Wednesday saw myself and Lady of Tanith (Lisa) combine our anniversary celebration with our interpretation of the Boone Challenge
first up we left Jake with his grandparents and drove to the campsite, with a toddler with very little understanding of the idea of personal safety we thought it wiser to have transport reasonably near,
The woods as we approached
Lisa walking into the woods carrying her pack.
we left the car in my godfathers barn and walked down the road back to the woods having stashed the kit there already, not quite carrying the equipment but it was stupid hot and i'll confess i think we would of melted had we done so
Once back in the woods we set up the tarp as demonstrated here by Lisa
We soon realised that the original campsite would not provide enough living space with the tarp up, so thanks to the wonder of quick release knots we scarpered to the other spot within the woods and i quickly got the tarp back up
once we had relocated it was time to gather some firewood
time to get thefire lit, we did this using sulphur matches, however it went up so quick we missed the shot, not wanting to waste the initial flare up we got the kettle on
And a much needed brew was had, in the back ground you can see lisa's bed for the night a hooped bivi bag
and time for dinner, chef lisa prepared the dinner
first nights meal was smoked sausage and chorizo in mushroom sauce with tagalitelle
After dinner we spent some time relaxing and gazing at the fire before retiring to bed
waking around nine am i found lisa had already lit the fire using the coals from the night before,
after a brew and exchanging anniversary presents it was time to sort some more fire wood out
i then fashioned a handle for the frying pan of lisa's swedish army pots
and got breakfast going-tea and sausage tortilla wraps
Once we had broken our fast we rearranged the fire into a star lay
we then harvested some green wood for the making a camp gadget
two candle holders one by lisa and one by myself
Lisa also made a marshmallow stick and got very creative with it adding decoration
i then smoked/scorched the marshmallow stick
lisa removed the bark to have a nice contrast, first time we have tried this out but its a good start i feel
after that there was no stopping lisa's creativity and she decoarated her candle stick too
Course the marshmallow stick then needed testing.....
i was then contacted by my dad to tell me a parcel i had been waiting for had arrived and he kindly offered to bring it up,
a nice vintage bed roll
So lisa transferred her stuff out of the bivi and into the Czech bedroll i had used the night before
Some general shots of camp life now
Hard work this camping Malarky...
Then twas time for some more grub
a tradition for Clan of Tanith is bannock and fried chorizo
We then enjoyed the novelty and had a snooze which was a real treat as anyone with a toddler will agree
after the snooze it was evening meal time, another Clan of tanith tradition is bubble up stew
all the ingredients ready to be cooked
and the end result
after dinner the evening was spent watching the bushcraft TV and drinking tea
gently illuminated by the fire and the candles
we turned in and slept well until i was woken at 06:30 by the morning chorus (mutter mutter mutter)
dozing off again we woke around 0930, packed up the kit, made sure the fire was extinguished and then ambled up the road to collect the car
assessment time now-
1 i should of agreed that lisa could take hammock, whilst she was quite happy on the ground she prefers the hammock and would of been happier in it
2 an extra blanket would of been appreciated in the vintage bed roll it was a little cooler than the czech bedroll i used the first night
3 the star fire is a very very useful fire lay and for longer camps i believe it will be the lay of choice.
4 having two pans made meals a lot easier to prepare than only one, my vintage style kit will now always include two pans
5 everything bar the FAK and ouch pouch was used some more frequently than other pieces but it was all used.
thank you all for taking the time to read this post and in a little way sharing in our anniversary celebration.
Sam and Lisa
first up we left Jake with his grandparents and drove to the campsite, with a toddler with very little understanding of the idea of personal safety we thought it wiser to have transport reasonably near,
The woods as we approached
Lisa walking into the woods carrying her pack.
we left the car in my godfathers barn and walked down the road back to the woods having stashed the kit there already, not quite carrying the equipment but it was stupid hot and i'll confess i think we would of melted had we done so
Once back in the woods we set up the tarp as demonstrated here by Lisa
We soon realised that the original campsite would not provide enough living space with the tarp up, so thanks to the wonder of quick release knots we scarpered to the other spot within the woods and i quickly got the tarp back up
once we had relocated it was time to gather some firewood
time to get thefire lit, we did this using sulphur matches, however it went up so quick we missed the shot, not wanting to waste the initial flare up we got the kettle on
And a much needed brew was had, in the back ground you can see lisa's bed for the night a hooped bivi bag
and time for dinner, chef lisa prepared the dinner
first nights meal was smoked sausage and chorizo in mushroom sauce with tagalitelle
After dinner we spent some time relaxing and gazing at the fire before retiring to bed
waking around nine am i found lisa had already lit the fire using the coals from the night before,
after a brew and exchanging anniversary presents it was time to sort some more fire wood out
i then fashioned a handle for the frying pan of lisa's swedish army pots
and got breakfast going-tea and sausage tortilla wraps
Once we had broken our fast we rearranged the fire into a star lay
we then harvested some green wood for the making a camp gadget
two candle holders one by lisa and one by myself
Lisa also made a marshmallow stick and got very creative with it adding decoration
i then smoked/scorched the marshmallow stick
lisa removed the bark to have a nice contrast, first time we have tried this out but its a good start i feel
after that there was no stopping lisa's creativity and she decoarated her candle stick too
Course the marshmallow stick then needed testing.....
i was then contacted by my dad to tell me a parcel i had been waiting for had arrived and he kindly offered to bring it up,
a nice vintage bed roll
So lisa transferred her stuff out of the bivi and into the Czech bedroll i had used the night before
Some general shots of camp life now
Hard work this camping Malarky...
Then twas time for some more grub
a tradition for Clan of Tanith is bannock and fried chorizo
We then enjoyed the novelty and had a snooze which was a real treat as anyone with a toddler will agree
after the snooze it was evening meal time, another Clan of tanith tradition is bubble up stew
all the ingredients ready to be cooked
and the end result
after dinner the evening was spent watching the bushcraft TV and drinking tea
gently illuminated by the fire and the candles
we turned in and slept well until i was woken at 06:30 by the morning chorus (mutter mutter mutter)
dozing off again we woke around 0930, packed up the kit, made sure the fire was extinguished and then ambled up the road to collect the car
assessment time now-
1 i should of agreed that lisa could take hammock, whilst she was quite happy on the ground she prefers the hammock and would of been happier in it
2 an extra blanket would of been appreciated in the vintage bed roll it was a little cooler than the czech bedroll i used the first night
3 the star fire is a very very useful fire lay and for longer camps i believe it will be the lay of choice.
4 having two pans made meals a lot easier to prepare than only one, my vintage style kit will now always include two pans
5 everything bar the FAK and ouch pouch was used some more frequently than other pieces but it was all used.
thank you all for taking the time to read this post and in a little way sharing in our anniversary celebration.
Sam and Lisa
