Christmas delights

I have a few Christmas goodies on the way (thank you Sarah!). The first is a bushcraft knife kit from Bernie Garland, found on eBay for a bargain price. I have fancied making one for a while now as messing around in my garage helps the dark winter nights fly by.

It's a pretty solid 4mm blade with some kind of dark hardwood scales, white liners and a pre-cut slab of hide that will make (hopefully) a friction sheath. I have been scouring 'tinternet for tutorials and have found a few, but if anyone can offer any advice (Pablo?!!) it will be gratefully received.

The second is a BushBuddy Ultra. Yes, I have finally succumbed. I enjoy so many different types of camping and this will be perfect for hammock nights in the woods. I believe this is stove number 7 or 8 in my collection, I have lost count. Can any BushBuddy owners recommend a ti' pot that fits it snugly? I know they have one on BPL-US, but I would like to source one in the UK if possible - carbon footprints and all that.

The third is Cowell junior No.3, who was due to be born yesterday, but no signs yet. We don't know if it's a boy or a girl who will join my two sons (had its legs crossed during the scan). So any day now, poor Sarah's life will change for the third time in six years and a little imp will be ruling the Cowell household yet again.

That's another three or four years until we can have another winter holiday in Canada. I'll be too old to snowboard by then and have to move onto planks (God forbid).

So, forgive me if posts are a little thin on the ground over the next week or two.

By the way, this is my first post via Windows Live Writer (thanks Duncan). After a horrendous install, I finally have it up and running, now all I need to do is hit that publish button and we'll all see what happens...