UPDATE: This product was once recalled but the brand has new owners with some interesting new products. Since the early 90's I have always carried some form of water purification when travelling. This stems from nearly dying of Amoebic Dysentery in India. Not long after that adventure I found myself responsible for 18 travellers and myself as I would tour around Lake Victoria in Africa. The route … [Read more...] about Lifesaver Bottle 6000UF
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John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman
Back in 1986 my paper round money went on a copy of John 'Lofty' Wiseman's SAS Survival Handbook. I still have it. I'd managed to get a copy just before it was banned. Shortly after it was revised without the mantraps and chemical concoctions. All the bits we would talk about at school. I had spent a good chunk of my childhood living in and around woodland and to say this book changed me is an … [Read more...] about John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman
Dinner on the lake at the @BushcraftShow
I'm currently sat at the door of our tent in a little pain as my mate Dave has made the hottest chilli I think I have ever tasted. He says it's a low tech way of providing gas central heating for the night. … [Read more...] about Dinner on the lake at the @BushcraftShow
Folding Bushcraft Knife – EKA Masur Lockback
@Tom_Geraghty asked me what folding bushcraft knife I would recommend. I rarely use a folder if getting messy. It's hard to keep a folding knife from getting smelly should you be skinning fish and suchlike. That said, one of my favourite every day carries (EDC) is the second knife featured in this video. The Eka Masur Lockback with a compressed Masur birch handle. It feels great in the … [Read more...] about Folding Bushcraft Knife – EKA Masur Lockback
Woodland Ways Bushcraft and Survival
Me with a Gransfors Bruks Wildlife Hatchet Last weekend I was in the woods in Derbyshire on a short Bushcraft course with Woodland Ways. Due to an extremely cold weather front sweeping in and scaring off the other people who'd booked, myself and a lad called Jack Sheffield found ourselves with one-on-one tuition. It was better than that in fact as Woodland Ways were training up another … [Read more...] about Woodland Ways Bushcraft and Survival