dgcalvert,
Here's a start list:
Reference permissions: The only thing you can do is ask...ask..ask. Ask passers-by (you get great local info from them. (I actually bumped into an old woodsman who planted most of the wood once. What a great few hours I had!) and knock on doors. After an initial scepticism, a big smile and a good introduction will normally get you the name of a local farmer or landowner.
Pablo.
Here's a start list:
- Take a guide book to ID trees, flowers.
- Take a wander away from the public paths,but walk quietly or sit in the woods to see what you can see wildlife wise
- Look for animal tracks/feeding signs
- Take your folder and whittle away some tent pegs or a spoon with some dead wood
- Look around for a suitable place to make a shelter (you don't have to actually make one)
- Find a suitable place for a tarp camp (again you don;t actually have to set one up)
- Make a brew on a meths stove
- If you've got a hammock, set it up (away from public paths) and go to sleep (my favourite bushcraft past-time)
- Make some nettle cordage (no-one will mind you taking a few nettle stems)
- Build a tripod stand for a rucksack (3 pieces of straight dead wood fastened with your nettle cordage)
- Practice making a pot hanger
Reference permissions: The only thing you can do is ask...ask..ask. Ask passers-by (you get great local info from them. (I actually bumped into an old woodsman who planted most of the wood once. What a great few hours I had!) and knock on doors. After an initial scepticism, a big smile and a good introduction will normally get you the name of a local farmer or landowner.
Pablo.
