What did you buy today?
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For you and Woody Girl - would buying some bags of down and doing a repair be viable? I've bought a very old secondhand down bag that I got to refill my old army bag. (the one with the sewn in groundsheet.) But have a bit of a challenge working out how to unpick and re-seal the re-filled army bag's panels
After picking up all that down from the lawn...........no way! I've put my down blanket idea on ice for at least 10 yrs!
Sewing down bags up is the pits! Hence the tenacious tape repairs on the holes I did have.
Blooming stuff goes everywhere and doesn't need more than a waft of a hand to scatter into every nook and cranny!
Good luck with your endeavours.
I believe is nation trust Waxed Adventurer Hat & Only decorative pin /embelm and lack of makers name label marking different. £35
It says water protects from autumn showers and it certainly did today in torrential rain
A new edc bag. Helikon-Tex edc side bag.
Ordered my polytunnels......
...... hopefully the rest of the process goes more smoothly than the order, the retailer was great, it was the "verified by visa" that for some card issuers won't work if you use wi-fi calling that was the issue....
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No, we don't all have mobile signals at home...... (and if I go out and walk up the field to get a signal, the code has timed out by the time I get back to the 'puter.....)
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...... hopefully the rest of the process goes more smoothly than the order, the retailer was great, it was the "verified by visa" that for some card issuers won't work if you use wi-fi calling that was the issue....
.No, we don't all have mobile signals at home...... (and if I go out and walk up the field to get a signal, the code has timed out by the time I get back to the 'puter.....)
GC
More common issue than generally known. Townies are under the impression that there is mobile signal everywhere in the UK. I know of one quite big deadspot in the hills at the back of Henley, Berks.
Bought some climbing harnesses for me and my son as we've recently taken up climbing.
In the UK that would be called 'going equipped'!A 7.8 inch prybar for my edc-bag.
Very likely the fuzz here would not like it either if I got searched. But there is like 0% chance to get searched if one behaves and not do anything stupid. Which I don´t.In the UK that would be called 'going equipped'!
Finaly got my first basic metal working tools. Only 15 quid. They seem quite heavy duty, so now considering some more projects .
I use branch loppers for wood, can handle bigger circumferences than secateurs. I don't think these would be a better bet than secateurs for what you want, and loppers are a very useful tool in managing wood.
How on earth do you split logs with secateurs? I can't even imagine how to go about that.!
I would only consider using a billhook or axe. Tools designed for the job, and much more efficient in the long run.
But each to their own!
Yeah but I’m taking camp kit to fit in my fire drum. Also I split kindling by holding it in one hand, cutting into the end of the stick using secateurs then levering to split the stick full length. Quick and easy.
In four days at the Summer Moot I didn’t get out my Opinels once. I do use a multi-tool as a ferro scraper. That’s good because it doesn’t really matter which tool I fold out, they nearly all work.
I do think that those tin snips will be an improvement and I’m going to try.
Thanks for the idea.
Edited to add:
We’re talking fuel for stick stoves here
I tend to take split logs with me rather than forage but the system works with forage as well. The secateurs can bite kindling size fuel from a quarter log quite easily if the grain is straight.
In four days I used about two quarter logs, breakfast, some lunches and suppers.
Everything has another use, your snips included.
Sorry for side tracking thread.
In four days at the Summer Moot I didn’t get out my Opinels once. I do use a multi-tool as a ferro scraper. That’s good because it doesn’t really matter which tool I fold out, they nearly all work.
I do think that those tin snips will be an improvement and I’m going to try.
Thanks for the idea.
Edited to add:
We’re talking fuel for stick stoves here
I tend to take split logs with me rather than forage but the system works with forage as well. The secateurs can bite kindling size fuel from a quarter log quite easily if the grain is straight.
In four days I used about two quarter logs, breakfast, some lunches and suppers.
Everything has another use, your snips included.
Sorry for side tracking thread.
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Two Zyliss mugs. £15 for the pair delivered. Why wouldn’t I?
This is also a finding magic. I have lost one of my old ones. This should be enough to bring it back
A 6-foot galvanised cattle water trough.....
.....For soaking brown willow for weaving, obviously
Put it near a downpipe so I can put a diverter in and fill from rainwater run off, it will do secondary duty as a dip tank for garden watering. The location also puts the drain hole over a drain.
GC
.....For soaking brown willow for weaving, obviously
Put it near a downpipe so I can put a diverter in and fill from rainwater run off, it will do secondary duty as a dip tank for garden watering. The location also puts the drain hole over a drain.
GC
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