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What do you make sure to have in your first aid kit when camping? Any funky bits for sorting out splinters or just a needle? Antiseptic for grazes or just wash some water over it and whack a plaster on it? Hopefully no one has ever needed a splint or a cast kit for a broken limb or a sling for...

Anyone ever tried staying in a tree house? Obviously it's not much of a temporary setup, but some holiday companies do offer tree house accomodation. I love the idea of being up in the trees :)

How many old traditional skills do you know how to perform? They almost touch on survivalist, but useful for campers to know too: Tracking Starting a fire with no lighter/matches Using stars for navigation There are bound to be other skills I've forgotten about!

I realise this is going ot sound very suitable to my name and maybe a little silly but please humour me.... Has anyone tried a type of buried shelter? Say, you dig out a 'fox hole' size pit, assemble your camp and then cover most of it over wth earth/branches etc... My thinking is for a few...

I used to always depend on the stereo typical swiss army knife until a friend suggested that a pair of sturdy scissors can be far more useful. He was right, cutting meat and food up for cooking is simple, I don't even need a surface. Bodging things together is safer when cutting off loose tied...

I don't want it to rain while pitching my tent or when I'm preparing a BBQ. But when we've turned in for the night, after a day of getting dirty and hot, I just love it when I can hear a gentle haze of rain against the tent. Even better when the weathers right so when you wake up everything has...

Anyone else try adding flower petals to their soups while out and about? I mainly stick to dandelion as there are usually plenty about. My soup is usually in a flask (just a cheap watery chicken soup) and I'll just pluck suitable petals/flowers and add them to the flash, leave them in there to...

Hi, A Brit that loves the outdoors, exploring and camping :) Have been tempted to go the caravaning route but it just doesn't sit right. Me and my brothers grew up treking, on the water and adventuring like boys do. I am just starting to get interested in bushcraft so hopefully I'll find out...