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Hello you! I have a stack of bushcraft/wilderness/primitive/survival goodies that i no longer need so decided to give it away to the first person who can answer my question. This is a free freebie that's absolutely free with no strings (or cordage) attached. (that two questions - I bet you...

hello, not bushcrafty in anyway but worth a mention, crisps (usa=chips) come in handy if you have no other form of fire starters, soaked in veg oil they light instantly and burn for up to a minute (kind of puts me off eating them). RIP Polly the Buff-faced Pygmy-parrot :sadwavey:

There's a tutorial over on the one of the best sites ever = instructables.com showing you how to make your very own fire piston. Q the tumble weed.

There's a map for sale on ebay signed by Ray & Les with all proceeds going to children in need, sadly i cant afford to bid for it. It also says this: I'm excited about this series, Ray Mears and Bush tucker man in the same program, in Australia, this is going to be very special. Good luck to...

are there any members that have any experience of adventure therapy either teaching or receiving, i'm trying to get more knowledge on the subject to see if it can be applied to those with learning difficulties, challenging behaviour, autism/aspergers etc. The subject has been of some interest to...

Today i sacrificed watching the peaches on the pembrokeshire beaches to make the most of this rare fine weather with fire starting methods. I tried all sorts of strange and wonderful ways to get a hot ember but two in particular never let me down each time I tried. The first is the coke can...

G'day folks, tfi Friday and I've got a whole weekend off which is extremely rare, so rare in fact that I'm a bit lost. Well whatever i do it wont involve shopping on a Saturday that's for sure. Anyway, after the weekend I'm living back in my tent until the end of autumn, it's an Hilleberg which...

Can someone please help, i recently came across a sleeping bag on ebay that cost around £70 that would pack to a size so it could fit on the palm of your hand but i lost the link, any ideas what it could of been? If not, i'm after a decent sleeping bag (2-3 season for British climates) that...

Anyone living in or near Pembrokeshire may want to pick up a free copy of coast to coast (national park), inside is all sorts of activities taking place this summer for the whole family which include archery, archaeology, geology, Celtic iron age activities, rambles in the national park and...

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finaly got round to watching Pan's Labyrinth last night and what a superb film, a fantasy movie for adults (no not that kind of adult fantasy movie :rolleyes: ) Amazon stuff: Inspired by the Brothers Grimm, Jorge Luis Borges, and Guillermo del Toro's own unlimited imagination, Pan's...

g'day folks, i just watched a mors kochanski dvd on knifes and axes in which he states that when it comes to knifes all i need in the wilderness is an mora survival knife which cost around £8! This left me wondering if i should be removing my name from the eternal waiting list at woodlore for...

"It's so old school they were doing this **** before there was school" :lmao: You may hate or love this, about 9 vids on how to make and use a bow drill on google, been there for some time now but still worth a mention here. select 'from user' for the complete set (1st vid currently down)...

I was in the woods today and found this hanging on some vines that were attached to some recently collapsed tree, it's quite large but i would like to know for sure what it is and if it has any use for woodcraft stuff. the outer skin is as solid as wood and even looks like it. Please help

Have any of you read the excellent book 'into the wild' by Jon Krakauer? If you have then you may be pleased to know that film is currently in production and should be released sometime next year, although i doubt it will be on at any of the mainstream cinemas but hopefully worth tracking...

Hello all. It's just about christmas time so it's that time again when we all need to think about the needy and less fortunate so please take a minute to read the following heart breaking request. I recently bought a copy of Ray Mears' "the survival handbook" in mint condition from amazon uk...