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I was ... I actually go no sleep. I think I may have been ok if I was on my own but with my boys it was another matter entirely.

So I took my boys into the bush again. This time to the Marloth Park area which is about 10km from the Crocodile Bridge Gate. (the southern part of Kruger National Park) You can walk freely in...

Yip definitely not going to "Lip it like a bass"..

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Hi there,

I have just returned from 10 days in Masuna in Zimbabwe (about 350km North of Bulawayo) on the Zambizi river. Completely wild, threat of hippos and crocs in the river right in front of...

Thanks for the comments folks, they are really encouraging.

I was quite happy with the result in spite of my limited knowledge and the little amount of time to took to hang.

I will be...

So ... I just lay in the hammock for a little over a hour.

I can't believe that I can even lie on my side (I fell asleep for a quick 20 min power nap... )

I tried to put a pad between the...

After a very stressful day at work ... and I'm sure work is not supposed to be this bad ... I decided to take a couple hours off and just take it easy at home.

While lying on my bed I remembered...

I thought I'd add some pics of some typical South African camping.

My boys and I after Mags setup his shelter....

Sad to say but this is the only thread injector that I own at the moment, but it is mine.

I must say though that it has done a fair bit of injecting.. I have used it to modify mostly webbing on...

In ALL my experience :rolleyes: (of one queen size sheet that I tied up in the lounge for the lads to try) I came across the following which were too easy not to try.

With Plain old Rope

With...

Fantastic.... I am sure I'll be making one soon.

Wait-a-bit trees (or Wag-n-bietjie) are VERY real. They are from the Acacia Family Check Here and can be a real pain. I have cycled through them a few times while mountain biking. they rip your...

I am situated in Benoni. As for the iron forge thing... seems we have more than just hanging in common.

Actually the other reason I started actively looking into the hammock thing was that a few nights ago, my boys and I put up a shelter in the garden (tiny piece of grass in the back). We set up our...

Hi,

I have 2 boys 13 and 11 years old. Late last year we did a bushveld survival course and absolutely loved it. At the time we made our own shelters but had to sleep on the ground. The...

For all you thread injector enthusiasts out there...

I thought you may find this link of interest ... ;)

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/01/upgrading_a_sewing_machine.html

Cheers...