What Preps are you doing this week

[chris8472]

The only problem I found with the SAS Survival handbook was that it isn't UK Specific, I live in the UK where there are very few tropical forests or deserts to get lost in

Now if he had written just one book specificaly for the UK it would have been better, but it was written for soldiers who might end up in any country around the world behind enemy lines possibly and the subjects are written with that premise.

Has anyone come across something more UK orientated? Bearing in mind that in the UK we are never more than 8 miles from civilisation

i have a book called survival advantage by andrew lane(he was on country tracks a few years back) it is a book on survivel foods and techniques for the uk and the north-west european enviroment its a good book good pics and ilistrations

[nickdutch]

making a ceiling light using 3 head torches (each with nine LEDS) and am rigging it up for 12V

[Pasty_pete]

recived my basha today so tomorrow rain permitting i will be trying my hammock and basha out but i still need to refresh my knot tying very rusty on that read the comments on the sas survival guide and i agree its not for the uk but is there one out there if so it needs to cover all bushcraft and survival needs

[junmist]

Brought some darning needles to put in the bob. darning ones because they have a larger eye so its easyer to thread

[nickdutch]

Had fun playing with my new commercial alcohol stove. I was rather displeased with the heat that it gave out (too low) so I enlarged a few of the jet holes with a very small drill bit.

It now seems more effective, but I woudl struggle to cook a massive meal or to do some "proper" cooking. I was thinking of getting some small based aluminium pans as in the kind used in camping plus a whistling kettle as they would probably work better with the temperature. But it was fun burning more alcohol at home and even making hot water for tea.

Whenever you get more kit, play with it to make sure that you can learn how it performs so that you can do it properly when needed.

[12mp82]

Had fun playing with my new commercial alcohol stove. I was rather displeased with the heat that it gave out (too low) so I enlarged a few of the jet holes with a very small drill bit.

Which one was it nick?

I have had great success with Trangia type burners and also penny stoves, but the trick was getting the meths up to temperature to get it burning properly

[nickdutch]

Had fun playing with my new commercial alcohol stove. I was rather displeased with the heat that it gave out (too low) so I enlarged a few of the jet holes with a very small drill bit.

Which one was it nick?

I have had great success with Trangia type burners and also penny stoves, but the trick was getting the meths up to temperature to get it burning properly

It is a Tatonka. I think I am going to sort out some kind of priming system with some lamp wick under or around it to preheat the alcohol stove to get the temperature of both the stove and the home made bioethanol up.

Its quite a sturdy design, but the fact that it NEEDS priming is a big drawback. it didn't "work" with my griddle pan and I want to do proper cooking with it, you know, lentils from cold, rice, fresh chicken, icy water to a rolling boil etc.

[12mp82]

There are limitations to most things a single tatonka stove is going to struggle with certain elements of cooking if against the clock.

Have you watched this

[nickdutch]

There are limitations to most things a single tatonka stove is going to struggle with certain elements of cooking if against the clock.

Interesting review. do you know of a stove that is actually good for proper cooking using alcohol?

[nickdutch]

Just ordered a mini trangea cookset and hope that will provide better performance than the tatonka