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I have been on the look out for a good quality cast iron Dutch oven, but with no luck.
Has anyone got any ideas of a Uk supplier or has anyone got one for sale?
And I don't mean gassing the misses under the quilt after 10 pints of stella arsefart and 6 pickled eggs :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
TheViking
05-10-2004, 20:16
I don't know where to buy, but if this (http://www.macscouter.com/cooking/DutchOven.html) can be some cooking help? :wink: :biggthump
bothyman
05-10-2004, 20:18
You could try this
>> http://www.biltong2u.co.uk/potjepots.htm
Trek Direct do Alu ones too
Try John Muirden
http://www.unbeatentracks.com/john-muirden/index.htm
Has all the cooking pots etc
Cheers
Pete
They have some in the shop at www.trekdirect.co.uk.
bothyman
05-10-2004, 21:09
Try John Muirden
http://www.unbeatentracks.com/john-muirden/index.htm
Has all the cooking pots etc
Cheers
Pete
I have tried that one several times but it never seems to work??
any ideas why??I used to be able to get in it??
Cheers chaps, these links are brill, keep them coming. :-)
Keith_Beef
06-10-2004, 22:56
I have tried that one several times but it never seems to work??
any ideas why??I used to be able to get in it??
Doesn't work for me, either.
Damned fools playing around with Flash and Java, more concerned with form than function....
They broke the first rule of using those sorts of mechanisms:
- always have fallback navigation that is plain HTML.
Unbeatentracks has lost a potential customer. Me.
Keith.
these was a thread all about this on the old forum.. here (http://www.bushcraftuk.net/community/showthread.php?t=157&page=2&pp=15&highlight=billy), on page to the topic drifts on to dutch ovens... im not sure if there is anything you havent already got.. but i thought i would post it anyhow!
I'm not on your side of the Pond, but have a care with the Chinese cast iron products sold under various brands. One will be quite good (especially for the price) and the next, of the same brand, is very rough -- such as a lid that "fits" with a 5mm gap.
For those that can't get on John Muirden's site. If you want to order, PM me and I'll send you a copy of his offline order form.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/sjlight/dutchovens.jpg
bothyman
07-10-2004, 08:11
Doesn't work for me, either.
Thats a relief been trying to get into it for months as you say they have messed it up.
It is/was a good site and I was going to get some stuff off them but gave up and went somewhere else :?: :wave:
bothyman
07-10-2004, 08:24
Revise that Keith try >> http://www.cdcuk.net
Thanks Stew the answer was on the webpage you sent. :wave:
Revise that Keith try >> http://www.cdcuk.net
Thanks Stew the answer was on the webpage you sent. :wave:
Oh yeah! :-) Well spotted.
mojofilter
07-10-2004, 08:33
Seem to be a couple of quid cheaper at anchor supplies!
http://www.tentsplus.co.uk/cook.htm
I have finally decided on buying from John Muirden, a very helpful and extremely knowledgable man with a genuine interest in ensuring his customer is happy.
He's got my money in the post.
Cheers chaps for the links. :You_Rock_
bothyman
11-10-2004, 08:23
For those who can't get into the Unbeaten Tracks website try
>> http://www.unbeatentracks.com/
Just scrub the John Muirden bit off.
E-mailed them about it seems its something to do with Java.
Must have spilt Coffee on his keyboard or something :?:
:wave:
Doesn't work for me, either.
Damned fools playing around with Flash and Java, more concerned with form than function....
They broke the first rule of using those sorts of mechanisms:
- always have fallback navigation that is plain HTML.
Unbeatentracks has lost a potential customer. Me.
Keith.
Thanks for the constructive criticism, though it's taken a while for me to find it. I apologise unreservedly for the offence you have clearly taken in our failure to deliver this particular method of finding out about our products.
It's difficult to get it right for everyone when they don't tell you, and we are a small privately run operation without the resources of those large retail chains & corporations that invest so heavily in electronic sales mediums (then pass on the cost to you indirectly). We do outdoors & offroad first, the website was put there originally to allow people to find out about us when it was convenient to them, not the other way around. Treating it as ecommerce or a primary advertisment for the business was an afterthought.
