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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.
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    Elan Valley

    Bloomin' wet if you are up there today HM! Fix a time after sun-return to go visit Water-Break-its-Neck.
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    Elan Valley

    Ooooo ... didn't see the plaque but we did think of the fishing, next summer ...
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    Elan Valley

    Oh shush !!! I even paced it out :hammock: and you can't be seen from the road ... there's room for my friend's DD too :D
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    Keeping wood "green"?

    thanks - useful :)
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    Elan Valley

    Just back from 3 days out in the Elan Valley. We stayed at thecottage at Gigrin Farm (Red Kite place) rather than camping and then went out each day. The first day we went up to the Claerwen reservoir. It's wonderfully wild and the path by the side of the lake seems to draw me on. We went some...
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    My 1000th post competition!

    Copperhead: My guess would be venison in red wine sauce with mash and vegetables. Mesquite: venison served with a raspberry jous Forestschoolsmatlot: macaroni cheese British Red : Roast chicken with all the trimmings Crosslandlelly: Haddock and chips. Gray: chicken curry and rice...
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    Kestrel & Owl fight over vole

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2522687/kestrel-steals-vole-right-barn-owls-talons.html Amazing story !!!
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    Wrong Place I know!!

    great news, ivan, I'm sooooooo glad for her and you and Alison :mexwave:
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    Part of the furniture

    Wasn't quite the sort of "quality" I meant ... Working girl Hooker Call Girl Femme de Maison Escort Courtesan Not sure if I have the hierarchy right ... :surrender::nana:
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    Part of the furniture

    You're tempting me to make a list of the names of "ladies of quality! :rofl:
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    Wool: A work in progress

    A double-treadle wheel is much easier on the legs than a single treadle, also on the back as you don't have to sit twisted. Mine doesn't get time to get stored, it lives in the sitting room and gets used several times a week :).
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    My new coffee cup.

    Nice work ... making a note of the boiled milk sealing method :)
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    Wool: A work in progress

    Glad you feel better. You should find the egg-n-spoon stuff in my next post :D. Lovely work they are too.
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    Harvestman - prezzies

    Harvestman gave me some lovely prezzies today ... 2 lovely egg cups, one hawthorn (the one with the wide base) and the other some unknown wood with beautiful spirals. HM said the unknown wood was the devil to turn but it's come up beautifully and has wonderful spirals. I've tried to show...
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    Wool: A work in progress

    Back again ... :D Harvestman came round today for his first spinning lesson today - great fun and he did very well. I started him off by pulling the spinning wheel apart and getting HM to put it back together, this relaly helps with understanding what the bits do. I've got an Ashford Kiwi...
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    Amazing "Selfie" video by Sea-Eagle !!!

    A friend sent me this ... aparently they found the camera about 60 miles away from where the sea eagle nicked it from !!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qJCedFwrVqk
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    1001 post competition

    Brampton Wood ... as a wild guess :D And congratulations on your milestone :cool:
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    Bit windy

    Not bad down here in Herefordshire, only about 40-50mph. Hope all you folks Ooop North are OK, been some bad pix on the telly. And I hope everyone's OK down the east side with the surge this afternoon and tonight ... thinking of you all.
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    Heck of a pictue of LA (Griffith) Park

    Great pix ... hope he makes it :)