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Wow! Thanks for the heads up guys. I've never come across this in Ireland but our lack of greenlanes us probably the reason for this. I've driven many off-road tracks on our hillsides in a professional capacity where even with a legal right of way and legitimate reason for being on the track...

Looking good Ken, can't wait to see more pictures. Have just acquired a 2009 motorhome to which I'm doing some subtle modifications on the electrical front.

Absolutely loving the look of that Volvo and hopefully at the end of this year / start of next year I'll be upgrading to a 2016 Subaru Forester when a family member is ready to change for a new one! Gotta love the Fozz. Another OB member, living in France has a Fozz and is currently kitting it...

Everyone who has said that overlanding doesn't require a 4x4 is 100% correct. I've owned 4wd vehicles since 1999 and only now in life am I starting to be able to to consider doing some of the things I dream of. In Ireland vehicles are very expensive as is the import duty on a vehicle bought...

100% agree with everything you've said. The vast majority of things I've used in anger have been the boo boo items. Small cuts, grazes, twisted ankles, splinters, minor burns, bumped heads. I'm delighted by this. Really delighted. Don't get me wrong I've seen plenty of trauma but definitive...

I honestly don't know what the "best" would be, I'll leave that recommendation to those medically qualified to advise on but I have found from experience that the REC or Rescue Emergency Care training is excellent. I started with the REC3 course and currently have done the REC4 and before the...

Hello fellow Overlanders, We took a last minute trip to the Curraghchase Forest Park in County Limerick in the west of Ireland. It's only a small forest with 313 hectares of forest but is a perfect retreat from the stresses and bustle of "normal" life. Vehicles have to park in the designated...

Yes it can be, especially if there are trinkets in the cache. They love to see what people have left and to exchange trinkets too.

Wow! That's dedicated! Congratulations on that massive number of finds.

That's be a good one for us here in Europe too as we have the same issues you have described. I'd love to get the advice from such a highly qualified professional.

As well as all of the above being 100% correct, its worth mentioning that its an odorless and tasteless gas so a person will never know its being produced until they don't wake up in the worst case... A concentration of 12,800ppm (parts per million) will cause immediate loss of consciousness...

I enjoy Camping, Amateur Radio, Photography, Video (shooting it and editing it), Hillwalking, Scouting, Kayaking, plotting and scheming around a camp fire about the next trip, First Aid and Rescue, Emergency Planning, Geocaching. I'm always up for an adventure although time and family...

As a new member I'm just finding my way around the forum as time allows and I've discovered this section and thread. Living in the mid-West of Ireland I can heartily recommend the Wild Atlantic Way. Amazing scenery and locations along the way. If careful about it there are a few spots that one...

Nice one Jordan. Enjoyed the video. Well done on one year of YouTube too. Keep the excellent videos coming :grinning:

John, EI9ESB checking in :grinning:

That's great. Thank you. In relation to sepsis, I understand it's a difficult one but I suppose recognition of the signs would be the most important along with the importance of seeking professional help as quickly as possible. Perhaps something on how it may be acquired in the Overland /...

For those who may not have come across it before, could you do one of your scenario posts on a penetrating wound with the object still in the casualty e.g. a stick or piece of glass etc...? If it's not asking too much, could you cover Sepsis too? In 2016 in Ireland there were approximately...

Nice list but I'm curious as to the inclusion of the stretcher. I'm not sure if you're describing this as an access kit or a rescue kit. I'm erring on the side of caution and treating it as an access kit for the purposes of my thoughts and mean no offence or disrespect if I have the wrong end...

Brilliant, thanks for taking the time to reply and explain. I asked as for a camp situation we would have Saran wrap in our camp First Aid kit for burn treatment and was curious when I seen your interesting scenario post. On the hills and mountains here in Ireland the injury you used here is...

Here in Ireland there is some really excellent training available in outdoor / wilderness First Aid that I can highly recommend from personal experience. It is known as REC. Rescue Emergency Care. The training is available in a variety of levels from basic First Aid to expedition level First...