Saturday, myself and a friend decided to get out into the local wood and cook up a hansome Rabbit Stew. My first encounter with Rabbit meat was at the Summer Bushmoot (2007) and I didn't really enjoy the taste.

Scott my friend was sure it was down to the way it was cooked and he was keen to reintroduce me to this

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While Bear Grylls eats a spider, maggot or snake on Channel 4, eight obese Brits are shown on BBC trying to lose weight by adopting a hunter-gatherer lifestyle in the Kalahari Desert.
Bushcraft and survival skills are fast entering the mainstream consciousness through the airwaves.

Bushcraft pops up everywhere now and in many guises. The Discovery Channel has Lee Stroud (Survivor Man) trying to survive for seven days in various remote locations with little or no food, water

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Howdy from boy scout troop 5 galway new york usa hope to get into me good discussions with you folks we camp every month even now when it is 20 degrees f.  looking for ideas on food that is simple and easy no clean up and games for scouts. talk at you soon

stay warm and keep smileling then they think you are up to something

Just a couple of photos showing the difference between the 2006 hammock and the new 2008 version from Sandbags group buy.

The main differences are the mossie net is now finer (a lot finer) to keep out midges, there are new less stretchy tapes, you get a couple of bits of elastic instead of some 4mm cord and you also get 2 zips so you don't have to reach all the way over your head to unzip the net. Still no velcro to keep your sleep mat in place though but I suppose it'

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wouldn't it be nice if a whole load of us normal bushcrafters got together a bought some land? just think, go out when u like for free, after the initial cost wouldn't think that there would be to much outgoing, protect the enviroment from being built on and the land would be ours, if you got enough people interested you could by more and expand so that you had a choice of woodland and pasture to explore, obviously land doesn't come cheep, but if you had say 20 or so people interested

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Hi All, the last few months have been on the darker side of enjoyable. At first, the idea of having no job and being free to do as I pleased was exciting and a bit of an adventure. However, as time progressed the darkness slowly but surely closed in and it carried my normally jolly character with it. So I haven't been the pleasantest of people to be around lately - and sadly those who have suffered the most have been my family. Hence I've not been adding to my blog as a means of steering

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We're now well into winter. So far it's been quite mild with only a couple of days frost, so I've not really been able to test out my "wool" revolution. I've swopped out a couple of clothing items (noticably undergarments) for wool products. It's certainly

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why is everyone so in awe of the "RM woodlore"far better knives are out there,just look on this website for starters,be yourselves not sheep!personally I don,t like its shape or grind its an ugly and cheap looking piece of kit very overated /priced;make it yourself its a very rewarding project or have someone make it for you, to your design you,ll feel better for it

Is there anybody out there ?

 Cramp balls or King Alfreds cakes, i know what they look like but where are they ?  Been to some woods locally with loads of Silver Birch in but did not see any.  Am i going the wrong time of year ?  Help !!!!!

Also, has anyone got any views, etc on the Helle knives ?, had one for Crimbo.

 thanks

New to all this so keen to learn anything and everything. Have a mate in the know but he don't know everything. Anything and everything please....x