"hmmm.... it's bushcrafter stew mother.... made with real English bushcrafters....
I smoked them myself.."
we whant photos5 went mad in Fyresdal! BCUK 1st Norway trip
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we whant photos
no body died then
Yeah me
carrying a 20kg pack through 1.5m snow with only size 7 feet & a 29" inside leg - bIoody killed me.
Seriously we had to give up on the mountain as the weather was sooo bad & snow was crazy deep. Camped on the lake instead, it took 1.5 hours to basically walk from the cottage to the other side of the lake. Dug the Lavvu in there. Made snowshoes day 2 but up till then every step was a nightmare.
We did benifit greatly from your advice and torjus took to heart all of your, erm, constructive critique, hem.
Weather was -10 ish at first but the second night dropped to -23 ish in about 5 hrs - temperature inversion from the blizzard in the mountain - next three days we saw the lot changing every few hours rain, snow, freezing wind - 20-30 mph at times.
My pics are here
Also my thanks to all of you for the very useful advice you gave at Swyns, we certainly went well prepared and had a much more productive time as a result.:You_Rock_
Cheers
Nick
PS the Lavvu smoke was no better that yours with the possible exception of the penultimate night when we were VERY careful to only burn dead wood and to make sure that the flogs were completely consumed - we only choked to death a little bit that time.
So you enjoyed it then? - Cracking area isn't it?
Just had a look through your photos - what's with the colours in the sky with this one? :
Just had a look through your photos - what's with the colours in the sky with this one? :
Photos look good! Looks a bit different to the Summer!!
Re: Clouds: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/droplets/irid1.htm
Saw it once in St. Andrews - pretty amazing colours! Not sure how rare it is though...
Re: Clouds: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/droplets/irid1.htm
Saw it once in St. Andrews - pretty amazing colours! Not sure how rare it is though...
Glad to hear you boys had a good trip. Your photos look really good there Nick. Not surprised that you had to have an alternate venue. There looks way more snow than we encountered. Though I bet that the lakeside was colder than on top of the mountain!
look forward to hearing more of your tales through the year
happy trails
look forward to hearing more of your tales through the year
happy trails
good link that looks just about right.
Torjus said that he had never seen it before and he is a fairly observent sort of bloke
Cheers
Nick
They really were the dog do-dos follow this link & scroll down to the section titled Ball (also called klimpor, klubb, kumla, kumle, kompe, kumpe, potetball and raspeball in Norwegian and potato dumplings in English) to get an idea.
Cheers
Nick
I'm glad you guys had a good time and I am sure you will have gain loads from the experience.
I love to travel in the remote wilderness. It is only then that we learn our own limits. Every task takes 100% focus. I find getting a decent feed is a must otherwise hypothermia is only a small step away.
I love to travel in the remote wilderness. It is only then that we learn our own limits. Every task takes 100% focus. I find getting a decent feed is a must otherwise hypothermia is only a small step away.
Fanstastic environment to experience. It was a great week.
Much of the snow was well over a metre deep and mostly soft so you would go in full leg length time and time again. Getting about anywhere except on the road was really tough. Snow shoes helped a lot but took quite a bit of making and then regular repairs and was still hard work.
Lighting fires was a whole new experience - mostly because everything was saturated with frozen water. The first couple of days we really struggled to get a fire going properly and it would go out as soon as you turned your back. We had to learn whole new techniques to get it going properly so it would take logs.
We learned the affect of a minor injury near the knee was very disabling.
Working with birch bark was great fun, as was making cordage from backstrap sinew.
Ice fishing with a net was an amazing experience - and yes we did catch 1 fish in 4 days!
As for smoky lavvo's - cough - cough - cough - wheeze.
Being pre warned to take food with us was extremely helpful, although being based nearer to the farm meant game and other food was frequently shared. Photos should be up in a couple of days.
We did make significant use of the backup cottage - which made for easier skills learning with light and warmth available.
Much of the snow was well over a metre deep and mostly soft so you would go in full leg length time and time again. Getting about anywhere except on the road was really tough. Snow shoes helped a lot but took quite a bit of making and then regular repairs and was still hard work.
Lighting fires was a whole new experience - mostly because everything was saturated with frozen water. The first couple of days we really struggled to get a fire going properly and it would go out as soon as you turned your back. We had to learn whole new techniques to get it going properly so it would take logs.
We learned the affect of a minor injury near the knee was very disabling.
Working with birch bark was great fun, as was making cordage from backstrap sinew.
Ice fishing with a net was an amazing experience - and yes we did catch 1 fish in 4 days!
As for smoky lavvo's - cough - cough - cough - wheeze.
Being pre warned to take food with us was extremely helpful, although being based nearer to the farm meant game and other food was frequently shared. Photos should be up in a couple of days.
We did make significant use of the backup cottage - which made for easier skills learning with light and warmth available.
Thank you for posting your pix! Looks like you had a great time.
After seeing all your Pixs of the trip, I see why the Finish and Swedish hockey Players who have played in Edmonton, Alberta, say it reminds them of home. Very much alike!
After seeing all your Pixs of the trip, I see why the Finish and Swedish hockey Players who have played in Edmonton, Alberta, say it reminds them of home. Very much alike!
My pics are not so different from the other two but here they are for those that are interested. Completely unsorted as yet!
http://s263.photobucket.com/albums/ii124/bardster_photos/Norway%20Trip/
http://s263.photobucket.com/albums/ii124/bardster_photos/Norway%20Trip/
Here's a related gear-review for those who care on what I took, what worked & what didn't:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=374907#post374907
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=374907#post374907
Hi Teedee,here a link to his blog http://livingprimitively.com/ i see that he still runs courses.
Anyway i hope this helps.
Cheers Stuart.