Spitewinter Meet 9 - 11 April 2010 ( Very Picture Heavy)

[MartinK9]

Here we go again...

Just to confuse things there were two Stuarts.... work out which one is shaggystu.

Thanks once again to shaggystu for arranging use of the site and hosting hopefully the first of many Meets at Spitewinter:

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30879

http://chesterfielddistrictscouts.org.uk/?page_id=16

The weather was great, not a cloud in the sky all weekend although there was a bit of a chill in the early hours.


Friday


My set up:

View from my set up:

Purpose built designated fire areas:

These areas (about 20 in total meant that no scarring was evident and all ashes were cleared away.

We were given special, one- off permission to have a fire off of the designated areas

Cliff's New fire pit:

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53228

And a brew on:

Happy Bunny:

Evening Meal, a great chilli made by Stuart:

Then onto a night of Bushcraft TV:

Saturday

To start off Cliff made a Mountain-man Breakfast for us all:

All tucking in:

Just a small wafer thin piece for me:

Then to work that off, a walk around the area for a group bow-drill hunt from scratch:

Stuart carving the bearing block:

Cliff sorting out the spindle:

Clive making the bow:

Time to burn off some calories ( some more than others before you say it )

Cliff:

Clive:

Stuart:

Stuart:

The dampness of the wood was apparent, so after some "cooking" under the fire-pit, Stuart gave it one more go and did get smoke:

A little more drying of the components and success wont be far off.

Stuart making Bannock with added fruit leather:

Adding the slimming butter to the top:

Time for another Brew:

Then the Evening Meal.... TBC ( Sorry )

 

[MartinK9]

wait for it.....

Tandoori Chicken and naans - mmmmm .....nom nom nom


Cliff coating the chicken in the Tandoori Mix:

Into the DO:

Griddle under the fire-pit to heat up:

mmmmmm:

Stuart separating:

Whilst Cliff made the Naans:

and onto the griddle for a toasting, Cliff being a champion puffer:

Chow down time:

Another Brew:

Ged cooking up:

Stuart's Dove stove:

Sunday

The rouges gallery:

Left to right: Me, Clive, Stuart, Stuart ( thanks again), Cliff and Ged.

A fantastic weekend was had by all.

Can't wait to go back.

Oh and on the way home I detoured with Cliff and we fell into here:

More Shiny stuff bought.

Thanks once again to all that made it.

And thanks to all that have managed to wade through half of the pictures I took

 

[IntrepidStu]

Good Piccys Martin. That little camera is pretty damn good init!!

 

[Mesquite]

Looks like a good weekend was had by all. thanks for sharing

 

[Celt_Ginger]

Great pictures Martin. Nice one.

 

[Rychard]

looks like you had a good w/end food looked bril as the norm

 

[stooboy]

Now thats what you call a pic heavy thread love it.

I love the cooking skills. you lot would give the hairy bikers a run for their money What would be the name of the show though ?

 

[maddave]

Wow..... What a total bunch of "foodies" lol... My kinda camp !!

 

[zorro]

I drove past there Sunday dinner time!

 

[Twodogs]

And theres more

Two Stu,s on the bow

Clive giving it a spin

K9 the fire God..

Stu,s bannock on the go
Twodogs

 

[Crowe]

OK guys. I've been looking for 'Bushcraft TV' which freeview channel is that ?
Good pics . Thanks for sharing.
Crowe

 

[ged]

Wow..... What a total bunch of "foodies" lol...

In the, er, spirit of the topic I note with interest that there's been no mention yet of the strawberry vodka.

Is this a conspiracy?

 

[shaggystu]

absolutely cracking job martin, well done that man!
i shall endevour to post mine up shortly, just as soon as i've got my head round it

cheers

stuart

 

[shaggystu]

In the, er, spirit of the topic I note with interest that there's been no mention yet of the strawberry vodka.

Is this a conspiracy?

hopefully some photographic evidence soon ged

cheers

stuart

 

[sasquatch]

Looks like it was another good one, great to see some skills being employed! It's making me proper hungry though, especially the mountain man breakfast...you must attract empty stomaches like a fiddler does a barn dance by now. All the food looks nice but what exactly did Cliff do for the breakfast? Roll on lunchtime!

 

[Twodogs]

Chad it was a traditional mountain man breccy ,

Fry sausages off , remove .
Fry small cubed potatos off
put sausages back in
add wisked eggs
season to taste .

It was megga .

Next time it will be funkyed a bit , onion , garlic , cheese , bacon and a pan of freshly made baked beans ,,,
Twodogs

 

[MartinK9]

Chad it was a traditional mountain man breccy ,

Fry sausages off , remove .
Fry small cubed potatos off
put sausages back in
add wisked eggs
season to taste .

It was megga .

Next time it will be funkyed a bit , onion , garlic , cheese , bacon and a pan of freshly made baked beans ,,,
Twodogs

mmm can't wait:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6dm9rN6oTs

Cliff - note the coffee pot

 

[addo]

Cracking snap on show there lads. I'll try and make it next time.
Been a bit full on with jobs at home so sorry I couldn't make it up. Shame as im rather partial to the bowdrill!

 

[addo]

Chad it was a traditional mountain man breccy ,

Fry sausages off , remove .
Fry small cubed potatos off
put sausages back in
add wisked eggs
season to taste .

It was megga .

Next time it will be funkyed a bit , onion , garlic , cheese , bacon and a pan of freshly made baked beans ,,,
Twodogs

:wow1:

 

[MartinK9]

Cracking snap on show there lads. I'll try and make it next time.
Been a bit full on with jobs at home so sorry I couldn't make it up. Shame as im rather partial to the bowdrill!

We tried to ring you when we were attempting it