When I go camping, or when I cook foraged food in the field, I've often wished for a little pinch of some kind of spice or condiment, only to have forgotten to bring it.

So I set about making a compact, all-purpose spice kit, containing a basic, but dependable inventory of seasonings, that I can keep packed and ready to go.

Making yoghurt is an easy way to use up a surplus milk. With a little care and experimentation, you can tailor the end product to be exactly the way you like it.

Back when I was a young lad, we didn't have computers, video games or the Internet

Instead, we had to play in a shared multiplayer fully-immersive actual-reality environment called 'outdoors'. Here's one of the things we used to do.

Back when I was a kid, we never had the Internet, or even computers - we had to entertain ourselves.

Here's a slightly up-to-date version of a cool science toy that I made way back then - the Pressure Diver.

I love custard. Egg custard is great, but I also like conflour-based custard - especially the skin that forms on top when it cools.

But there's never enough skin - so I set about trying to make more.