They're not absolutely critical anyway. The measures should be your starting point. Then you adjust for taste (some like it thicker while others like it thinner)
Daniel Boone challenge
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Come along to the amazing Summer Moot (21st July - 2nd August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
They're not absolutely critical anyway. The measures should be your starting point. Then you adjust for taste (some like it thicker while others like it thinner)
Hi, all
Here we go with the next bit of food information. This one's a bit more complicated, so rather than write a very long post, I've just posted the most detailed reference I can find.
Sourdough Bread.
For full information, try:
www.shipton-mill.com/the-bakery/focus-on/sourdough-bread
or, if you haven't got the time or, like me, the facilities to make your own, you can find it in some Tesco in-store bakeries. (No connection other than being a customer.)
Alan.
Here we go with the next bit of food information. This one's a bit more complicated, so rather than write a very long post, I've just posted the most detailed reference I can find.
Sourdough Bread.
For full information, try:
www.shipton-mill.com/the-bakery/focus-on/sourdough-bread
or, if you haven't got the time or, like me, the facilities to make your own, you can find it in some Tesco in-store bakeries. (No connection other than being a customer.)
Alan.
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As a matter of interest, why two wool blankets? Do both get wrapped around you, or is one folded lengthwise and used as a kip mat? Some trawling around YouTube only showed people using one blanket with the diagonal wrap method, although one guy used two tied together with pine cones to make a lump of cloth at each tie, but that had gaps between the ties.
Hi, Nomad
It's a bit difficult to explain without seeing it done, but one is used lengthwise to wrap from the waist downwards, and the other crosswise to wrap the upper body and head. This gives a nice overlap in the middle, and means that restless sleepers don't end up with a gap round the waist.
Alan
It's a bit difficult to explain without seeing it done, but one is used lengthwise to wrap from the waist downwards, and the other crosswise to wrap the upper body and head. This gives a nice overlap in the middle, and means that restless sleepers don't end up with a gap round the waist.
Alan
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Honestly? two because its warmer than one was my thinking
Yeah, honestly.
Never used blankets for sleeping out, and there seems to be a few ways to use them. I might mess about with configurations on the bed later this evening. Was thinking of trying a diagonal wrap in one orientation for one blanket, and in the other orientation for the second blanket, on the assumption that it will give better overall coverage. (Also try and work out Alan's suggestion.)Hi, Nomad
See if you can find an old first aid or rescue handbook, and look at the diagrams for blanketing a stretcher with two blankets, ar google "blanketing a stretcher.
That should give you an idea of how it works, but for normal sleeping don't fold the blanket covering the legs in three, just wrap it round then wrap the top half.
Alan
See if you can find an old first aid or rescue handbook, and look at the diagrams for blanketing a stretcher with two blankets, ar google "blanketing a stretcher.
That should give you an idea of how it works, but for normal sleeping don't fold the blanket covering the legs in three, just wrap it round then wrap the top half.
Alan
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Yep, up for this one too, looking froward to it and let you know how it turns out as i'm hopefully doing it with two or three others from my Bushcraft group, plus having read this we are working on making one of our meets a Frontiersman meet where the basic same kit applies as per the DB challenge.
So thanks Man of Tanith a great idea and i'm sure pics will be posted after.
So thanks Man of Tanith a great idea and i'm sure pics will be posted after.
Lookin forward t pics.might do mine in march not sure.
How''re other folk coming along?
Ready and waiting or still preparing themselves?
I've landed a nice piece of canvas so will use that as shelter cloth.
Still debatingfood options.
And if I should get a Coon skin hat
How''re other folk coming along?
Ready and waiting or still preparing themselves?
I've landed a nice piece of canvas so will use that as shelter cloth.
Still debatingfood options.
And if I should get a Coon skin hat
Seen em.....
However you mock my red and black swannie gods alone knows what you'd have t say about me wearing that
However you mock my red and black swannie gods alone knows what you'd have t say about me wearing that
More or less ready to go, managed to trade a flint and steel set with Mr. Fenna. Ive also been scouring ny local charity shops for a second wool blanket, but might have to go with the Czech army bed roll....
