Now,normally, I'm pretty fastidious about cleaning & sorting through my kit after a bushcraft excursion. I like to unpack everything when I get home,wash cooking pots,empty water bottles, make repairs where necessary & re-stock items that I've used while away.I then tend to put most of it back in the rucsac (with the exception of sleeping mat & sleeing bag) ready for next time.
After the last East Anglian meet I went through this proceedure as normal.....with the exception of a small zipped stash bag where I keep condiments,satchets of sauce & other odds & ends which enhance my life in the woods.Now on this occasion I'd taken a little jar of honey which with the addition of a knob of butter had been particularly welcomed by all who had enjoyed a rather fantastic bannock I had just made! Expecting,rather naively it seems now, that the last person who used the honey would have SREWED THE LID ON PROPERLY I didn't check this before putting it back in my rucsac at home.
Well,imagine my horror yesterday when I went to find a particular item in my sac only to discover the honey had leaked out of the jar,dripped through the zip & covered everything!
A harsh lesson in kit care
After the last East Anglian meet I went through this proceedure as normal.....with the exception of a small zipped stash bag where I keep condiments,satchets of sauce & other odds & ends which enhance my life in the woods.Now on this occasion I'd taken a little jar of honey which with the addition of a knob of butter had been particularly welcomed by all who had enjoyed a rather fantastic bannock I had just made! Expecting,rather naively it seems now, that the last person who used the honey would have SREWED THE LID ON PROPERLY I didn't check this before putting it back in my rucsac at home.
Well,imagine my horror yesterday when I went to find a particular item in my sac only to discover the honey had leaked out of the jar,dripped through the zip & covered everything!
A harsh lesson in kit care 
