Well I had to have my fix of wood smoke today. The withdrawal symptoms are horrendous. 
Nice cup of tea and got my woodsmoke fix!
Nice cup of tea and got my woodsmoke fix!
Garden out and about.
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Ain't nothing like it is there..... I was here last night and have been for past few as well. Was in the tent over night to.....Yep, we've sat around the fire bowl for the last few nights
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I once heard someone say 'its not cheating if its not a game....' wise words!I'm afraid I cheated lighting my fire... good old sheet of newspaper and a match!
I promise I will try flint and steel as soon as I have some suitable tinder
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To be honest, as a youngster I was given one sheet of newspaper.. that is , not a double page bit.. just a single page and one single match for lighting a fire in my garden.(I'd be about nine years old) and I learned to light fires that way.I had a marvel tin Billy can and a coathanger fork. I'd make tea or cocoa and toast maybe beans and sausages.
It taught me to make sure I had the right wood or no amount of newspaper or matches would be of any use.
It was a game but taught me a skill.
It taught me to make sure I had the right wood or no amount of newspaper or matches would be of any use.
It was a game but taught me a skill.
I grew up on a farm, and got very experienced at lighting fires, in all the different ways possible, I got quite well known for being able to light bonfires with a single match and nothing else apart from the wood to be burnt in my youth.
So completely agree that very important skills to learn....the only technique I have not mastered is the dreaded hand drill, that can be painful....
So completely agree that very important skills to learn....the only technique I have not mastered is the dreaded hand drill, that can be painful....
My bow drill is gathering dust. I just can't use it any more. Flint and steel is my preferred method now. It's much easier
I have been practising my feather sticks. Lots more practise required. Light fires in the rain is my weak point about firelight long so though this would be a good garden activity
Certain been gifted with the weather during lock down for a nightly couple of beers, pipe and fire pit
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