BCUK Bushmoot 2005 feedback

[Roving Rich]

The Birchbark class taught by Ranger Bob

Moduser with a bowdrill coal

Fire !

Cindy's turn

Cindy's fire

Stuart and Mark (buckshot) trying handrill

Rich

 

[jamesdevine]

It looks like you guys had and amazing time. I hope to meet up with some of you at the WG but next year I got to get me to one of these meets.

James (The green monster)

 

[Warrior Librarian]

Hi guys,

Just want to say a big thank you to Tony for the organisation, and to everyone who shared their knowledge so freely over the weekend. Many thanks too to Beachbum for making us welcome and showing us round when we arrived late on Friday, and to Chris and Mrs Claycomb for showing us the dunes and associated strange flora on Monday! It was a great meet - can't wait for the next one.

Sarah (aka Mrs Bardster)

 

[Tony]

I got back last night after a detour further into Wales.

What a fantastic weekend with a fantastic group of people. There was so much going on that some workshops will have to be moved to the next meet, there just wasn’t time for everything!

A special thanks has to go to those that spent time sharing knowledge with others, you’re the heart and soul of the meets (I need to start calling them moots!) Thanks to those that helped set up (hours to get the big chute up!) and those that scoured the site making sure that it was spotless before we left on the Monday. Steve (the estate manager) was very happy and welcomes our coming again next time, for some reason he thinks that you're all great

I would appreciate anyone that took pictures letting me have copies so that I can compile a page or two about the meet and keep a good record of them. If you could PM me I’ll supply an address for you to send a CD to or feel free to email them to me.

Those that went to the Moot have already described most of what went on so I’ll not go into those again, other than to say….The Hangi, what a way to cook

At the time of the photo there were about 70 on site inc kids (not all in the picture) over the weekend we had over a hundred come which was great, especially as the weatehr put a few off (there was plent of shelter for the few showers we had ).

We’ll get together again soon

 

[moduser]

Thanks Rich for those pictures, it was my defining moment at the weekend.

Moduser

 

[Buckshot]

There's not really much more I can add...
Thanks to everyone who contributed in any way.
It was great to see friends, old and new and catch up.
The Hangi was great, a bit hot digging it out but very tasty.
The family have been converted to hammocks and poncho's so we may not have the tent next time Chris !!!
Far too much to see and do as usual - brialliant

Thanks one and all !

Mark

ps. it's true, the camera does put on 10lbs !!!!!

 

[KenC]

A fantastic weekend for all my family.
Great site, excellent workshops and lovely people. Thanks very much to everyone who made it happen. Oh, and Chris, thanks for the beers. They're on me next time.

The best thing for me was seeing Tig, Jack and Sophia (in her backpack) have as good a time as me. We're now officially a bushcraft family!

Ken.

 

[moduser]

Got home from work last night, grabbed my MM bowdrill kit and ventured into the wilderness (well my garden).

Remembered to rough up the drill and hearth a bit to remove carbon deposits, prepared my tinder and within 5 minutes had fire.

Strangely enough I felt as good as the first time, i.e. stupid grin on my face

 

[Wolfie]

I would just like to say a big thanks to everyone for a great weekend. It was the first time that the She Wolf indoors and myself had taken out two little cubs camping and it was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

A special thanks to all of the organisers. Also to Val and John for a great flint knapping workshop and for making my son Tomos so welcome, "bashing the rocks together" was his favourite part of the weekend.

I would have liked to socialise a bit more but babysitting duty called. Never mind, see you all again next year (for a week this time Tony?).

 

[jack29g]

on behalf of me and my family, i would just like to thank everyone that helped and organised the weekend which was mine and my family's first moot we were made very welcome. I am especially grateful for tony, stuart, leon and matt (who helped me and my family at bow drill firelighting and for fenlander for doing the nature walks and firelighting and everyone else who went.

