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What do or would you do to maximise your safety when camping in the woods in 40-50 mph wind? Assuming you have nowhere else. I used to think nothing of it, I was blissfully naive. But ever since the top of a douglas fir came down near my tent in a storm a couple of years ago (I think that was...

Just wondering if anyone has any simple tricks for making an area less muddy, or making it easier to walk on, using just what's available in surroundings. Cheers

Hi just wondering if anyone can point me to instructions for lashing tipi poles together - as in this video here at 6:20 mins: Cheers

Wanting a fire in the woods on a windy day I dug a dakota fire hole. All fine until hours after I let it die down and saw it still smoking. The ground was steadily smouldering, the peat, out from the centre to an indeterminate distance. I had no idea how far the combustion had spread and had to...

Anyone know of a fairly comprehensive bushcraft calendar listing skills by season?

Hi - has anyone slept without a sleeping bag and tent in winter (UK), just using what's naturally available for warmth and shelter? In addition to a decent set of clothes - or not! Curious to know what gear is actually 100% necessary in other people's experience. Cheers

If I want to wattle n daub, or carve a bow, or build a bender outside of coppicing season, cutting hazel may damage the tree - right? But everywhere you look, hazel is the wood of choice? What can I use instead? Ideally something just as widespread. Thanks!