The unbeatentracks website has never at any time used Flash, nor will it. Java, on the other hand, is supported by the majority of workstations without any additional downloads and has been around for a long time with very few incompatibility-inducing revisions. Considering the number of customers who are using MS Explorer which has Microsoft VM installed by default, & Navigator also directly supports Java it seemed like a fairly safe approach to keeping the interface uncluttered and as a result simple, which I thought was the first rule of interface design, www notwithstanding. Even a windows 3 machine or an amiga running mosaic, with all the plugins enabled, should have been able to view the pages successfully, but clearly this is not the case. Unfortunately we don't have a bank of differently configured systems with which to test our website, we just put a feedback link on & hoped that anyone with any issues would let us know. Thankfully some have, and we have acted accordingly.
Initially whenever anyone informed us directly of the problems, we had them run the latest service releases on their browsers & verified that jvm was enabled & suddenly it worked (except for some AOL customers).
We have now relented for the main catalogue site, www.unbeatentracks.com, and gone to the lowest common denominator - pure html, because now maybe 20 people, over the course of 2 years since the introduction of the navigation dropdown, have reported difficulties using two buttons and one single navigator control. We don't actually want ANYONE having problems. We also no longer use frames, as this raises security issues with some browser settings & isp constraints, also helpfully reported directly to us. Finally, the /john-muirden subnet is still available but not necessary to browse the products. I hope this solves any access issues.
I hope you understand that we absolutely will not compromise our customers security by providing a non-encrypted transport for communicating purchase details. If your browser does not support Java, whether by accident or otherwise, please don't try & purchase online at www.cdcuk.net from us. There is an order form accessible from unbeatentracks.com which can be printed & faxed/posted instead. We are always happy to take phonecalls too.
We're not some faceless corporation that doesn't care about providing a service, we genuinely want to get it right and therefore we listen and take any appropriate action when given the feedback.
Thanks to everyone who recommended us, we do appreciate it & very much hope that anyone who has already purchased our products is getting good use from them. I also hope that the inaccessibility of the website is not taken as permanently representative of the products we sell by anyone without first-hand experience of those products.
Kind regards,
Edi Murphy
PS Before I forget, the potjie products sold by Anchor are supplied to them by unbeatentracks. Our online prices include P&P, theirs don't. They both work out roughly the same.
A very good idea to remove any Java applets used for navigation as Windows XP machines don't have Java installed as standard and many people have it switched off (either manually or by virtue of having a firewall/security software installed).
Well done and thanks for dropping by to keep us in the loop!
Great post Edi :biggthump
Like Keith, I was unable to navigate your site when using the mozilla browser running on linux (the same environment that Keith uses)
However, I followed the link in your post and now all is well - I can navigate and purchase!!
Many thanks for the change - now all I have to do is decide which three-legged pot to buy (oh, and of course figure out how to pay for it!)
Finally, welcome to the forums!
BIG-TARGET
28-10-2004, 13:57
The dutch oven is a great piece of equipment, except for its weight.
If you have a preposition cache, it would be a perfect addition! :biggthump
I have tried that one several times but it never seems to work??
any ideas why??I used to be able to get in it??
Hiya,
There is a red scrolling message on this page that says that you have to trim the extensions off the address. The correct address is now;
http://www.unbeatentracks.com/
It still looks the same but you can now access the catalogue :wink:
Hope that helps,
Martin
bothyman
28-10-2004, 20:15
Martin
If you look further up the page you will see another post of mine .
I e-mailed unbeatentracks and told them that a few people were having problems getting into there website, that is why I posted how to get into the website .
Thanks Edi for putting it right :wave: and no I have not forgotten about the hat :roll:
MickT (alias Bothyman) :biggthump
I didn't have any problems at all, and I am with AOL!!!.
I am now in receipt of the largest flat bottomed bake pot that John does, and what a piece of kit.
Arrived next day, well packed and superb quality, I will be ordering a three leged one very soon (cos I like to have the best of both worlds). GREEDY GIT.
John, Thanks for the superb service and advice and super fast delivery.
Steve. :-)