spitewinter october 2010

[IntrepidStu]

"carrying nowt but a mora and a toothbrush" lmfao..classic one Stu...keep em comin this weekend matey and we can all keep warm laughing !

Stu

 

[IntrepidStu]

you know that, i know that, some folk think it's some kind of joke. i thought it might just be prudent to point out before i end up sharing my sleeping bag with some hypothermic plonker who's turned up in flip-flops and speedos carrying nowt but a mora and a toothbrush, it's not supposed to be that kind of a weekend.

stuart

Not unless there are some lovely girlies.....or some VERY pretty boys hahaha

 

[hogstable]

always good to see new faces, hope you can make it down for both/either nights

this is how the list looks at the moment

shaggystu (probably +1)
Elines
Cliv
dave53 (tbc)
PREPER
IntrepidStu
Ged - hopefully
Wayland (TBC)
Istvan (from Friday night till sunday)
MSkiba (friday and/or saturday TBC)
Jim (Sunday night only)
see you all soon

Looking forward to it, I've heard that there is an emergency duvet store that opens up if it gets a bit chilly.

 

[shaggystu]

look forward to meeting you hogstable (jim i presume?)

this is how the list looks at the moment

shaggystu - all 4 nights
Elines - from friday
Cliv - all 4 nights
dave53 (tbc)
PREPER - just one night (sat iirc)
IntrepidStu - all 4 nights
Ged - visiting in the day but not overnighting
Wayland - from friday
Istvan - friday and saturday nights
MSkiba - friday and/or saturday
Jim - Sunday night only

i think that's right

cheers

stuart

 

[shaggystu]

right then, that's me off to spitewinter (so you'll not get a response from me now until monday, if anyone wants to ask "can i come up" the answer is yes).

see you all there soon, travel safe.

stuart

 

[ged]

...STILL panicking about being cold ... It IS gonna be very very cold, so sleeping in hat, socks and gloves is on the cards.

It really isn't all that cold yet. People camp in the arctic, you know. And I'm sure hot water bottles are permitted.

 

[Elines]

Well it was cold on Saturday night and very windy on Friday night plus rain - but none of that stopped a fantastic weekend. Once again I am amazed at the level of knowledge of people attending these weekends and their willingness in passing it on.

Particular thanks to:

• Stu for arranging it and his generosity
• Ged for all his advice on what is happening when working metal, in particular sharpening knives, and for bringing loads of stuff to illustrate
• Clive for a practical demonstration in sharpening (higher management’s) kitchen knife
• Istvan for demonstrating how to make a tipi clone from a DD XL tarp
• Wayland for explaining the mysteries of a military compass (the sort that has a mirror and you can’t use in the same was as a baseplate compass)

(Pictures to follow if I can remember how to do it)

 

[Wayland]

Great weekend. Many thanks to Stuart for organizing it and thanks to everyone for the good company.

 

[ged]

Great weekend. Many thanks to Stuart for organizing it and thanks to everyone for the good company.

Ditto all of that, and I vote Gary the man of the match for bringing his tatty, blue, and very BIG tarp!

 

[Wayland]

I'm just glad I thought to pack it.

We're leaving it there now so it should be always available in future.

 

[MartinK9]

Pics, we need pics

 

[Wayland]

Didn't take many...

 

[shaggystu]

thanks all for another great meet, it's nice to see the site starting to live up to it's name.

thanks especially for all the help with with the scouts

looking forward to next years meets already, and i'll keep you all up to date with what the site say regarding a winter meet.

cheers

stuart

p.s. clive, i've got your poncho, probably see you next weekend though.
stu, i've got your files, what would you like me to do with them?

 

[PREPER]

Thanks for a great Sunday night Stuart and Hogstable.
Sorry I only caught the rest of you for the last hour before you left on the Sunday.
Looking forward to a winter meet.

Cheers,

PREPER.......

 

[Elines]

This is where we spent a lot of time

The man himself

along with some others

and this is why we were at the fire - the builder's waste wood provided for firewood included hardboard which burnt beautifully

Istvan with his tipi clone - using a standard 3m x 3m DD tarp. Just to emphasise: Istvan set these up just as an experiment on Sunday morning

and Istvan again but this time using a DD XL tarp (4.5m x 3m) - I'd really like to give this a go as it provides plenty of room, with the shelter of a tent but the more open air you get from a tarp. With a little re-positioning of pegs you could probably close the door to keep out bad weather, and still have plenty of room inside for yourself and a reasonable amount of gear (rules me out then!)

 

[shaggystu]

thanks for the photo's chris, as per usual i completely forgot to take any, i'm hoping that stu's gonna post some of the many that he took soon

cheers

stuart

 

[MartinK9]

Great pics. Sorry I couldn't make this one.

 

[Twodogs]

yep it is a very nice site being open it has a very different feel to it .

prep to be cold and you wont go wrong

Twodogs

 

[Istvan]

Great pics! Thanks for the weekend.

Istvan

 

[shaggystu]

the thread with the pics is here

stuart