Dartmoor Meet 1st to 3rd April

[Retired Member southey]

No fear dude! I too am a lone camper, and although I will initially give the impression of being an unsociable git, by making camp away on my own, I will definatly be joining the camp fire chat and evening socializing! Being on the raspberry!

 

[Jaysurfer]

I expect I will have some spiced rum somewhere in my pack... and some scrumpy somewhere also!

 

[jonajuna]

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Jon are you doing your usual bottle of tequila hugging routine?

ummmm, errrrrrrr oh go on then, youve twisted my arm

i wouldnt normally, im a sensible mature person dontcha know!

 

[jonajuna]

Thanks Ivan on the tripod, not an issue to bring my own stuff nor hump it up (other than the beast of a tent) i have two pack horses.. sorry i mean kids, that i can load up

nice group of people, 18 plus 4 kids plus 2

Jay, i still have some blackberry brandy i made for xmas, and sloe gin and vodka, if anyone fancies a tot, i can decant into sig bottles

 

[Jaysurfer]

sounds like we have the plans for a very relaxing and merry weekend on the moors!
Well at least no one can hear you scream up there!

 

[mayobushcraft]

It's nothing that special....
It's a mexican recipe with an English twist!

Basically the mexican way of ding it is chopped tomatoes, peppers, chillis in a pan and cooked. When bubbling you make an indent for the eggs and crack an egg into the indent, the heat coming through the bubbling mix cooks the egg. It's a veggie breakfast with a kick from the chillis... It is nice this way but I too prefer a bit more meat in all my meals.

I basically cook sausages, bacon, black pudding and mushrooms in the pan before adding the tomatoes and chillis (dried birds eye work best) and then the eggs. So it ends up being a very hot english breakfast!

Had it with Mayo the last time we were out in the woods...
I usually take enough food to feed an army so if anyone thinks what i am cooking smells good and wants to give it a try you're more than welcome.

I will say it was very very Good.

 

[Retired Member southey]

I've been playing with kit today, decide to be a swinger for the meet.to have a play with a new tarp just need to sort out my food and sew my under blanket. and I'm done:yikes: so that must that its nearly April. if I'm packed and sorted it must be last minuet

 

[Nova & Pinky]

I'm gutted there's still a month to go!
Oh well, Sussex meet and our own weekend away in the meantime...

 

[Retired Member southey]

I'm gutted there's still a month to go!
Oh well, Sussex meet and our own weekend away in the meantime...

YAY! I keep looking at the Sussex meet a wonder if i could rope a nanna into looking after the wee ones for a night as wifeys away on course for the next two weeks. bummer.

 

[Nova & Pinky]

YAY! I keep looking at the Sussex meet a wonder if i could rope a nanna into looking after the wee ones for a night as wifeys away on course for the next two weeks. bummer.

Do it! Do it!

 

[ex member mick sturbs]

Hey Southey, i noticed you refer to hound of the baskervilles, if you are bored waiting for april 1st ,sir arthur conan doyle wrote that very book where i live look up hayford hall, spooky eh ?

 

[Retired Member southey]

fantastic! massive fan of Holmes here!off to google i go Ivan.

 

[Retired Member southey]

All i can say is WOW! what a beautiful place to be.hound of the Baskervilles is the main reason I love Dartmoor so much, all that tramping about and mystery. brilliant.

 

[ex member mick sturbs]

In fact, if any of the Dartmoor crew want to google stuff around where they are staying ,some short bimbles and some a bit longer , chalk ford,huntingdon warren, red lake,avon dam,pupers hill,and shipley bridge , nearest villages are scorriton and holne, sorry cant be bothered with capitals and punctuation but you get the gist.

 

[Retired Member southey]

The walk upto Avon dam is stunning almost like a jungle trail, but with a path, and coaches of old peeps, so not very much like the jungle.but still well worth the jaunt.

 

[jonajuna]

bought this today, posted on my facebook to see if any of my friends can guess what it is for!

 

[fossil bluff]

Some good areas to walk round there - have wandered around lost on a number of occasions. Mst get myself booked on a nav course......

 

[Retired Member southey]

bought this today, posted on my facebook to see if any of my friends can guess what it is for!

That's a fine trowel! did any one guess?

EDIT: if any ones interested I'm David Southey on face book.

 

[FreddyFish]

bought this today, posted on my facebook to see if any of my friends can guess what it is for!

But what you really need is this

 

[FreddyFish]

sew my under blanket.

Humm... is this something you are making? I thinking of having a go at an under-blanket or maybe a cocoon. Do you have any plans?