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I recently watched the film The Way Back, and there is a scene where the hero's are being plaques by mossies until a local gives them what looks like some tree roots to put around their necks, and lo and behold, goodbye mossies. Does anyone know what they could have used, or was it made up for...

I just saw a load of guys, about 4 or 5, in London (Clerkenwell), that I took to be on a bushcraft trip as at least a couple of them were carrying tarps, and one definitely had a crusader cook set strapped to the outside of his pack. Just wandering if anyone on here knows anything about it.

I'm sure that I've seen it, as is my brother and my mum. Add to that the keepers I used to know, many of whom have seem something they couldn't explain... So, has anyone on here seen the Surrey Puma or any of the other British Big Cats that we share this island with? Or maybe you think...

About year ago some friends of mine went off driving round the world, and it got me thinking, what vehicle would I use for such a jaunt. Their vehicle of choice is a VW Camper Van Syncro. I'd not heard of them before I'd met these guys, and by the sounds of it its not proving to reliable, seeing...

Hi, The title says it all really. What 'unnecessary' luxuries, if any, to you take into the bush? Personally, I take a small radio and some headphones so I can listen to farming today, and I used to take my dog, which although nice was another mouth to feed. Or maybe you think less is more?

Hi there, I'm about to start work on my second home made knife, have ordered the steel and am looking into different grinds. The other knife was a scandi grind, and I remembered that years ago I had a knife with a single bevel grind (no, not a Japanese kitchen knife) and I LOVED it, but I never...

Hi, I've just been invited to two weeks of canoeing and camping in Aquitaine, and was wandering if anyone can advise me on the French attitude to this sort of thing. For some of the trip we will be staying on land belonging to friends, but for the other time we would rather camp wild that book...

Ok, Does anyone really have any qualms (other than getting caught and the potential consequences) about catching and eating non native crayfish. They are after all easy to catch, easy to identify from the natives (should you catch one), plentiful, a pest, and good eating. I have known several...

Hi, this has been playing on my mind for quite a while now, so I thought I'd just get my thoughts down and see what everyone thinks. I'm new to this forum, but not new to bushcraft and life outdoors in general, having worked as a gamekeeper in England and Scotland and guiding wilderness treks in...

Hi, Has anyone tried using a drop spindle for making chordage? I saw villagers in Tibet making rope out of yak and goat hair using these, and they were very strong and looked easy enough to use. Just wandering if anyone has tries one with plant fibres.

Hello all, I have over the years collected quite a few different knives, axes etc. I'm now at the point now where I am attached to them all and they all have their uses but I obviously can't carry them all. So I thought I'd ask you guys, which would you take with you. The list is: Gransfors...