Posts by Weather Vane
There may be restrictions in tunnels or ferries. For example BC Ferries states Remember, all dangerous goods must be declared at the terminal ticket booth or to a vessel officer. Failure to dec...
There is an old adage One blanket underneath is worth two on top. but I can find little support for this idea except a mention on mumsnet. The reasoning is, that the floor or the ground unde...
The OP supposed the species to be brown anole, which I followed up with a visit to Wikipedia and found a very similar image, with the caption Florida female image from Wikipedia The article al...
Update: I have found some photos of sheep tracks which clearly show that they do not travel directly up a hill. The first first one of switchbacks comes from this website by Chris Collison, where i...
The mauve symbol is new, and represents "Natural Resources Wales". This appears to be Open Access Land. It indicates the type of land bounded by a mauve outline (a fragment can be seen in your ima...
Pheasant shooters will almost certainly be using shotguns, not rifles. A shotgun cartridge contains many small pellets, and they lose their velocity much more rapidly than bullets do. In fact, thei...
Here is a suggestion, though somewhat wacky is perhaps more realistic than the "hat" idea. The page Sailing Safety Secrets - Are You 'Radar Visible' to Ships at Sea? says that the reflector should...
Mould does not need light to grow, and the proposed green colour will prevent you seeing mould growth, and being darker inside, will encourage mould growth. What is important for mould growth is d...
More about weapons. I already commented If you think you need weapons to protect yourself, and you don't already habitually carry such weapons and are accustomed to using them, then the choice ...
One name for it is a Legionnaires Cap or hat.
I understand that to be a Myth: Spiders can lay their eggs under human skin in wounds created by their bites. It always happens to "a friend" not to the person relating the story. However, there ...
I have had several pairs of wellies, but none ever split, not even in freezing weather – only the soles wore out, or I punctured one. However I did have a pair a sandals that mysteriously disinteg...
Cornbread may contain wheat flour as well as corn meal. Both are processed cereals and so should not be given to wild creatures. In addition cornbread probably contains some of these ingredients: ...
Condensed milk tastes better with coffee than with tea. Powdered milk, although it keeps once opened, isn't as easy to use as it should be. It goes lumpy very easily when you put it in a hot drink...
The British organisation RSPB is partnering: SPEA-BirdLife Portugal, Avenida da Liberdade, No 105 - 2oEsq, 1250-140 Lisboa, Portugal Telephone: (+351) 21 322 04 03. As shown here....
A rough measurement shows that the surface area of one arm is about 1.7 times that of my head. So the rate of heat loss from my head will be around 1/3 that from both arms - quite significant. But ...
I think that list is talking about immediate priorities, that is, what you must focus on first to stay alive in a survival situation, not whether food is necessary. From Backcountry Chronicles, th...
The gun laws in UK are extremely tight. A firearm at your house must be licensed and kept in a locked cabinet. Even being in possession of a firearm in a public place in the UK without a lawful rea...
In UK I have only ever used the simple type. The female part of the screw thread is on the shroud which clamps around the gas cartridge, and the appliance screws into that, instead of the canister....
The non-breathable cheaper wet-weather protection is useful for when you must sometimes go outdoors in heavy rain to do essential jobs, but not for very long. Long enough that you would otherwise ...
