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I am reluctantly selling my Venture Prospector 155. Its only 18 months old and used a handful of times on local lakes in north wales. Only selling as my wife never really took to it and we recently adopted a rescue foxhound. The canoe needs a good home and to be used. Never used on running or...

Thought you might find this interesting. My wife had shown an interest in hot tenting and as we adopted a rescue foxhound 5 months ago, i thought it may be a good direction to try. We already have camping , tarps , and hammock experience, but a hot tent is a new venture. My first purchase was a...

Hi all. Since moving to Snowdonia earlier this year we bought an inflatable Seveylor canoe to test the water so to speak. Well, Alison really enjoyed it and it set the ball in motion. Today we went out and Ali placed an order for a Venture prospector 155 in corlite as a Chrissy pressie. I am...

Unfortunately one of the trees at our new property is a rather poorly Ash. Its a grand old tree with a base diameter in excess of 1m We moved into this house in early March, just before the lockdown started. As you would expect the trees were bare but soon started to produce pollen and early...

We recently moved to a village in Snowdonia. Having an interest in the local "tweets" I spotted Nuthatches, treecreepers and linnets as regular visitors to my garden. I thought great, I will have to get some piccies of those, but having put out feeders they seem to have disappeared. I set up...

About 20 months ago I posted a thread about a possible move to Brittany or the Peak District. Well we have taken the plunge but its neither choice. Post Brexit we gave up on the France option as I do have some health issues and was concerned about health care should I need it once we had exited...

First of all, forgive me if I ramble a bit, as I have never written a report like this before or uploaded any pictures. Myself and my wife Alison had been thinking of going on an overseas wildcamping trip for a while now. On good advice from friends who had already done this, we decided on the...

Myself and my wife are off on our first overseas wildcamping adventure in a couple of weeks time. On advice we have booked flights to Oslo and are then taking the local train north to Nordmarka area. We are hammocking and are reasonably competent with the correct gear. I have always been a...

Your collective wisdom will be much appreciated. I intended to retire at 60 in four years time. Both myself and my wife have private pensions. Not massive, but when combined with the state pension should be comfortable. Our official retirement age is 66. Anyway, onto my dilemma. We are...

Just spotted the above on offer at Aldi. Probably a load of rubbish, but at this price, thought it worth a mention.

I have for sale a Thermarest NeoAir Xlite in small 3/4 length. It has only been used once, and is in as new perfect condition. I have other sleep mats, but prefer tree hanging these days. Bought last year it is complete with stuff sack. It is very light and compacts very small. It was rated a...

It was my birthday yesterday and have been given some cash as a pressie. It has crossed my mind to invest in a couple of titanium pots. I use a 12cm and occasionally a 16cm zebra billy can at the moment. Having done a bit of research I am considering a Alpkit Mytimug 650 and 900 to replace my...

Hi all. We are coming to the moot in our van this year so have a fair bit of space. We are arriving on Thursday 4th and departing on Thursday 11th back to Birmingham. If anyone in the Birmingham/Midlands area needs any bulkier items brought down to the moot, then I am happy to help. It would...

Sorry about the quality of these photos. They were taken through my patio window yesterday into a shady area by the fence. The visitor was a female sparrowhawk and the unlucky lunch was a homing pigeon from a couple of roads away. She was munching away for about 45 minutes. Quite a meal for...

I booked the walking with wolves experience for my wife as a pressie. Its based near Newby Bridge in the south lakes. We will probably head up there in May as its an open booking. I thought we might as well make a weekend of it. Could anyone recommend a campsite in the area. Preferably one a...

While at the bushmoot, i had my first attempt at carving a spoon. After many hours whitling away i ended up with something that roughly resembled a spoon and i enjoyed the experience. In a box in the reception you were selling some Mora crook knives so i thought it would be rude not to pass up...

Just thought i would say hi. I have been reading this forum for a few months now, so thought it was about time i signed up. I spend a fair bit of time up in the peak district hill walking with my wife. I have always loved the outdoors and nature, but my curiosity has got me looking into...

I have been reading this forum for a few months now, so thought it was about time i signed up. Although i live in birmingham, i visit the peak district most weekends to go hill walking with my wife Alison. I have always been interested in the outdoors/nature. Its just in the last year that my...