Boy's intro.

[Dougster]

A mate and I decided to take our boys out in the woods for a one nighter, just to get them used to it. We had both their mothers and sisters join for hot choc and marshmallows but it was boys only after dark.

Venison stew for tea, scrambled eggs, made in a zip lok bag with bacon and beans for brekky, plus tons of coffee.













Hot chocolate time



Telling stories around the fire



Ending the day in the hammock, with the Beano.....



Brekky on



The boys both said they wanted to stay and live there, my son and I are going with another one of his friends next week, this is going to be a regular thing, it's ten minutes from home and on my friends farm!

I will go with the chainsaw at times to refill the wood pile and keep it ready for us to go whenever we can.

 

[huntersforge]

Superb fella. Great pics . The boys will remember that night for the rest of their lives . Excellent

 

[digitracker]

Great report, I bet your kids are well bitten by the bushcrafting bug now. Love the dog listening to the campfire stories, he looks more scared than the kids.

 

[Barn Owl]

Great stuff!

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Superb mate. Always great to see the kids having such a cracking time.

 

[Dougster]

The dark haired boy is mine, the other is his friend. Decided not to take my dogs, Poppy barked and growled at the fox circling our camp, mine would have chased it a couple of miles.

We're out next week, maybe with another of his friends!

 

[GordonM]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing the trip with the little ones.

 

[Dave]

Looks good!

 

[Pete11]

Brill, as said, the lads will remember this first one. Guid ( good ) on ya mate.

Pete

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

looks like the young girl wanted to stay over too.

 

[Tank]

Great stuff! its great to see young ones in the wood rather than sat in front of the Tv. I took my 3 year old boy out for his first night out in the woods the other weekend and he loved it. when i picked him up from his mothers he was playing computer games on the tv and barely noticing i was there, 10 mins in the wood and he had found a stick which was his stick for the next 24hrs, a log became a digger and later a bus.

 

[Dougster]

This is about his 20th camping trip and third Bushcraft one but the first since he has been up to make the most of it - first in a hammock, under a tarp, lighting the fire etc.

Thanks for the kind words. I think my threads on here show my kids have a proper outdoors life.

 

[Man of Tanith]

Thats a great write up. Can't wait for wee man to get to the age where he will be safe camping with me....

Although tons of coffee for the kids? Thats brave

 

[Dougster]

Thats a great write up. Can't wait for wee man to get to the age where he will be safe camping with me....

Although tons of coffee for the kids? Thats brave

No just me, keeping up with the kids.....

 

[Man of Tanith]

No just me, keeping up with the kids.....

That sounds very familiar. ....

 

[Druss]

Brilliant mate. and good pics too. Nice to see people taking their children proper camping. I wish i would have had holidays like this as a child instead of bloody caravans.

 

[rik_uk3]

Lovely Richard and that lad is growing fast

Good to see you using sensible billy cans too