Am I Mad ?...

[Ivan...]

I have had the last couple of weeks in suburbia , house sitting for a pal etc etc , and am fortunate enough to be going wild camping tomorrow for a few days , but i have hated every moment of the most recent period.

My question is am i a bit wierd , by yearning to spend all of my free time in the woods ? I am luckier than most , as i spend nearly all of my time on Dartmoor , with my job , so i can just wander up on the open moor or to a choice of woods , pretty much whenever i please .

So make me feel better , by not thinking it odd, to yearn to aching point to be transported to the woods !

Sensible and foolish answers /comments appreciated .

Ivan...

 

[Kepis]

Nope not mad at all, im much the same, im itching to get out for a night or two in the woods, yet i spend most of my time in the countryside working like you and only have to walk to the bottom of the garden or 100 yards to the end of the road to get to the South Downs National Park

 

[Perrari]

People who consider themselves normal think were mad, but were not ! They might be ?

 

[woodspirits]

Am I Mad ?...

as a box of frogs... ive yet to meet anyone who understands why we do this

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Having spent the last 20 years in the sticks I couldn't ever go back to living in town....even spending a few hours in a big city now drives me mad, I just wanna get the hell out as soon as possible.
I grew up in suburban London & I've been recovering.ever since.

 

[tartanferret]

Cabin fever matey !

I've been suffering a bit lately,
just been to MY spot in my local woods to discover it's been logged. GUTTED !:sadwavey:,

So found a new temporary spot, lit up my pop can stove and re-heated yesterdays beef stew.

I feel better !

Life is good !

All the best Ivan !

jon

 

[drewdunnrespect]

gentleman there is no such thing as normal for me because what is nromal is usually common and who wants to be as common as the next chav or whatever. so how can yearning for the woods be odd or wierd So when posed with a question like this i always answer with the same answer in that i reply with.

apply the scales of life philosiphy


now what are the scales of life?

imagine a set of old fashioned scales on your kitchen counter and on one side there is a tray with the word unhappiness written on it and on the other is happiness. now you have 100 hundred brick to plce on them now when yu are born they are put on the happiness side and as you grow older they seperate across the two. Now then the philosiphy is this if you are alwys upset why not take control of your own scales and stop leting other people control the balance. The reason for this is we have to spend equal amount of time working on both. I.E working on getting more bricks in to the happiness side than the unhappy just like we have to work on getting the unhappiness side reduced. so if the woods makes you happy get your self there more often and dont bloody worry about it because your taking control of your scales and at the end of the day thats whats most important in life. So sod what anyone else thinks cos there incharge of there scales nd if you arnt hurting them whats there opinion got to do with it.

Now please remember that even though there are two buckets there is a third area and that is a gray erea that is called the i dont give a monkeys area that is gray because what you have to do is get all your unhappy bricks in this area then take the top bricks from this pile and put them in to th happiness bucket and eventually not have a gray area and have all one hundred brick in the happiness area. So if the woods does it for you get your self there and stop letting someone else take control of your scales.

drew

 

[British Red]

People, like chickens, should not be battery farmed. All this high rise, pack 'em in, its better for the ecology to breed caged humans, socialist clap trap is nonsense.

I consider myself a free range human. Stuff city living - rats have adapted to it because its suited to vermin!

Red

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Do free range humans taste better that battery farmed ones ?

 

[tartanferret]

People, like chickens, should not be battery farmed. All this high rise, pack 'em in, its better for the ecology to breed caged humans, socialist clap trap is nonsense.

I consider myself a free range human. Stuff city living - rats have adapted to it because its suited to vermin!

Red[/QUOTE
Give that man a cigar ! (and nope I'm not a big fan ov 'em either)

 

[Dreadhead]

once you get used to the freedom of the woods, which is only enhanced with learning skills of the woodsman/bushcraftsman tis hard to go back. iv got major cabin fever as back to being mostly bedbound again for now so definitly know how you feel!

 

[Ivan...]

