This thread might be used for people to say what they be bringing to the bushmoot and what they hope they may learn or get out of it.
I am very excited to be running some hand drill tutorials. I should be down by Saturday lunch time with a bundle of elder and teasel drills and a handful of other drills. I aim to run 2 workshops: one Saturday pm and one Monday pm. A 2 day gap may help any sore hands to heal so you can get another shot, or maybe to get in some practice. In both workshops the key thing will be the technique to get a coal. But to either workshop feel free to bring along any materials you might be working with, or acquire while on site. It is one thing to succeed with provided materials. It is altogether better to find your own materials and then succeed. I don't know if there might be any reason to limit numbers - I hope not. I hope that some people might come to both and follow up on where they left off the first time. We might try thumb loops, floating, splicing, speed drilling, difficult woods, flimsy stems, etc if there is interest.
I am also bringing the beginnings of an elder pipe musical instrument - similar to Pan Pipes but not put together yet. I hope to get some inspiration on how to finish it.
Although I will be mostly in a tent I hope to try one night in my new hammock.
I hope to get in some walking, to learn some knapping, compare my bow drilling with others and to meet up with some old friends and make some new.
Is any fishing allowed? Sea or river? Is there shell fish that could be collected? What about rabbiting or foraging for any other wild food? It is not that I expect to do any of this as I have no experience of it but would be interested to learn if these things were acceptable to do. Or do we leave nature as we find it and expect to bring all our own food?
I am very excited to be running some hand drill tutorials. I should be down by Saturday lunch time with a bundle of elder and teasel drills and a handful of other drills. I aim to run 2 workshops: one Saturday pm and one Monday pm. A 2 day gap may help any sore hands to heal so you can get another shot, or maybe to get in some practice. In both workshops the key thing will be the technique to get a coal. But to either workshop feel free to bring along any materials you might be working with, or acquire while on site. It is one thing to succeed with provided materials. It is altogether better to find your own materials and then succeed. I don't know if there might be any reason to limit numbers - I hope not. I hope that some people might come to both and follow up on where they left off the first time. We might try thumb loops, floating, splicing, speed drilling, difficult woods, flimsy stems, etc if there is interest.
I am also bringing the beginnings of an elder pipe musical instrument - similar to Pan Pipes but not put together yet. I hope to get some inspiration on how to finish it.
Although I will be mostly in a tent I hope to try one night in my new hammock.
I hope to get in some walking, to learn some knapping, compare my bow drilling with others and to meet up with some old friends and make some new.
Is any fishing allowed? Sea or river? Is there shell fish that could be collected? What about rabbiting or foraging for any other wild food? It is not that I expect to do any of this as I have no experience of it but would be interested to learn if these things were acceptable to do. Or do we leave nature as we find it and expect to bring all our own food?
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), foraging & maybe a looksee at shelters.
