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Morning SH, aye they're supposed to be under tension, If your interested A mate of mine is making one out of plastic pipe and I'm following it on my blog, also there's quite a bit about polytunnels on Thurston Gardens blog http://www.thurstongarden.wordpress.com/ Good luck, Paul iwould be intereste...

Morning SH,

aye they're supposed to be under tension, If your interested A mate of mine is making one out of plastic pipe and I'm following it on my blog, also there's quite a bit about polytunnels on Thurston Gardens blog http://www.thurstongarden.wordpress.com/

Good luck, Paul

Been lovely here and it's going to be for a few days yet, a welcome change from the pishing rain and gales, This couple of weeks in feb around valentines day has always been good on the west coast with high pressure and frost. We've got the high pressure but where's the frost :? http://i224.photobuc...

How about 'Biro' TG? I once raised 13 lambs on the bottle it was a bdooly nightmare and I would NEVER do it again, they were a menace, always under the feet, too lazy to forage, died like flies and never came to anything apart from one or two that hung around the croft for years trying to get into t...

Hi Camile, I'm no expert but have done a few and have allways muddled through, the first one I did about 18 years ago on the kitchen table with a copy of 'mrs Beatons' opened at the picture of beef joints and it seemed to work. The last one I did a few months ago with instructions off the internet, ...

This is my kind of fishing, I'm rubbish with a rod




Cheers, Paul

I really liked the spuds done in the pressure cooker Russ and I found that they didn't need salting as they seemed to keep all their flavour. I must confess the reason I don't know what veggies taste like in a pressure cooker is that when I had mine only really ate raw or stir fried veggies :roll: h...

Hi Russ, I used to be very fond of mine when I lived on my own, it was an oval shaped one so I still use it but only as a pan for large crabs or lobsters. Mrs C don't really use it but from memory I used to do potatoes for 5mins if that's any help. Just put a wee bit of water in the bottom, screw th...

I had a beard for years but shaved it off when I started to use full face diving masks in 1985, as i've not used one for 5 years and only dive now for the odd bag of scallops I asked mrs C what she thought about me growing one again. A Most emphatic no was the answer

If I didn't already live on a paradise Island It would have to be Cumbrae for me, surrounded by some great fishing you'd never go hungry, reasonable climate (for the west coast) great wind rescource, reasonable access ( I work for Cal Mac so I travel free :lol: ) Glasgow on your doorstep (friendlies...

Try vinegar or HP sauce on both. Me I've used aluminium all my life but I can't remember a thing

Cheers, Paul

I'm not a great fan of non native conifers so that rules everything out but scots pine for me :lol: but I came across this wee stunted thing yesterday and they've just gone up a notch in my estimation :cooldude: http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd170/camillitech/1048Small-1.jpg It's growing on the...

MMMMMMMMMMMM Black Pudding, we had the award winning 'Stornoway' black pudding for breakfast and there's another lovely one that comes from a butcher in Aultbea but my favourite is the one that my friends mum makes using all the natural bits from a sheep :wink: and the best thing I've ever eaten wit...

Hi guys, not sure were all this expense and equipment comes from :( layer of fish, layer of salt, layer of fish layer of salt and that's it. well that's how they've done it with mackeral and herring for generations here. Take the heads and tails off the mackeral and split them then lay them out flat...

Hi Ct, we live on Raasay just off Skye and there has been plenty of good advice given so far. Camp by the sea or on a hill :cheers: never in a sheltered spot by a loch or river :( avoid august if possible the best weather is always in may or june :wink: avon skin so soft IS the best repellant :cheer...