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Stayed there last year. Quite a nice site will prob be going back. Found it a little expensive as it was on a per person basis. Toilet block was new and quite well maintained. Camp fires where a definite plus point. Don't think there where established fire pits. A few benches scattered around...

A bit of a random spin off but have found that rice glue works surprisingly well as a backing for large areas of fabric. Just boil down the rice until it is really overly soft. Gives an inherent starchy strength once set. I used it to re-cover a very cheap Kuchri that had a faux leather...

I have found on a couple of could night when I have been lucky enough to have a campfire on the go. Take a couple of medium sized stones that have been heated in the embers. Give them a little time to loose the most scorching heat and wrap with something none synthetic. If stuffed down the...

I remember seeing a nice fish trap for shallow streams. Where rocks are used to build spiral walls that leave a funnel entrance similar to that of the woven/bottle fish trap. In theory the fish swims in but has little chance of finding the way out. I have always thought this could also just be a...

I have tried using it as a tinder. Found that it does smolder very well which seems like a great middle stage between spark and tinder. Couldn't manage to blow it to flame though. If you scrape it with a knife it fluffs up really well but does tend to blow away. Have also experimented with...