More ways to build a bonfire

Following on from last week's bonfire-building advice, here's a video of the Scoutmaster's Never Fail Method. After all, what's the difference between a campfire and a bonfire? Nothing, except the reason for building it. Oh,and you don't have to be so neat with a bonfire.

Meanwhile, Survival Outdoor Skills is obviously not a site aimed at people who are just ambling outside to burn the blighted potato haulms. However, if you yearn for some fancy fire-lighting gadgets or need to know how to burn really big logs efficiently, then it explains the Star Layout, complete with cute Action Man photos.

If you do have logs you don't want,however, why not offer them on Freecycle?