I enjoy working with leather, I can’t say I’m brilliant at it but it is something I enjoy. I’ve been making sheaths for trauma shears (tuff cuts) for a while and wanted to try another project. So watching a YouTube video I saw how someone had put a leather collar on his axe and I…
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Day Bag
I love spending time in the woods. Here is a list of what goes in my Day bag (give or take a few bits depending on what I am planning to do). I generally take my dd frontline hammock and tarp really just to practice using in various different ways and the rest of the…
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So I thought I’d give these ago. I wanted something to keep my tarp taught and also be easily adjustable so found these online set up the tarp and went out to try them for the day. I must say I’m impressed with the ease of use but just how they will act in a…
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I always end up thinking “that would be helpful” and end up buying another stove here is a review on the stoves I have used. I have in my arsenal loads of different stoves and they all have there advantages and best conditions to use them in. Swedish Army Trangia These stoves are a brilliant…
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I am lucky to have been shown a few safe mushrooms to pick by my wife. My wife is Polish and in Poland it is very normal to go out picking wild mushrooms and utilising them into diet. Mushrooms in Poland are normally either dried or pickled for storage. Now I only pick what I…
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Turmat dehydrated food. I came across these whilst taking part in the Fjällräven Classic in Sweden earlier this year. They where supplied by Fjällräven to all hikers and my first thought was the weight of each portion. As they are dehydrated they weigh next to nothing compared to wet MRE meals. I chose a mixture…
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My eldest was taking part in a scout camp so I thought I’d go help setup and claim a night out in the hammock. I’d been to this area before so knew where I would hang but unfortunately the sheep where grazing in that field so had to improvise. The trees on this estate are…
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This one of my most favourite items of equipment
Continue ReadingThe Fjallraven Classic Sweden
The Fjallraven Classic Sweden 2017 in aid of SARS999.org.uk The Fjallraven Classic Sweden | Initially the plan was to fly to Stockholm and spend a week walking through a nearby National Park.That plan was thwarted once the wife had seen an advert online for the Fjallraven Classic Sweden which follows part of the Kungsleden route. Kungsleden…
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One of my favourite things whilst out in open is camp cooking. I have many different methods, coolers and recipes that I like to use but my favourite item to cook in is a Dutch oven. No depending on where I am I sometime use the Dutch oven on top of my frontier stove but…
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