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Yup, agreed. A reflector is what is needed. I have one angled downward and back in to my shelter. Usually construct it out of wet wood, using it dry out logs for me at the same time.

For someone so hated, he's getting an awful lot of press and 'blog-time'. I enjoy his show, I must admit. It's entertainment and certainly beats 'Celebrity' I'm a Noone Get Me Outta Here. For all of the chest beating on here, show me an instance where he has actually 'lied' or provided false...

Ziplock bags. Cheap, cheerful and not failed me yet. Supplementary to that, amend what is in your firelighting kit. All I carry are cotton wool balls covered in vaseline or coated in wax plus a flint/steel striker. The vaseline/wax keeps it waterproof and when I need to use them I break them...

I love Keswick. I take holidays there JUST for the shopping. I wish I was in Keswick right now instead of a dusty sandbowl.

Having grown up so close to the New Forest and experienced wild-fires on an all too regular basis, I am pleased that wild camping is forbidden there. I am not happy with the lack of permission in other areas but the New Forest needs to be cared for more than many other areas. This does not stop...

As difficult as your life must be compared to mine in the UK, I am very envious. It is the type of life that I can only dream about for my children.

I thoroughly agree with the being 'prepared' plan; not quite to the same extent as many on here and certainly not to the same extent as the 'survivalists' you find in the states. I practice my skills regularly while out on walks with the missus, I've identified 'hides' in the local area as...

Bearing in mind his training, it's not surprising. For all of BG's detractors, I quite like his programmes. While everyone whinges about his style and the 'exhibitionism', can anyone claim that he is lying? Is anything that he shows actually wrong? He's a performing monkey for Channel 4 and he...

I don't want to get off on a bad footing here as I've only just joined the forum and I want to be part of it for a long time as I think it's a fantastic site. If units want to go and do 'continuation training' as all good units should then they go away and practice their skills on ex in...

Someone has to teach the instructors and run the Survival school

Quite right. I had an outstanding time with Trueways. Glyn, my instructor, was right on the button. It was his tuition that gave me the boost-up that I needed to go and get my mil instructor qual.

And your point is? .I would say that his Survival 'capability' has nothing to do with him being ex-anything. It's because he knows a hell of a lot (and is still very interested in) the theme of survival. SF units are not survival ninjas - most hate the idea of doing it. Everyone likes being...

Sniper?? I've seen this avatar before - you on Airgun forums?

Not to pick on your post, bodge, but I see a lot of 'special forces' comments on all survival/bushcraft forums. I tend to just let them slide but I'm new to this forum. People should not think that 'special forces' do some kind of special survival course. They do a 2 or 3 week package (pilots do...

I was fortunate enough to partake in the 3-day course last year. It was very well run, exceptionally informative and (largely because most of the instructors are ex-military) very much in-line with the Instructor course that I then attended a few weeks before my most recent overseas deployment...

PLAN. Protection Location Aquisition Navigation Protection from the current situation and the elements. Therefore you will need some means of building an improvised shelter Any of: 1. wire Saw 2. Knife 3. Paracord / string / fishing wire 4. Leatherman / Gerber / Multitool...