pieces of equipment available for people who spend their leisure time in the countryside. It is light, and takes up only a small space in the rucksack.
Tracks' wilderness expert, Ray Mears, demonstrated three uses of the tarpaulin, or tarp as he likes to call it. The green weatherproofed piece of material can be bought in any camping or outdoor pursuits shop.
The most common use is a temporary shelter in wet weather. Ray stretched his tarp between trees at head height, using string to secure each corner to a suitable branch. The shelter is effective for a short period during an unexpected shower. The second use is to collect drinking water from rainfall when walking some distance from a water supply. Ray fixed his tarp to some low branches so it covered as wide an area as possible and then pinned the middle of one side down, 6" from the floor to make a channel. He also added a thin piece of cord hanging almost to the ground. This channelled the water into a collecting vessel which could be a tin or bottle.
Ray also demonstrated a third use for his tarp: the construction of a small boat. The tarp was used to make the outer skin or hull. The first step was make the gunwale of the boat, using fresh wood cut from the countryside. Ray cut twenty lengths of wood which were about two feet long and as thick as a broomstick. He put his tarp on the ground, marking each corner in the soft earth. The frame of the boat must be about 50 cms smaller than the maximum dimensions of the tarp. He pushed the twenty bits of wood vertically into the ground in two concentric rings which looked like the inner and outer rings of a doughnut, with a hole in the middle.
This provided a 'mould' or structure in which to form the gunwale, bending long hazel lengths complete with leaves into the doughnut shape until the hazel filled the space between the two circles of uprights and about lit in depth. It's important that this 'doughnut' is oval - the boat is easier lo steer that way and the bow and stern have whole hazel lengths bent round to make them strong.
He secured the hazel wood together by winding nylon tent cord around it.
The gunwale having been made, Ray lifted it from the upright 'mould' and cut more lengths of wood and pushed them through the gunwale in a lattice pattern. This wood formed the deck of the boat. He finally laid the tarpaulin on top of the lattice deck, securing it to the frame with more tent cord (make sure there is a layer of leaves to protect the tarp from the deck). The tarp formed the skin of the boat - two layers are best for maximum impermeability. He turned it upside down and he'd made a boat. Ray paddled himself off into the sunset in his watertight, maneoverable dinghy, wearing a lifejacket. The boat is best for shallow inland, non-tidal water unless you are well practicised in boat building or tides.
MUSIC
Happy by Steven John CHAP 153
Excerpt from The Vikings Soundtrack HA-T 2118
Wow thanks for posting that Fred!
"...inaugural voyage of a twig and tarpaulin boat conjured from Ray's rucksack."
One word really stuck out when I gave the post a detailed scan - conjured - as
in it's pretty magic isn't it? I know Arthur C. Clarke said something* along the
lines of "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
but I'd have to add "as is any technology or other cool stuff that's been around
for centuries and I wasn't really aware of". Very ingenious
I hope the BBC makes it available.
(*He did, I checked: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws)
"...inaugural voyage of a twig and tarpaulin boat conjured from Ray's rucksack."
One word really stuck out when I gave the post a detailed scan - conjured - as
in it's pretty magic isn't it? I know Arthur C. Clarke said something* along the
lines of "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
but I'd have to add "as is any technology or other cool stuff that's been around
for centuries and I wasn't really aware of". Very ingenious
I hope the BBC makes it available.
(*He did, I checked: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws)
Thanks Fred, now I know I'm missing at least 5 episodes in my collection...
And I see that 2 of the rerun episodes I taped must have been edited (for instance I am missing the horse chestnut & alder toothbrush bits in my version of the Hygiene episode).
Or else it means that I can't tape...
Tom
And I see that 2 of the rerun episodes I taped must have been edited (for instance I am missing the horse chestnut & alder toothbrush bits in my version of the Hygiene episode).
Or else it means that I can't tape...
Tom
I got a letter back from 2Entertain on Foley Street in London saying
more or less the same as everyone else. Naturally I've googled them
and this is their website: http://www.2entertain.co.uk/
more or less the same as everyone else. Naturally I've googled them
and this is their website: http://www.2entertain.co.uk/
Today I watched this half hour episode in Carrel 1 of the British Library's
rare manuscripts and music listening room. Utterly fantastic
The sound archivist / controller seemed delighted that I'd picked it and said
he'd be watching it in the control room as well.
They've only got the one other episode (as detailed below) but I'm looking
forwards to watching that too, at some point in the future. I'll see who else
they've got archived and report back, but not today cos I'm off to see Trees
that Made Britain.
