I kind of surfed into the site nearly twenty years ago.....and was amazed and delighted.....there were all these people doing things I loved, happy to share, happy to talk and advise and pass on information and suggestions, and......I thought Tony had done such a good thing setting up the site to let us meet up around this virtual campfire.
Over the years we've met up, had a blether around innumerable real campfires, but this one's still alight
It's still full of those kinds of people and conversations that appealled to very much to me all those years ago.
My only puzzle was trying to work out what the heck a bushcrafter was, because I hadn't a clue. The first Scottish meet up the others cheerfully showed me Ray Mears' stuff, and his 'bushcraft'.
I realised that it meant very different things to very different folks, but it always sort of revolved around natural resources, of understanding natural resources, how and when and why.
Tony and Shelly had badges made of the BcUK leaf, and I still have mine, sewn on a NF fleece over fifteen years ago and it's still sound, still neat and not screaming in-your-face just subtly this is BcUK's badge sort of thing.
I like it.
I like JonathanD's herpotological one too though
Maybe instead of designing an Icon that suits everybody/bushcraft, folks might design one that suits them and their bushcraft ?
My own Avatar came from just such an exercise so long ago, and those wee characters used to be all over the forum. Everybody designed their own. Folks pass on, folks drift, they change their minds....there are still some of them around.
I think if I changed mine now no one would recognise me
It's the wee teacher from South Park, dressed in OD, with long brown hair, green eyes, purple hat and a she even has a wee knife in her hand. It was me
So, go on then; design your own Avatar/Icon and let's see them up on the posts
M
Over the years we've met up, had a blether around innumerable real campfires, but this one's still alight
It's still full of those kinds of people and conversations that appealled to very much to me all those years ago.
My only puzzle was trying to work out what the heck a bushcrafter was, because I hadn't a clue. The first Scottish meet up the others cheerfully showed me Ray Mears' stuff, and his 'bushcraft'.
I realised that it meant very different things to very different folks, but it always sort of revolved around natural resources, of understanding natural resources, how and when and why.
Tony and Shelly had badges made of the BcUK leaf, and I still have mine, sewn on a NF fleece over fifteen years ago and it's still sound, still neat and not screaming in-your-face just subtly this is BcUK's badge sort of thing.
I like it.
I like JonathanD's herpotological one too though
Maybe instead of designing an Icon that suits everybody/bushcraft, folks might design one that suits them and their bushcraft ?
My own Avatar came from just such an exercise so long ago, and those wee characters used to be all over the forum. Everybody designed their own. Folks pass on, folks drift, they change their minds....there are still some of them around.
I think if I changed mine now no one would recognise me
It's the wee teacher from South Park, dressed in OD, with long brown hair, green eyes, purple hat and a she even has a wee knife in her hand. It was me
So, go on then; design your own Avatar/Icon and let's see them up on the posts
M
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