Wow ! I expected a limited response , and was very much looking forward to the various comments . Drew i like the bricks theory , i actually posed the question with a serious tone .

Won't get too in depth , but various things in my life have led me to where i am now, breakdown of relationship , change of circumstances etc etc , and not long after , saying sod it ! i am doing my woods thing , stuff happened that very nearly made me give up completely, sell my stuff and conform , i am sooo glad i resisted that temptation , and because the few friends i have in the real world think i am nuts ! "Why wood you want to do that ?" referring to the whole woods/bushcrafting/wildcamping thing . But each to their own.

I am not really worried , what people think , i am not hurting anybody , i just wondered if it was "normal " to feel so frustrated about wanting to get the hell out of the town and to the woods .

Well from tomorrow until Thursday most of my bricks are on the happy side of the scales !

And the rat thing , remember you are probably never more than 12 feet away from a bushcrafter !!

Thanks Guys , maybe i am not mad !!

 

[British Red]

Do free range humans taste better that battery farmed ones ?

The difference with free range humans is...we will enjoy the sport of hunting you back!

Squeel little piggy

 

[drewdunnrespect]

Wow ! I expected a limited response , and was very much looking forward to the various comments . Drew i like the bricks theory , i actually posed the question with a serious tone .

Won't get too in depth , but various things in my life have led me to where i am now, breakdown of relationship , change of circumstances etc etc , and not long after , saying sod it ! i am doing my woods thing , stuff happened that very nearly made me give up completely, sell my stuff and conform , i am sooo glad i resisted that temptation , and because the few friends i have in the real world think i am nuts ! "Why wood you want to do that ?" referring to the whole woods/bushcrafting/wildcamping thing . But each to their own.

I am not really worried , what people think , i am not hurting anybody , i just wondered if it was "normal " to feel so frustrated about wanting to get the hell out of the town and to the woods .

Well from tomorrow until Thursday most of my bricks are on the happy side of the scales !

And the rat thing , remember you are probably never more than 12 feet away from a bushcrafter !!

Thanks Guys , maybe i am not mad !!

well good going sun glad your going in the right direction

 

[vizsla]

i honestly think there is a select few of us who truly live for woods and countryside and only feel at home when they are there even within the bushcraft groups, i no a few people who like bushccraft a few weekends a year they like to spend a night or two in the woods but for the rest of there time they live normal town/city lives, then theres people like us when were not out in the wilds were at home learning about it making kit maintaining kit carving etc with that constant itch to get back out there, it is a addiction that is never fully satisfied due to family commitments work money etc

 

[RonW]

Yep, you're mad!!!

Or at least you would be in my book, if you'd enjoyed staying in the area under the circumstances you discribed!

I was mad enough to leave that all behind and change a larger city with full social life and job for a rural life with a very uncertain future in another country .....

 

[kiltedpict]

Am I Mad ?...

as a box of frogs... ive yet to meet anyone who understands why we do this

Same here... But by god I'm happier than they are I'm sure!

 

[kiltedpict]

Do free range humans taste better that battery farmed ones ?

Oh hell yeah, surely if your in an Andes- type plane crash (god forbid!) then free range will be more tasty then battery!

 

[Hugo]

Dartmoor is a special place to me, I have been there plenty of times over the years, I have never had a bad day whilst being there. You are a lucky man Ivan, enjoy it mate.
Are you mad, no but us guys who like to camp out are a different breed.

 

[rik_uk3]

once you get used to the freedom of the woods, which is only enhanced with learning skills of the woodsman/bushcraftsman tis hard to go back. iv got major cabin fever as back to being mostly bedbound again for now so definitly know how you feel!

Town and country have individual merits. I have a great love of the outdoors, can see the Beacons from my bedroom window but also enjoy time in the city. A big city is great so long as you have money in your pocket, money gives you freedom to enjoy what a city can offer, good eateries, theatre, museums, etc. The countryside is quieter and certainly cheaper. Both can be wonderful, take the good bits from both.