Jo
rare manuscripts and music listening room. Utterly fantastic
The sound archivist / controller seemed delighted that I'd picked it and said
he'd be watching it in the control room as well.
They've only got the one other episode (as detailed below) but I'm looking
forwards to watching that too, at some point in the future. I'll see who else
they've got archived and report back, but not today cos I'm off to see Trees
that Made Britain.
Jo
These programmes seem to be almost exclusively shown on UKTV now so I
was wondering if anyone had contacted them to find out more about their
potential future availability on DVD?
"To ask a question about any of our programmes call Viewer Enquiries on
0845 734 4355
If you have comments or questions about our channels or websites we'd be
glad to help. Just use the form below to let us know what you think and we'll
get back to you with answers as soon as we can. "
Form at: http://www.uktv.co.uk/?uktv=standarditem.index&aID=528249
One day it will be possible to download these legally after paying a small fee
via PayPal which will be distributed among the copyright owners - surely??!!
was wondering if anyone had contacted them to find out more about their
potential future availability on DVD?
"To ask a question about any of our programmes call Viewer Enquiries on
0845 734 4355
If you have comments or questions about our channels or websites we'd be
glad to help. Just use the form below to let us know what you think and we'll
get back to you with answers as soon as we can. "
Form at: http://www.uktv.co.uk/?uktv=standarditem.index&aID=528249
One day it will be possible to download these legally after paying a small fee
via PayPal which will be distributed among the copyright owners - surely??!!
I've been watching it on UKTV Docs last week and found it really impressive! For some reason it was more enjoyable than his newer stuff. I'd be well up for helping to get it on DVD
id say a yes, i missed this one in the past but i guess it doesnt matter when they get sent in it all adds up.
I remember watching the early ray mears stuff on the telly when i was younger than the young age i am now) good stuff and in my mind some of his best stuff, back in the time when he probably really camped out over the night n didnt go back to the hotels each night.
I remember watching the early ray mears stuff on the telly when i was younger than the young age i am now
) good stuff and in my mind some of his best stuff, back in the time when he probably really camped out over the night n didnt go back to the hotels each night.
Cut & paste from UKTV website
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 9.50am on UKTV Documentary
Survival skills and countryside cunning with Ray Mears. Finding natural remedies - from headache cures to bandages.
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 10.50am on UKTV Documentary +1
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 1.50pm on UKTV Documentary
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 2.50pm on UKTV Documentary +1
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 4.50pm on UKTV Documentary
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 5.50pm on UKTV Documentary +1
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 7.50pm on UKTV Documentary
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 8.50pm on UKTV Documentary +1
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 9.50am on UKTV Documentary
Survival skills, bushcraft and countryside cunning with Ray Mears. The survivalist scours the hedgerows in search of free food.
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 10.50am on UKTV Documentary +1
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 1.50pm on UKTV Documentary
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 2.50pm on UKTV Documentary +1
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 4.50pm on UKTV Documentary
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 5.50pm on UKTV Documentary +1
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 7.50pm on UKTV Documentary
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 8.50pm on UKTV Documentary +1
Missed the one yesteryday & any before it
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 9.50am on UKTV Documentary
Survival skills and countryside cunning with Ray Mears. Finding natural remedies - from headache cures to bandages.
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 10.50am on UKTV Documentary +1
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 1.50pm on UKTV Documentary
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 2.50pm on UKTV Documentary +1
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 4.50pm on UKTV Documentary
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 5.50pm on UKTV Documentary +1
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 7.50pm on UKTV Documentary
Thu 30. Nov 2006 at 8.50pm on UKTV Documentary +1
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 9.50am on UKTV Documentary
Survival skills, bushcraft and countryside cunning with Ray Mears. The survivalist scours the hedgerows in search of free food.
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 10.50am on UKTV Documentary +1
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 1.50pm on UKTV Documentary
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 2.50pm on UKTV Documentary +1
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 4.50pm on UKTV Documentary
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 5.50pm on UKTV Documentary +1
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 7.50pm on UKTV Documentary
Fri 1. Dec 2006 at 8.50pm on UKTV Documentary +1
Missed the one yesteryday & any before it
Angus Og said:
Here's some on the track's episodes:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=10381&highlight=country+tracks
Tom
Galemys said:
Many thanks Tom. Seems I've still got a few to get.
Iain
The list.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showpost.php?p=139163&postcount=5
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