Bushcraft Notches: The Basic Knife Cuts and Their Uses
Bushcraft notches: the try stick, knife safety, the pot hanger, V and saddle notches, square sections and tent peg heads, step by step.
Hiking With a Dog: Access Rules, Kit and Safety
Hiking with a dog in the UK: Countryside Code lead rules, livestock, French park bans, fitness, heatstroke signs and grass seed checks after the walk.
Fatwood: How to Find, Identify and Use It to Start a Fire
Fatwood explained: where to find resin-rich pine, how to recognise it by weight, colour and smell, and how to scrape it for a ferro rod…
Tour du Mont Blanc: Route, Huts and Wild Camping Rules
Tour du Mont Blanc: 170 km in 10 to 11 stages, hut season and booking, wild camping rules in France, Italy and Switzerland, training and…
How to Find North Without a Compass: Sun, Stars and Moon
How to find north without a compass: the sun at midday, the shadow-stick method, the watch trick and its error, Polaris, Cassiopeia and the moon.
Dakota Fire Hole: How to Dig an Underground Campfire
Dakota fire hole: how two linked holes draw air, digging one step by step, ground to avoid, putting it out, and UK fire rules for…
How Much Water to Drink When Hiking, and When to Drink It
How much water to drink when hiking: FFRandonnée and EFSA figures, drinking to thirst, dehydration, hyponatraemia, salt and treating stream water.
Walking Time in the Hills: Naismith’s Rule and Its Rivals
Walking time in the hills: Naismith’s rule, Langmuir and Tranter corrections, the DIN 33466 Alpine method, a worked example and breaks to add.
Batoning: How to Split Wood With a Knife Safely
Batoning explained: picking the knife, setting the blade, striking square, avoiding knots and frost, and what Morakniv and Fällkniven warranties say.
How to Read a Topographic Map: Contours, Scale and Grid
How to read a topographic map: OS Explorer and Landranger scales, contour lines, valleys and spurs, six-figure grid references and rights of way.
