gaz_miggy said:
Excellent! It'll give me a chance to go and have a blat on my bike too, I love riding up there.
What time are you likely to be starting?
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Excellent! It'll give me a chance to go and have a blat on my bike too, I love riding up there.
What time are you likely to be starting?
ok well update, i didnt get a chance to get up the the park to scout out a good site, as goose has sed dont think its very good for hammoks so might be a good chance to practice setting up tarps with out trees, and anyone is welcome, ow yes its £3 a night
doubt i will be able to make this weekend 
but at the next one I will bring my Birchbark canoe model it should be finished by next month.
but at the next one I will bring my Birchbark canoe model it should be finished by next month.
I'm defo up for this, really looking forward to it . How many others are definately going to be there?
. How many others are definately going to be there?
Firstly thanks to Gaz for sorting all this out. I had a great time and learnt some new things along the way.
Secondly thanks to Jonothan for the lift, without which I would have been unable to attend.
There was just Gaz, Jonothan and myself at this meet so it was quite cosy and I feel we got to know each rather well considering we had never met before. We all seemed to get along great and the chat (both bushcraft and non bushcraft) was very interesting but most of all was in no way awkward, like it can sometimes be when you meet strangers for the first time.
Gaz had picked an ideal little piece of woodland for our camp so after setting up tents/tarps/hammock we got a good fire going using the firesteel and birchbark followed by twigs then progressing to thicker wood.
More chat follwed by food and drinks and the weekend just better and better the longer we got into it. A bit of knot learning and gear comparison and so on.
Laughter was plenty and what was impressive was although a few people did wander throught "our patch" that Gaz had cordend off no-one seemed to mind we were there (of course we had permission and Gaz went throught the correct proceedure for events like this).
After packing away on Sunday, following the take only photos leave only footprints rule, we decided a quick visit to a near pub for a farewell pint of the good stuff was in order and we went our seperate ways.
In my opinion it was a really good, fun and sucsessful meet, my first in fact and it certainly will not be my last.
Gaz, let me know if you require the DVD's and we can sort something out.
Jonoathan let me know how you get on with your knife and PM me if you need any tips or want to post it to me so I can have another look at it.
All in all a great weekend, once again thanks you two, I feel I have made a couple of good, new pals.
All the best....Stu
PS the knot site I mentioned a few times is : http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/index.html
Secondly thanks to Jonothan for the lift, without which I would have been unable to attend.
There was just Gaz, Jonothan and myself at this meet so it was quite cosy and I feel we got to know each rather well considering we had never met before. We all seemed to get along great and the chat (both bushcraft and non bushcraft) was very interesting but most of all was in no way awkward, like it can sometimes be when you meet strangers for the first time.
Gaz had picked an ideal little piece of woodland for our camp so after setting up tents/tarps/hammock we got a good fire going using the firesteel and birchbark followed by twigs then progressing to thicker wood.
More chat follwed by food and drinks and the weekend just better and better the longer we got into it. A bit of knot learning and gear comparison and so on.
Laughter was plenty and what was impressive was although a few people did wander throught "our patch" that Gaz had cordend off no-one seemed to mind we were there (of course we had permission and Gaz went throught the correct proceedure for events like this).
After packing away on Sunday, following the take only photos leave only footprints rule, we decided a quick visit to a near pub for a farewell pint of the good stuff was in order and we went our seperate ways.
In my opinion it was a really good, fun and sucsessful meet, my first in fact and it certainly will not be my last.
Gaz, let me know if you require the DVD's and we can sort something out.
Jonoathan let me know how you get on with your knife and PM me if you need any tips or want to post it to me so I can have another look at it.
All in all a great weekend, once again thanks you two, I feel I have made a couple of good, new pals.
All the best....Stu
PS the knot site I mentioned a few times is : http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/index.html
Damn, i've just checked out the dates for my shooting comps, it looks like I won't be able to make a meet until the end of November as all the comps seem to be 'end of month' dates. If there is any interim meets, please let me know and ill be there.
Forgot I took this. Gaz Miggy limbing a dead, standing tree with a Laplander saw to feed the fire throughout the whole weekend.
ATB Best....Stu
ATB Best....Stu
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Soozy
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Hi,
Whereabouts can you camp at Beacon Park, I didn't realise you could????
Are the meets still on or is it invited people only?!?!?!?
Whereabouts can you camp at Beacon Park, I didn't realise you could????
Are the meets still on or is it invited people only?!?!?!?
I just realised that I never left a comment about this....oops
Suffice to say, pretty good weekend out and about in the woods, just what we like. Good company, good laughs and good ideas - learnt some new stuff, met some good folk - is there anything better?
Soozy - Gaz talked to the ranger and managed to arrange it, I don't think you can just walk in and pitch up. We roped off an area of trees - didn't really work, i think people's curiousity got the better of them - ooooooo, I'm not supposed to go down there, i wonder what is there....come on, lets have a look...sheesh! some people.
Stu - still working on my knife....its one of those "when i get time" jobs, i have filed it down and it works a little better....lets call it "work in progress", bring your file next time and we can do some work on it
are we having another one?, i'll happily talk to the rangers if Gaz has gone to Cornwall as he intended. Or is....hmm, was it Rangerman on these boards? if he's still kicking around then maybe we could ask him if its still ok......thoughts, people?
J
Suffice to say, pretty good weekend out and about in the woods, just what we like. Good company, good laughs and good ideas - learnt some new stuff, met some good folk - is there anything better?
Soozy - Gaz talked to the ranger and managed to arrange it, I don't think you can just walk in and pitch up. We roped off an area of trees - didn't really work, i think people's curiousity got the better of them - ooooooo, I'm not supposed to go down there, i wonder what is there....come on, lets have a look...sheesh! some people.
Stu - still working on my knife....its one of those "when i get time" jobs, i have filed it down and it works a little better....lets call it "work in progress", bring your file next time and we can do some work on it
are we having another one?, i'll happily talk to the rangers if Gaz has gone to Cornwall as he intended. Or is....hmm, was it Rangerman on these boards? if he's still kicking around then maybe we could ask him if its still ok......thoughts, people?
J
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