Bushcraft & Fears

[JonathanD]

Now kids, let this be a lesson to you. Not watching telly can have you believing in crazy stuff like goonies.

 

[Toddy]

Sorry, white nightgown
We soften white linen chemises by wearing them as nightgowns and washing them lots.
I got caught outside the garden, alongside the burn that runs along the side fence of our house, in the middle of the night, trying to talk the cat down from a huge sycamore that she'd bolted up when chased by the fox

But, you see, it was very misty that night, and all the poacher saw was a banshee in the mist calling, "Come on, come on down to me" in kind of beguiling tones
Not realising I was only trying to untree the damned cat he bolted in a panic

cheers,
Toddy

 

[wentworth]

Fear while bushcrafting? Really?
I sometimes get scared of falling to my death while trying to navigate down from a ridgeline, but that's about it.
I'm more terrified driving in crazy traffic than I am in the bush.

 

[phill_ue]

I thought a goonie was a kid that went searching for the treasure of a comically named pirate, the name of which could not be repeated on a family friendly forum!

"Heeeeeyy yooouuuuuu guuuuuuuuys!"

 

[JonathanD]

I thought a goonie was a kid that went searching for the treasure of a comically named pirate, the name of which could not be repeated on a family friendly forum!

"Heeeeeyy yooouuuuuu guuuuuuuuys!"

Oh boy, it's been 25 years and I only just got that

 

[hertsboy]

Nothing much to be scared of in the UK.... but if I was bushcrafting in the US, that would be another story. And I'm not talking about the bears and the mountain lions and the wolves. No, I'd be scared stiff of all those trigger happy bushcrafters ("survivalists" or whatever they call themselves over the pond) going round with guns.

So I think I'll stay this side of the pond

 

[eraaij]

Squeal like a pig, boy!

 

[maddave]

What on Earths a goonie? I googled it and came up with this:

It don't look scary to me.

Wahahahahahahahaha

 

[redandshane]

Hope this helps,
all feedback appreciated, as is my first guide.
Ph34r

What are you talking about?
Wild camping in the UK is relatively safe
Walking the streets of a city after 10 pm is much more dangerous
leave the cod psychology to the magazines please
This is not a survivalistst forum we are simple folk
There are no Zombies out there
Thanks

 

[Toddy]

No, like these

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http://www.verymerryseamstress.com/elizabethanchemise.htm

http://www.revivalclothing.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=48

http://www.oakhillclothiers.com/Catalog/1800s/WomensClothes/Undergarments/tabid/730/Default.aspx

cheers,
Toddy

 

[JonathanD]

No, like these

http://jas-townsend.com/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=284

http://www.verymerryseamstress.com/elizabethanchemise.htm

http://www.revivalclothing.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=48

http://www.oakhillclothiers.com/Catalog/1800s/WomensClothes/Undergarments/tabid/730/Default.aspx

cheers,
Toddy

Hells Bells, Goonie-Birds look strange enough as it is, why do they wear those.

This S. Lanarkshire sounds like a damned strange place to go visit. Where people have no tellys, eat tablet and have these things wearing nighties.

 

[Toddy]

Oh you better believe it

cheers,
M

 

[toonman]

a girl in a semi-transparent white shirt in the middle of the night calling "come to me"?

i'd do a mr. potatoe head: "i'm a married man, i'm a married man, i'm a married man..."

 

[John Fenna]

The Siren call....
Even Young Lochinvar would be tempted!

 

[TeeDee]

Hubba-Hubba-Hubba....

The nape of the neck is Soooooo sexy.
Which is good , because with them on , thats all you get.

No, like these

http://jas-townsend.com/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=284

http://www.verymerryseamstress.com/elizabethanchemise.htm

http://www.revivalclothing.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=48

http://www.oakhillclothiers.com/Catalog/1800s/WomensClothes/Undergarments/tabid/730/Default.aspx

cheers,
Toddy

 

[mattburgess]

I had a weird experience while on the Bushcraft Fundamentals course.

It was the first night out in a bivvy bag and I'd just settled down for the night and just got the most horrible claustrophobia attack. I should mention it was my first time camping (let along bivving under a tarp) and I had my extra wide thermarest mat in the bivvy bag - because it was the wide version it felt like I was in a straight jacket and I couldn't even bend my knees properly in it. I laid there for about 2 hours with my brain telling my body to stop freaking out and relax. Finally I decided I just wanted some sleep and got out and walked back to my tent and slept fine.

The next night out (away from my 'safe' tent) I simply put the thermarest straight on the floor rather than in the bivvy bag. It only freed up a couple of inches but it made all the difference. Thing is I've never had any feelings of claustrophobia before, I'm not afraid of the dark, or the forest etc, which is why that first night freaked me out so much. Just goes to show you that unfamiliar surroundings (and tight bivvy bags!) can sometimes have a dramatic effect.

Needles to say I now go for square shaped sleeping bags - ditto bivvy bags! Can't beat a good nights sleep. God knows what I'd be like in a snow shelter!

 

[John Fenna]

. God knows what I'd be like in a snow shelter!

There is one version known as the "snow grave"...
Cue "evil laughter" with extra reverb.....

 

[Bushwhacker]

You don't know fear until you've nearly stepped on a Pheasant hiding in the grass.

 

[mattburgess]

Yeah, I've seen pictures of the 'snow grave' - can't say it's on the top of my 'must do' Bushcraft list!

 

[JonathanD]

You don't know fear until you've nearly stepped on a Pheasant hiding in the grass.

That is quite true