Brockwell Woods Meet - March 2011

[merrygold85]

Warning!! Pic heavy!

Thanks guys for another memorable weekend. I had great craic altogether, even though I missed the rugby. Just watched it actually, Ireland were brilliant. Anyways, it was nice to meet all the new guys and to see familiar faces too. I have quite a few photos here so I'm gonna post them up. YAY!

So here goes:

"HEY YOU GUYS!!"

John had the most amazing fire. It was about the size of a dinner plate and kept going the whole day and most of the night without changing size at all. So I had to take a phot or two.

I straightened "Old Wonky" out. Think I did well considering I had to overcome the effects of the wine.

This is the amount of birch sap I collected overnight. Didn't taste amazing but would be very refreshing if stuck for water.

This is the wild garlic we used in our din-dins. Fantastically flavoursome. I was very impressed.

When I got home I did a quick bit of filing and this is how "Wonky" looks now.

So yeah, thanks again lads. I look forward to seeing you all again.

Cheers

Mark

 

[ex-member Raikey]

ok then,..

whos the guy laid on the flloor ?

 

[toilet digger]

brilliant pics bud, i'm still suffering like.
can't wait to do it again (minus the ginger wine)

 

[persistent king]

ok then,..

whos the guy laid on the flloor ?

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah is that stu bear lashed up lol

 

[Hun7er]

Great Pics Mark, was my first meet and had a awesome time meeting and chating with all you guys, Cheers

 

[Partickpebbles]

looks like my kinda trip! good times hey?!

 

[toilet digger]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah is that stu bear lashed up lol

yeah and theres one of him spooning too!

 

[ex-member Raikey]

i,ll put mine up now then,,

my set up,

dont know wots going off here ,...

Rich, (Chambers) is poking someone with a stick??

dont know who this is,..i cant remember taking many of these,....

ME!!!

Mr Unorthodox

again, dont know ,..dont ask,..haha

we upgaded the forge this time in honour of old wonky,s return to the flames!!!!

the veiw from my scratcher this morning, i was a bit rough and refused to move until someone made me a cuppa,...

An excellent time,...

really good craic as Mark said,....

the moon worship was my particular favourite part , altho next time, i,m putting my velcro seamed strippers trousers on ,..

in depth fireside conversations and film/book reveiws was good too,...

but then it all went a bit horizontal, until i woke up this morning with a crayfish balanced on my face,...YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!! hhahaha

thanks to all the guys, enjoyed me sen immensley

Stu

 

[ex-member Raikey]

yeah and theres one of him spooning too!

wheres the spooning pic??

and we dont mean spoon making do we??

no that would be too normal,..hahaha what Jamie means is "spooning" as in me, in my vunerable state, being taken advantage of by a wine-crazed irish man

 

[andyc54]

brill pics mark it was a cracking meet with a bunch of nutters(in a good way) the criac was mint(grannys and cartoons anyone ) thanks chris for the forge demo made adams weekend getting to make a blade he's give his mam a shopping list for a forge in the garden lol shame we missed the bow drill demo did you manage this time?
hope to see everyone next time cheers guys

 

[unorthadox]

 

[merrygold85]

HAHAHAHa Look at the pure delight on my face HAHAHAHAHA I had been waiting for that moment for a long time haha.

 

[Hun7er]

Nice pic of you there stu Thank you very much for the lift m8

 

[lannyman8]

awesome pics Mark, old wonkey is looking really good, file up the tang ready for next time and we can HT it for you........

good work mate......

thanks to all who turned up, shame people had to go early today, we got the bow drill going (in the end ), Unorthadox got a coal and made fire from friction, well done dude... A+++++

thanks to Raikey for the help collecting the money....... the knife was awesome to dude, thanks mate....

looking forward to the next meet, minimul kit next time......... hope to see some of the old and new faces there again....

thanks again gents...

chris.

 

[lannyman8]

and just 1 more time......

 

[ex-member Raikey]

am i sucking my thumb???

hahahah ,..did you tell your lass,.."i,m home darling, i made a spoon" hahahaha

 

[lannyman8]

brill pics mark it was a cracking meet with a bunch of nutters(in a good way) the criac was mint(grannys and cartoons anyone ) thanks chris for the forge demo made adams weekend getting to make a blade he's give his mam a shopping list for a forge in the garden lol shame we missed the bow drill demo did you manage this time?
hope to see everyone next time cheers guys

yes i did it this time, ended up re shaping the whole kit.....lol....worked well in the end and Unorthadox made fire by friction.......

see you again soon, will come round for a bash some time.... if Adam needs out just give us a bell dude.....

chris.

 

[lannyman8]

am i sucking my thumb???

hahahah ,..did you tell your lass,.."i,m home darling, i made a spoon" hahahaha

NOOOOOOO!!!! tahts the last litre of ginger wine your polishing off.....

 

[persistent king]

im in tears here hahahahah

 

[andyc54]

yes i did it this time, ended up re shaping the whole kit.....lol....worked well in the end and Unorthadox made fire by friction.......

see you again soon, will come round for a bash some time.... if Adam needs out just give us a bell dude.....

chris.

Will do mate I have n't brought up the idea to our lass of using our living room fire as a forge yet not going to push me luck to much but when I talk her round you'll have to come round try it I'm sure an anvel would make an interesting centre piece next to the telly lol looking forward to the next one