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How do you get a fat lass out of bed in the morning? Piece of cake.

I doubt this would work where Gav is based in south wales. Loads of people i know have static caravans down in pembrokeshire (tenby/narbeth ) Its very hit and miss depending where the mast is located to the site.

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Im not technical but a friend of mine got decent wifi this way and he had poor mobile 4g at his house. I don't think you need line of sight to an antenna. Id expect the wifi provider to do a desktop survey and maybe come out to your house to make sure it'll work.

I have a mate over in ireland that fits a lot of these starlink systems in the most remote places going. He swears they work fantastic Gav just need to align it right to the satellite dish. Here is a breakdown of Starlink's performance and operating speeds: Key Performance Metrics (2025–2026) Download Speeds: 50–250+ Mbps (varies by region and congestion). Upload Speeds: 10–40 Mbps. Latency: 20–50 milliseconds, which is significantly lower than traditional satellite internet (450–700 ms). Maximum Potential: In some scenarios, speeds have been reported over 400 Mbps.

Had a project years ago where they relayed a signal up a valley to the village using something similar - 2 antenna, 1 pointed down and one up the valley aimed at the transmitters either side. Put one of them where it can 'see' a mobile tower and have it beam the signal to the house. Depends where you need to put them, they might be away from the house and need a power supply. Antenna can be a pole by the house with a Yagi antenna on top (like a TV arial, directional). Something like that Muddy? Technically possible, the kit will probably be smaller and better than what we looked at, maybe even work off solar & battery so you don't need cables to it.

Would that work when you are in the bottom of the valley and round corner ie def not line of sight. ?

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Have you considered having a 4G / 5G receiver on your house, that then provides your house with wifi and a landline. These receivers can pick up 4G signal where your mobile can't because they are stronger, higher up and point towards the source (if that makes sense). It'll be cheaper than Starlink and avoids giving money to Elon Muskrat.

Steve what platform do you use for dealing with crypto ? I do a bit with litecoin and bitcoin via my revolut account but its traceable; I opened an account with coinbase but they want all your personal details so will leave that be. Exodus was another i was looking at. I have been looking at getting one of these what do you think bud, Buy Ledger Nano X Hardware Wallet | Ledger | Ledger SHOP.LEDGER.COM Securely manage 15,000+ coins & NFTs on the go with the iconic Ledger Nano X™. This Bluetooth® enabled hardware wallet gives you mobility, security & peace of mind.

Yes all phones will eventually be VOIP. But the challenge I have is how to keep my landline number but get the connection via another supplier (Starlink). The copper wire to the property here is in poor condition but is not being upgraded to fibre so I don’t want to keep paying for a really poor connection.

Someone on a bushcraft forum will know the little independents. Thanks for your help.

Unfortunately I can't, only had experiences of Dragon supplies. I do know Alpkit have made random stuff in the past with their sewing machine workshop but no idea about what they'd be willing to make or adapt, same for Rab with their workshop.

Apparently they escaped/got released during WW11 from a private estate, they've kept on wallabying in the wild ever since. Every now and then a grainy picture turns up alleging a sighting.

Is it for pulling burning thatch off buildings or hay stacks? I have a vague memory of something like that.

Can you recommend any custom makers who predominantly serve the private sector?

Google Lens says the bottom left is a thatcher's needle

Oops, just spotted it's an old picture. Maybe they are gone after all.

Those up in the staffordshire Peak District, around Gradbach and The Roaches have been around for generations. As a kid I used to go out trying to find them, but never saw a single one. I thought more recently that they'd declined away and were no more, but obviously not.

No cutting edge, appears to be a needle end

Thats one I think I know a little about, not strictly a firemans axe but fire may be involved!

Not seen that catalogue page before, has one for both my local towns back at the farm. I'll have to keep buying auction lots!

I've always thought of her as a one joke comedian, "lets all laugh because the disabled lady talks about sex" - and that is about as far as she goes. Not sure that is enough comedy to host a whole game show. There are quite a few who were like that, single jokes (Jo Brand is one "laugh because the fat lady talks about eating cakes"), they fade away unless they can develop more than the single joke (Jo Brand did do that)

Wallaby island on Loch Lomond has about 50 - secretive, if you paddle out there they all hide