Recent content by Bushman_Brett

  • Hey Guest, Early bird pricing on the Summer Moot (29th July - 10th August) available until April 6th, we'd love you to come. PLEASE CLICK HERE to early bird price and get more information.
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    todays walk (warning - pictures)

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    Land Rover Defender 90 question

    if ur worried about pollution then why not convert to lpg, that or use one the new things the insurance companys are coming up with where they donate some of the cash to green projects, counter acting ur emissions. Landys are cool, but notorious for the odd part falling off from somewhere on...
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    happy new year bushcrafters

    yup, a happy new year to everyone :)
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    Photography (Macro lens)

    Butterflys are one of the easyer things to sneak on, the current camera i use has a fixed lens of 38-380 equivalent, (although i do shoot 35mm SLR with a tamron) for the macro mode on this these are my focusing distances 7cm macro mode (38), 120cm (380) so at minimum zoom i need to be...
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    Photography (Macro lens)

    Decent results as above can be obtained with a telephoto lense with macro mode and or macro tubes, just move slowly and try not to cast a shadow, but for that extreme close up as below u have to get a bit more indepth, a live subject will be tricky if it moves and focusing/DOF is miniscule and...
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    Ideas

    looking for last min christmas gift inspiration and saw these, Anyone seen these in the flesh, they seem like cool ideas just not sure how they would stand up to regular use by us bushcrafters? http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/outdoor-travel/tools-survival/grilliput/index.html...
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    Our own course

    wow, they better close cannock chase then. surely were not that bad here yet, i remember whenever i went bungee jumping or skydiving im made to sign a paper saying that anything happening to me is legally my own responsability and the organiser is not to be held responisble. Ill check on...
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    Our own course

    ok, so lets not call it organised, a few people are going to go out into the country for a walk, to camp and to share knowledge. It will be done the same as if you go for a walk with ur wife or walking mates, i.e. u fall over its your own fault and you cant turn around and sue the council for...
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    Our own course

    I work in alternative energys, largely in wind generators and solar water heating, but im always studying and researching in other areas not yet on the market, I give all my knowledge on this freely to anybody that wants to know or listen and on websites relating to this, If there is work to be...
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    Our own course

    i think the group meets cover this really, not that iv been to any but isnt the idea people go to a meet and share skills and ideas with each other. Knowledge should be free, if they discovered something then fair enough keeping it for themselves but if it is age old methods personally i...
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    Music

    so i know a few of you are into your music so i thought id ask if any of you play instruments around the camp fires, i travel a lot and recently decided to learn to play something more transportable than my guitar thats getting hard for me to play in the cold (hands start to go dumb :p ) anyway...
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    Old Ray Mears Series.

    id say a yes, i missed this one in the past but i guess it doesnt matter when they get sent in it all adds up. I remember watching the early ray mears stuff on the telly when i was younger than the young age i am now :)) good stuff and in my mind some of his best stuff, back in the time when...
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    happy times in hungary

    Sounds like a Dream, Hungary is on my list of places that i must visit, only problem is fitting them all in :P
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    White Clawed crayfish ID

    http://www.efishbusiness.co.uk/formsandguides/part01.asp the above link should help a little if you want technical details otherwise you could try a google image search for white clawed crayfish and red clawed crayfish. Basically the white claw is more in poportion in its body size to...
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    May The Wood Lord Be With You

    wouldnt worshipping all living things and surrounding animals and elements be heading towards paganism?