The Call of the Wild

I've just taken delivery of a couple of Ray Mears' books, having been inspired by watching him on TV last week. They're full of useful tips on making fires, using knives, tying knots and living off the land and have instilled in me a strange, and probably temporary, urge to come over all macho and go out and live rough. Bearing in mind my almost total lack of experience and weedy stature, I probably wouldn't last five minutes in a real wilderness. I think I should probably just go and lie down until the urge passes and normal geeky service is resumed.