Interview with Uncle Ray in today's Guardian
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I dont know if Rays ever killed his dog. Send woodlore an email and ask him.
Well if I am mistaken I apologise to him, should he ever read this. But in that case I have some serious memory issues.
I emailed him and his elves have emailed back to say that my recollection is faulty. I put it down to watching telly after returning from the pub.
I hereby lift my lifetime curse from his head. Grylls is still a bit off, mind you. I was sober when I watched him being one.
I hereby lift my lifetime curse from his head. Grylls is still a bit off, mind you. I was sober when I watched him being one.
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It was funnier in my head .......
sort of "Of course not, that would be absurd.....it wasn't his dog"
sort of "Of course not, that would be absurd.....it wasn't his dog"
I do remember seeing him in one of his earlier series, swimming across a river, using his pack as a bouyancy device, and an old woman in a rowing boat coming past, and peering down at him, oddly, and asking him if he was alright. At which point you realised he must have been in the local park.
That was quite funny. He seemed a bit irritated by it.
That was quite funny. He seemed a bit irritated by it.
Sigh, sometimes i wonder if we can ever put the words Ray Mears into a title without it becoming a row
Mr Mears is a good bloke in my opinion,seemed nice enough when i met him and happy to sign an autograph for Jake before he was born even congratulated me on becoming a dad.
He's sparked a level of interest that goes past our own specialised interest in the subject, in fact often when explaining to folks the sort of stuff i get upto its not until i say like Ray Mears does that the light switches on.
As for who coined the phrase Richard Graves used it before Mors Kochanski which is why Mors called his book Northern bushcraft as Graves already had a book out called Bushcraft.
As for the tracking of Raoul Moat, it was reported at the time and played down, if its going to be in his autobiography and lets face it its a story a lot of folk want to know more about why shouldn't he start talking about it a bit more? at the time it may of been crass and interpreted as commercial i think now three years on its another part of Mears' own life story.
Paul Kirtley has been consulted by one newpaper about Mears/Moat and added his info about tracking will we start slating Paul soon as well?(daft if we do in my opinion he is a great instructor/teacher/woodsman as you wish to term it)
Is there also an aspect of attacking those who are successful in the constant criticism of Mears? similar to folk who follow a band until they become 'Big' then complain about them becoming too commercial?
I could be termed a fan boy of Mears I own his books and I have kit from Woodlore.
but then I own dvd's and books and kit recommended by Mors Kochanski.
and even the gent Pete Gawleta (google him) has influenced my kit choices sometimes
its all a bit of fun and not life or death as it seems sometimes
Mr Mears is a good bloke in my opinion,seemed nice enough when i met him and happy to sign an autograph for Jake before he was born even congratulated me on becoming a dad.
He's sparked a level of interest that goes past our own specialised interest in the subject, in fact often when explaining to folks the sort of stuff i get upto its not until i say like Ray Mears does that the light switches on.
As for who coined the phrase Richard Graves used it before Mors Kochanski which is why Mors called his book Northern bushcraft as Graves already had a book out called Bushcraft.
As for the tracking of Raoul Moat, it was reported at the time and played down, if its going to be in his autobiography and lets face it its a story a lot of folk want to know more about why shouldn't he start talking about it a bit more? at the time it may of been crass and interpreted as commercial i think now three years on its another part of Mears' own life story.
Paul Kirtley has been consulted by one newpaper about Mears/Moat and added his info about tracking will we start slating Paul soon as well?(daft if we do in my opinion he is a great instructor/teacher/woodsman as you wish to term it)
Is there also an aspect of attacking those who are successful in the constant criticism of Mears? similar to folk who follow a band until they become 'Big' then complain about them becoming too commercial?
I could be termed a fan boy of Mears I own his books and I have kit from Woodlore.
but then I own dvd's and books and kit recommended by Mors Kochanski.
and even the gent Pete Gawleta (google him) has influenced my kit choices sometimes
its all a bit of fun and not life or death as it seems sometimes
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Yep its all possible and a lot easier now than Ray had it
all you do is start a channel on youTube called BCUK TV and start making your own programs upload and you have your station simples
Watched a prog last night on the Boom of youtube theres teenagers making money off youtube and having millions of viewers all over the world every week far more than most TV progs put out by BBC or ITV etc etc
ie [h=2]CHARLIE MCDONNELL 16yrs old[/h]Stats 2 million subscribers, 279 million views
http://www.youtube.com/user/charlieissocoollike
most of im sure most of us would call drivel but you cant argue with his viewing figures most TV senior peeps would kill for that sort of ratings
Maybe it would be possible as a COlab with a central BCUK TV hub that could take short Videos from members minor editing add in Pro credits and Title stuff and a lot to a central channel so more a Video version of the articles put up here
But its a lot of commitment usually needs one person wit heh driving force to do it etc