 

[Fire Starter]

Hello
I'm pretty new to the forum and I have been reading the threads on meets ups they sound great. Is it possible to come along to the Scottish one as I will be in Invararry around that time or can I only attend the ones near my area (Chester) Thanks

 

[Stuart]

Hello
I'm pretty new to the forum and I have been reading the threads on meets ups they sound great. Is it possible to come along to the Scottish one as I will be in Invararry around that time or can I only attend the ones near my area (Chester) Thanks

you can attend a meet in any part of the country, just contact the person or persons organising them and ask if you can come along.

the fact that you have posted in this thread asking about attending the Scottish meet leads me to believe that there may be some confusion over the diference between a local meet and the BCUK Bushmoot

local meets, like the scotish one for example are local get togethers organised by the members between themselves.

The BCUK Bushmoot on the other hand is an event organised by the BCUK staff, where people are invited to spend the weekend learning from one another, with free workshops arranged, and other free events such as archery etc

the pictures and text in this thread are in regard of the summer BCUK Bushmoot last month

 

[JFW]

Fire Starter,

I am sure that you would be made most welcome at the Scottish meet, just post your interest on this thread
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?p=102492#post102492

MagiKelly is sorting out provisional numbers at the moment - there are currently about 20 folk going and room for more.

Cheers

JFW

 

[weekend_warrior]

Right, I've finally got a chance to sit down and add to this thread - I've been on the road since the moot and not had chance (maybe I should change my nick to Road_Warror! )

My first moot and a great one too! Thanks to the gent (whose name escapes me!) who picked Rob, Harry and Me up from Bridgend - having seen the route from the car, I know I would a have taken at least half a dozen wrong turns walking..

Thanks to Tony for the lift back to the station and to him and the team who organised a great weekend - I learnt more there than I have in years!

Back in the World things have gone a little odd..

My wife thinks I'm a bondage freak now - I keep tying things up with one hand and making constrictor knot and man-in-middle rope loops at any given chance. She's also concerned that i'm sharpening everything in the house that'll hold an edge to razor sharpness (Ebay supplied the box of Flitz...)

My son keeps wanting me to make sycamore straws (ta Fenlander!) and make the cramp ball fungus smolder some more... There isn't a blackberry to be had within a square mile of my house anymore and I found two "wild" apple trees and a pear tree

Dreams of small holdings and broadleaf woodland abound... $50 Knife shop in the post and a half finished longbow in the kitchen.. Full expecting to be sectioned any day now...

I would like to re-make contact with one of my fellow trainee bowyers though - the guy from huddersfield who gave me his nick on at least three occasions and that I forgot by the time my train hit Paddington.. If you're reading this - Pm me mate!

Once again, thanks. Longer next time please!

 

[cgait]

Does anyone know the username of the guy who did the sheath making workshop at the meet-up?

 

[Ed]

Does anyone know the username of the guy who did the sheath making workshop at the meet-up?

Yep That would be C_Claycomb ..... one of the moderators on here.

Ed

 

[cgait]

Thanks Ed.

 

[Goose]

Bit late to add to this but not long back from holiday.

Thank you to everyone who taught me or my kids over the weekend. There are so many people to thank for their time and patience I dont want to start naming them in case I forget anyone but thanks again to all.

I still havent managed to get a flame from the bowdrill,yet, my shoulder is still in recovery but I have got a new supply of painkillers in so will try again this week! Jodie still hasn't let me forget that she managed to do it and I didn't!

The kids have been hunting all over for possible tinders, I dont think there is a birch tree left untouched in The New Forest!
The kids were disapointed that they werent allowed to try any of the traps they saw, but I thought if they caught anything in the deadfall trap I wouldn't want to be around to release it!

The funniest thing has been visiting shops selling knives and watching a 10 and 12 year old have a discussion about what type of grind the knives have. It is surprising what they take in even at that age, and they learnt lots and met some interesting people,as did I, and they want to book for next year or find another meet to go to sooner.

If the plan to make next years meet a week long that would make it so much easier to fit everything in,and more time to socialise, I have spent the last fortnight babysitting the youngest to make amends!

Hope to see everyone again soon.

Ps If any one has any photos of the kids (especially Jodie making fire) could they email them to me please? I usually carry a camera every where i go, it was only after the meet was over I realised I hadnt took one photo over the whole weekend, too busy!