Bushcrafty Plans for 2019
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Haha! What fun it looks. Lots and lots of fiddly things that please the eye. Looks like a great deal of a thing to organise but brilliant all the same. The photos are very atmospheric to. Hats off to whoever the photographer is as well. Top stuff!
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That will be Wayland himself
I've tried, unsuccessfully, to reproduce his kind of 'campfire' photographs
Well, I just sat down with my calendar to put some planning dates in. If I don't do it now half the year has gone and I still won't have done anything. So, in no particular order:
1) attend the Winter Bushmoot - a first for me
2) I have two canoe treks planned, one local the other in Scotland
3) a weekend deer tracking in local woods to determine presence and species
4) a backback in Snowdonia (while I still can - at least, I think I can!)
5) continue the UK coast overland trek - at least 4 weeks, maybe 6
6) leathercraft, wittling, stick dressing, spoon carving, knife making, axe refurbishment, greenwood furniture making ......
6) and, of course, as many nights as possible in our wood whilst we continue the biodiversity survey
Oh dear, maybe that's two years' of planning!
Well, first one down, canoe trek coming up at the end of March, and I've done a little spoonage
Planning and telling other people what one intends to do certainly helps the commitment.
so far my bushcraft plans for 2019 are going well.
3 of the 4 salted roe hides i traded with Theresa have started the transition from salty meaty hairy hides to soft luxurious buckskin ( i hope )
1 is in the freezer waiting to be hand softened
1 is rinsing awaiting acidifying, membraning dressing wringing and hand softening
1 is soaking in lye awaiting degraining rinsing awaiting acidifying, membraning dressing wringing and hand softening
1 left to begin the process at defleshing
hopefully in 2 weekends time theyll all be at the in freezer stage for hand softening.
busted out a bowdrill coal monday first of year now to experiment with other combinations
3 of the 4 salted roe hides i traded with Theresa have started the transition from salty meaty hairy hides to soft luxurious buckskin ( i hope
)1 is in the freezer waiting to be hand softened
1 is rinsing awaiting acidifying, membraning dressing wringing and hand softening
1 is soaking in lye awaiting degraining rinsing awaiting acidifying, membraning dressing wringing and hand softening
1 left to begin the process at defleshing
hopefully in 2 weekends time theyll all be at the in freezer stage for hand softening.
busted out a bowdrill coal monday first of year now to experiment with other combinations
That will be Wayland himself
I've tried, unsuccessfully, to reproduce his kind of 'campfire' photographs
The trick is to take them before it is truely dark.
You need a bit of ambient light to balance the fire/lamp light otherwise you just end up with too much contrast.
Ahhhh I see! Well it far surpasses my amateur attempts at photography. After years of tinkering with an old compact DSLR (7 megapixals!) I am sloowly getting to grips with the ISO triangle..... I'd love a nice sparkly new compact dslr like the Sony A6000 but I just cannot afford it.That will be Wayland himself
I've tried, unsuccessfully, to reproduce his kind of 'campfire' photographs
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I usually find there is a sweet spot of about half an hour, a little after sunset, when conditions are just right.
It is the point at which you can first see the difference in light colour being thrown from the lanterns compared with the ambient light. The camera will pick it up more than your eyes and a bit of careful processing will bring it out even more.
I usually have my camera set up on the tripod from before sunset, waiting for that sweet spot and try to get two or three different shots in that time window.
It is the point at which you can first see the difference in light colour being thrown from the lanterns compared with the ambient light. The camera will pick it up more than your eyes and a bit of careful processing will bring it out even more.
I usually have my camera set up on the tripod from before sunset, waiting for that sweet spot and try to get two or three different shots in that time window.
Plans for 2019 ? I've bought a canoe...
an inflatable one at that...Very limited canoe experience so I'm just testing the water..no !! bad expression...
I mean seeing if appeals before I lash out and buy a real canoe. Just reading everything I can find at the moment, trying to learn as much as I can before launching...Wrong! it's called a put in, not a launch..see I'm learning already..
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an inflatable one at that...Very limited canoe experience so I'm just testing the water..no !! bad expression... I mean seeing if appeals before I lash out and buy a real canoe. Just reading everything I can find at the moment, trying to learn as much as I can before launching...Wrong! it's called a put in, not a launch..see I'm learning already.....
Plans for 2019 ? I've bought a canoe...
Shame you're so far away; you could have joined our weekend river trip at the end of March
I just intend to have a bloody good time, whatever type of under canvas activity I undertake, and to try and accept a few more invites.
I do think a bit of caution is needed this year with camp fires
I do think a bit of caution is needed this year with camp fires
I'm getting out to consolidate the skills I learnt on the Fundamental course, some Munro's and I need to work on my tree/plant I.D. and uses.
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