It's probably mostly birch tar but most woods will produce at least a bit of tar so you'll have a mixture. I would experiment with it and see what it's like.
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It's probably mostly birch tar but most woods will produce at least a bit of tar so you'll have a mixture. I would experiment with it and see what it's like.
Simple and effective, it looks great.
Different needs of course. We bought ours specifically because of the dive weekends. Divers generally aren't bushcrafters and most dive locations in the UK are within relative easy reach of food and...
I recently bought the MSR version, which really does boil a litre of water in 3 minutes. I wanted it because we often camp for one night when on diving weekends etc but rarely need to cook because...
It's fairly straightforward to calculate your own recipes by using one of the online calculators. Google for "soap calculator". Soapcalc works fine. I constructed my own spreadsheet many years ago...
That looks like a great trip. Your English is just fine.
'Way back in the Dark Ages before even foam mats were a Thing, I learned to make a thick layer of dry stuff under my groundsheet to act as insulation and padding. It was fairly effective, but I'll...
Green dyes extracted from plants are not fast, they will fade quickly to a greenish-beige colour. Nettle roots will give a nice yellow. Onion skins make a nice light brown. The other thing is that...
After fit the other thing to look at is your core strength. Strong core abdominal muscles deals with an awful lot of back ache by stablising your entire torso. I like Pilates, I actively dislike yoga...
Sausages and mince are more of a problem than solid chunks of meat because the bacteria from the outside of the meat and from the mincer etc get mixed into the middle of the minced meat. That's why...
Yes there are ticks on Dartmoor and some of them carry Lyme's and other diseases. I've mostly encountered them when walking through tall bracken but it's still relatively low at this time of year so...
Made with all milk, and lots of maple syrup.
If you want to look them up they are spelled amanita, not ammonite. I always smile slightly at the fly agaric being described as deadly poisonous because you have to eat quite a lot before you run...
I hate using the phone but I'll make an exception for Endicott's, they are very helpful and knowledgable.
Bog myrtle. I was introduced to it by a Sami woman and although it isn't as effective as DEET it does seem to help.