After the cancellation of a local meet, Ivan and I decided to test out a couple of new sites in Devon. I met up with Ivan and Mongoose13 (aka: Katie, Ivan's mini crafter) in the south east Devon area, then headed to camp number 1. Our first port of call was Andy Bruce's woods, which is predominantly birch, with scots pine, willow and sweet chestnut, breaking up the sea of silver. Shortly after arriving at the site, we were joined by Mr Bruce himself. All set up and settled in, Ivan cracked on with the chicken (whole and cooked in the dutch oven), we admired the various shelters, that Andy and his previous lodgers had erected, before gathering around the fire for the grub and a chatter.
The next day, Andy and Katie got busy with spoon crafting, Ivan got busy with firewood collection, and I don't think I did anything much
. Sadly Andy had to leave us that afternoon, but kindly gave us permission to remain for a further night. Katie did some more spoon crafting, Ivan gathered yet more wind-fallen twigs for the fire, and I crafted a fireside perch .
Burgers and veg for tea that night, accompanied by a nice bottle of white, before bed.
After breaking camp Sunday morning, we had to return the mini crafter, as she had school Monday. We then headed out to a lovely softwood plantation, which suffered from the usual darkness of such places, but we set up close to the edge and found a fair amount of light. A cracking pork casserole/roast/fry/hotpot/something like that (prepared in the dutchie again, by Ivan), for supper, then bed.
Monday morning and time to get heading home, so we broke camp again, drove into town, then said fair well to the weekend.
Here are some of the photos, taken over the weekend, in no particular order...
The next day, Andy and Katie got busy with spoon crafting, Ivan got busy with firewood collection, and I don't think I did anything much
. Sadly Andy had to leave us that afternoon, but kindly gave us permission to remain for a further night. Katie did some more spoon crafting, Ivan gathered yet more wind-fallen twigs for the fire, and I crafted a fireside perch .Burgers and veg for tea that night, accompanied by a nice bottle of white, before bed.
After breaking camp Sunday morning, we had to return the mini crafter, as she had school Monday. We then headed out to a lovely softwood plantation, which suffered from the usual darkness of such places, but we set up close to the edge and found a fair amount of light. A cracking pork casserole/roast/fry/hotpot/something like that (prepared in the dutchie again, by Ivan), for supper, then bed.
Monday morning and time to get heading home, so we broke camp again, drove into town, then said fair well to the weekend.
Here are some of the photos, taken over the weekend, in no particular order...
